Xander Dunlap
@drxdunlap.bsky.social
Research Fellow @IGS_BU/Docentship @helsinkiuni
Writing on #politicalecology #environmental conflicts, green & conventional #extractivism & political control.
Writing on #politicalecology #environmental conflicts, green & conventional #extractivism & political control.
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"A citizens group in Ontario, California is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving federal immigration agents.
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
Immigrant rights group placing 'ICE stole someone here' signs in Ontario
A citizens group in Ontario is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving ICE agents detaining and arresting undocumented immigrants.
abc7.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:38 AM
"A citizens group in Ontario, California is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving federal immigration agents.
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
🚨Don't for get this 🔓 Article in Globalizations w/ B. Novakovic & B. Sovacool
Explore the Kennecott mine complex & its decarbonization strategies. ➡️https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14747731.2025.2465069
#degrowth @pollenetwork.bsky.social #energy @unep.org @r-degrowth.bsky.social
Explore the Kennecott mine complex & its decarbonization strategies. ➡️https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14747731.2025.2465069
#degrowth @pollenetwork.bsky.social #energy @unep.org @r-degrowth.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 8:27 AM
🚨Don't for get this 🔓 Article in Globalizations w/ B. Novakovic & B. Sovacool
Explore the Kennecott mine complex & its decarbonization strategies. ➡️https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14747731.2025.2465069
#degrowth @pollenetwork.bsky.social #energy @unep.org @r-degrowth.bsky.social
Explore the Kennecott mine complex & its decarbonization strategies. ➡️https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14747731.2025.2465069
#degrowth @pollenetwork.bsky.social #energy @unep.org @r-degrowth.bsky.social
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maybe there are places where military, state and control should not reach, where societies and life can prosper without profit, surplus and reason, maybe that would prevent festering fascism and be also be more resilient, not naivity but freedom ...
📢 New article published at Development & Change!
➡️https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dech.70032
@pollenetwork.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @anarkisminfo.bsky.social @anarchistagency.bsky.social @anarchyalive.bsky.social @r-degrowth.bsky.social @crimethinc.com @petergelderloos.bsky.social
➡️https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dech.70032
@pollenetwork.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @anarkisminfo.bsky.social @anarchistagency.bsky.social @anarchyalive.bsky.social @r-degrowth.bsky.social @crimethinc.com @petergelderloos.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 9:11 AM
maybe there are places where military, state and control should not reach, where societies and life can prosper without profit, surplus and reason, maybe that would prevent festering fascism and be also be more resilient, not naivity but freedom ...
Reposted by Xander Dunlap
With Firefund, you only get the money if you meet your goal, so please help us with this:
we got to half, now we need to get the rest of the way there!
we got to half, now we need to get the rest of the way there!
“From Brazil to the world, turning our backs on the lies of green capitalism & the state, & spreading the projects to help us survive the ecological crisis.”
If you can, please lend your support to this worthwhile project, w/the involvement of solid writer & comrade @petergelderloos.bsky.social
If you can, please lend your support to this worthwhile project, w/the involvement of solid writer & comrade @petergelderloos.bsky.social
Weaving Paths to Ecological Revolution
From Brazil to the world, spreading the projects and struggles that will help us survive the ecological crisis
www.firefund.net
October 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
With Firefund, you only get the money if you meet your goal, so please help us with this:
we got to half, now we need to get the rest of the way there!
we got to half, now we need to get the rest of the way there!
Reposted by Xander Dunlap
crimethinc has a ton of essential guides for every type of organizing, coming from a horizontal method where everyone is equal, and no one has power over others. if you have a question, they've got a guide to answer you. see: crimethinc.com/categories/h...
CrimethInc. ex-Workers’ Collective: Your ticket to a world free of charge
CrimethInc. is a decentralized network pledged to anonymous collective action. We strive to reinvent our lives and our world according to the principles of self-determination and mutual aid.
crimethinc.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:44 AM
crimethinc has a ton of essential guides for every type of organizing, coming from a horizontal method where everyone is equal, and no one has power over others. if you have a question, they've got a guide to answer you. see: crimethinc.com/categories/h...
📢 New article published at Development & Change!
➡️https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dech.70032
@pollenetwork.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @anarkisminfo.bsky.social @anarchistagency.bsky.social @anarchyalive.bsky.social @r-degrowth.bsky.social @crimethinc.com @petergelderloos.bsky.social
➡️https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dech.70032
@pollenetwork.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @anarkisminfo.bsky.social @anarchistagency.bsky.social @anarchyalive.bsky.social @r-degrowth.bsky.social @crimethinc.com @petergelderloos.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 8:24 AM
📢 New article published at Development & Change!
➡️https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dech.70032
@pollenetwork.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @anarkisminfo.bsky.social @anarchistagency.bsky.social @anarchyalive.bsky.social @r-degrowth.bsky.social @crimethinc.com @petergelderloos.bsky.social
➡️https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dech.70032
@pollenetwork.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @anarkisminfo.bsky.social @anarchistagency.bsky.social @anarchyalive.bsky.social @r-degrowth.bsky.social @crimethinc.com @petergelderloos.bsky.social
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Taylor and Francis really are reaping what they sow. Selling our work to train AI without our consent, no longer providing funds for human translators because AI. They are promoting AI slop in the world so it's hardly suprising that this has happened.
"Following publication, concerns were raised by a third party regarding the accuracy and validity of many of the references in this article ... the Editor and the Publisher no longer have confidence in the content presented".
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Retracted Article: Strengthening Caribbean Intelligence: Education and Training for Enhanced Intra- and Inter-Agency Collaboration
We, the Editor and Publisher of International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence, have retracted the following article:Smith, T., & Short, A. (2025). Strengthening Caribbean Intelligen...
www.tandfonline.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Taylor and Francis really are reaping what they sow. Selling our work to train AI without our consent, no longer providing funds for human translators because AI. They are promoting AI slop in the world so it's hardly suprising that this has happened.
Reposted by Xander Dunlap
A biodiverse world outside creates a healthy microbiome inside.
The same conditions that let wildlife thrive also keeps people healthy.
Fascinating article from @phoebeweston.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The same conditions that let wildlife thrive also keeps people healthy.
Fascinating article from @phoebeweston.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The nature extinction crisis is mirrored by one in our own bodies. Both have huge implications for health
Modern life is waging a war against ecosystems around us and inside us. Keeping our own microbes healthy is another reason to demand action to preserve the natural world
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:10 PM
A biodiverse world outside creates a healthy microbiome inside.
The same conditions that let wildlife thrive also keeps people healthy.
Fascinating article from @phoebeweston.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The same conditions that let wildlife thrive also keeps people healthy.
Fascinating article from @phoebeweston.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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“ACPC uncovered that the Atlanta Police Foundation had not raised the money they needed to raise in order to build the facility, and so the Atlanta City Council was actually about to vote to give them [dbl the $] the city had originally told the public that they were going to give to this project.”
An interview with Nolan Huber of @atlpresscollective.com on exciting news in the 61 RICO indictments in the Atlanta #StopCopCity case & a discussion of the impacts of the movement
thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/09...
thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/09...
October 31, 2025 at 3:39 PM
“ACPC uncovered that the Atlanta Police Foundation had not raised the money they needed to raise in order to build the facility, and so the Atlanta City Council was actually about to vote to give them [dbl the $] the city had originally told the public that they were going to give to this project.”
Reposted by Xander Dunlap
New blog post in which
@drxdunlap.bsky.social examines recent political cinema through the perspective of political ecology
rupturepress.org/blog/politic...
#degrowth #anarchy #politicalecology #cinema #politicalcinema
www.rupturepress.org/blog/politic...
@drxdunlap.bsky.social examines recent political cinema through the perspective of political ecology
rupturepress.org/blog/politic...
#degrowth #anarchy #politicalecology #cinema #politicalcinema
www.rupturepress.org/blog/politic...
Political struggle in film: an overview of pitfalls & traps by xander dunlap — RUPTURE PRESS
How do political films depict, reflect and imagine struggle? What do they dramatize and what do they hide? Xander Dunlap examines recent political cinema through the perspective of political ecology
www.rupturepress.org
October 29, 2025 at 11:25 AM
New blog post in which
@drxdunlap.bsky.social examines recent political cinema through the perspective of political ecology
rupturepress.org/blog/politic...
#degrowth #anarchy #politicalecology #cinema #politicalcinema
www.rupturepress.org/blog/politic...
@drxdunlap.bsky.social examines recent political cinema through the perspective of political ecology
rupturepress.org/blog/politic...
#degrowth #anarchy #politicalecology #cinema #politicalcinema
www.rupturepress.org/blog/politic...
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"When Alexander A. Dunlap and Benjamin Sovacool traveled across the country to investigate solar panel supply chains, they discovered the process behind producing clean solar energy was not so clean after all."
Check out this short article @dailyfreepress
wrote about my team research the last two years W/ @BenjaminSovaco1
dailyfreepress.com/10/22/23/215...
@pollenetwork.bsky.social @ripejournal.bsky.social @anarkisminfo.bsky.social @anarchistagency.bsky.social
#energy #climate @eadi.bsky.social
wrote about my team research the last two years W/ @BenjaminSovaco1
dailyfreepress.com/10/22/23/215...
@pollenetwork.bsky.social @ripejournal.bsky.social @anarkisminfo.bsky.social @anarchistagency.bsky.social
#energy #climate @eadi.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 11:31 AM
"When Alexander A. Dunlap and Benjamin Sovacool traveled across the country to investigate solar panel supply chains, they discovered the process behind producing clean solar energy was not so clean after all."
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Rowman & Littlefield was recently taken over by Bloomsbury. I am very pleased to see that the 'Transforming Capitalism' book series, of which I was Managing Editor from 2014-23, now has a webpage again: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/series/tr...
www.bloomsbury.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Rowman & Littlefield was recently taken over by Bloomsbury. I am very pleased to see that the 'Transforming Capitalism' book series, of which I was Managing Editor from 2014-23, now has a webpage again: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/series/tr...
Check out this short article @dailyfreepress
wrote about my team research the last two years W/ @BenjaminSovaco1
dailyfreepress.com/10/22/23/215...
@pollenetwork.bsky.social @ripejournal.bsky.social @anarkisminfo.bsky.social @anarchistagency.bsky.social
#energy #climate @eadi.bsky.social
wrote about my team research the last two years W/ @BenjaminSovaco1
dailyfreepress.com/10/22/23/215...
@pollenetwork.bsky.social @ripejournal.bsky.social @anarkisminfo.bsky.social @anarchistagency.bsky.social
#energy #climate @eadi.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Check out this short article @dailyfreepress
wrote about my team research the last two years W/ @BenjaminSovaco1
dailyfreepress.com/10/22/23/215...
@pollenetwork.bsky.social @ripejournal.bsky.social @anarkisminfo.bsky.social @anarchistagency.bsky.social
#energy #climate @eadi.bsky.social
wrote about my team research the last two years W/ @BenjaminSovaco1
dailyfreepress.com/10/22/23/215...
@pollenetwork.bsky.social @ripejournal.bsky.social @anarkisminfo.bsky.social @anarchistagency.bsky.social
#energy #climate @eadi.bsky.social
Check out this new essay on film @ Undisciplined Environments:
undisciplinedenvironments.org/2025/10/20/p...
#film #anarchism #climatechange @pollenetwork.bsky.social @petergelderloos.bsky.social
undisciplinedenvironments.org/2025/10/20/p...
#film #anarchism #climatechange @pollenetwork.bsky.social @petergelderloos.bsky.social
Political Struggle in Film: An Overview of Pitfalls & Traps - Undisciplined Environments
by Xander Dunlap How do political films depict, reflect and imagine struggle? What do they dramatize and what do they hide? Xander Dunlap examines recent...
undisciplinedenvironments.org
October 20, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Check out this new essay on film @ Undisciplined Environments:
undisciplinedenvironments.org/2025/10/20/p...
#film #anarchism #climatechange @pollenetwork.bsky.social @petergelderloos.bsky.social
undisciplinedenvironments.org/2025/10/20/p...
#film #anarchism #climatechange @pollenetwork.bsky.social @petergelderloos.bsky.social
Get on this! #climate
It's live! Spread this, support this, and wish us luck! The project starts in two weeks
www.firefund.net/pathstoecore...
www.firefund.net/pathstoecore...
Weaving Paths to Ecological Revolution
From Brazil to the world, spreading the projects and struggles that will help us survive the ecological crisis
www.firefund.net
October 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Get on this! #climate
Reposted by Xander Dunlap
Two years into Israel's war of extermination, there can be no peace without accountability for the industrial-scale killing or justice for Palestinians, writes @dondeniamh.bsky.social.
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/peac...
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/peac...
'Peace deal' or not, Gaza remains the holocaust of our time
Two years into Israel's war of extermination, there can be no peace without accountability for the industrial-scale killing or justice for Palestinians who continue to count their dead
www.middleeasteye.net
October 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Two years into Israel's war of extermination, there can be no peace without accountability for the industrial-scale killing or justice for Palestinians, writes @dondeniamh.bsky.social.
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/peac...
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/peac...
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„The humanitarian NGO medico international has adopted a three-pronged strategy towards humanitarian aid: to defend it, to criticize it, and to overcome it. I propose to adopt a similar perspective regarding development cooperation"
From our blog
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2231
From our blog
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2231
The End of Development Aid?
By Aram Ziai / Development and Development Policy in the Trump Era Series In the last few months, our object of research has seen some dramatic changes. I am referring to the de-facto dismantling o…
www.developmentresearch.eu
October 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
„The humanitarian NGO medico international has adopted a three-pronged strategy towards humanitarian aid: to defend it, to criticize it, and to overcome it. I propose to adopt a similar perspective regarding development cooperation"
From our blog
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2231
From our blog
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2231
Reposted by Xander Dunlap
It's live! Spread this, support this, and wish us luck! The project starts in two weeks
www.firefund.net/pathstoecore...
www.firefund.net/pathstoecore...
Weaving Paths to Ecological Revolution
From Brazil to the world, spreading the projects and struggles that will help us survive the ecological crisis
www.firefund.net
October 14, 2025 at 9:16 AM
It's live! Spread this, support this, and wish us luck! The project starts in two weeks
www.firefund.net/pathstoecore...
www.firefund.net/pathstoecore...
Reposted by Xander Dunlap
Rupture Press is at the Anarchist Bookfair in Lisbon until the end of the day of 5th of October!
Lisbon Anarchist Bookfair (Portugal) | anarchistnews.org
www.anarchistnews.org/index.php/co...
Come get our books! @drxdunlap.bsky.social @degrowth.bsky.social #anarchistbookfair #degrowth #bookfair
Lisbon Anarchist Bookfair (Portugal) | anarchistnews.org
www.anarchistnews.org/index.php/co...
Come get our books! @drxdunlap.bsky.social @degrowth.bsky.social #anarchistbookfair #degrowth #bookfair
October 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Rupture Press is at the Anarchist Bookfair in Lisbon until the end of the day of 5th of October!
Lisbon Anarchist Bookfair (Portugal) | anarchistnews.org
www.anarchistnews.org/index.php/co...
Come get our books! @drxdunlap.bsky.social @degrowth.bsky.social #anarchistbookfair #degrowth #bookfair
Lisbon Anarchist Bookfair (Portugal) | anarchistnews.org
www.anarchistnews.org/index.php/co...
Come get our books! @drxdunlap.bsky.social @degrowth.bsky.social #anarchistbookfair #degrowth #bookfair
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How clean is the #RenewableEnergy #SupplyChain? From Utah to Ohio, and California to the Sunbelt, IGS postdoctoral research fellow Alexander Dunlap tracked the lifecycle of #SolarPanels across the US. Follow Dunlap's journey w/@postcarbon.org @resilience.org:
www.resilience.org/stories/2025...
www.resilience.org/stories/2025...
There is nothing new about renewable energy: Tracing the life of solar panels
Industrial-scale renewable energy does not offer an alternative to the capitalist order and its exploitative relationships to earth.
www.resilience.org
October 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
How clean is the #RenewableEnergy #SupplyChain? From Utah to Ohio, and California to the Sunbelt, IGS postdoctoral research fellow Alexander Dunlap tracked the lifecycle of #SolarPanels across the US. Follow Dunlap's journey w/@postcarbon.org @resilience.org:
www.resilience.org/stories/2025...
www.resilience.org/stories/2025...
Reposted by Xander Dunlap
🚀 Introducing Rupture Press: breaking free from academic publishing norms to liberate critical, unruly ideas—open access books & radical critique for our times. #OpenAccess #RadicalPublishing #ChangeThroughWords www.rupturepress.org @drxdunlap.bsky.social
RUPTURE PRESS
www.rupturepress.org
October 3, 2025 at 9:59 AM
🚀 Introducing Rupture Press: breaking free from academic publishing norms to liberate critical, unruly ideas—open access books & radical critique for our times. #OpenAccess #RadicalPublishing #ChangeThroughWords www.rupturepress.org @drxdunlap.bsky.social
Reposted by Xander Dunlap
When we talk "renewables" we need to consider recycling and degrowth principles, it's as simply as that. We can't afford the same number of e-cars, as they need a broader range of metal-based materials, whose extraction is already related to deforestation.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Metal mining is a global driver of environmental change - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
Global metal ore extraction has increased almost fourfold since 1970. This Review explores the drivers, patterns and environmental consequences of the growth of metal ore extraction and discusses interventions to reduce negative impacts across metal supply chains.
www.nature.com
September 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
When we talk "renewables" we need to consider recycling and degrowth principles, it's as simply as that. We can't afford the same number of e-cars, as they need a broader range of metal-based materials, whose extraction is already related to deforestation.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
I greatly enjoyed this Contention article!
Check it out if you want to get a taste of the Green Hydrogen craze @pollenetwork.bsky.social @squirrelista.bsky.social
Check it out if you want to get a taste of the Green Hydrogen craze @pollenetwork.bsky.social @squirrelista.bsky.social
🔋📚What do major events and fairs tell us about energy transitions? In this recently published #OpenAccess article with Human Geography, I offer some insights by critically reflecting upon the #WorldHydrogenSummit, the world's largest event for H2 energy: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/....
A social science researcher at the World Hydrogen Summit: Critical reflections - Eric Cezne, 2025
Hydrogen is trending globally but is also contentious. Touted as the ‘fuel of the future’, it can help to decarbonise large swaths of the economy. Yet, hydrogen...
journals.sagepub.com
September 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
I greatly enjoyed this Contention article!
Check it out if you want to get a taste of the Green Hydrogen craze @pollenetwork.bsky.social @squirrelista.bsky.social
Check it out if you want to get a taste of the Green Hydrogen craze @pollenetwork.bsky.social @squirrelista.bsky.social
Reposted by Xander Dunlap
2010s: Tories want to look tough on migrants, so they vow to put them in military barracks
2020: Napier barracks opens
2021: Conditions at Napier strongly criticised as unsuitable for human beings
Mar 2025: Closure of Napier announces.
Sep 6th: Farage proposes using barracks:
Today ...
2020: Napier barracks opens
2021: Conditions at Napier strongly criticised as unsuitable for human beings
Mar 2025: Closure of Napier announces.
Sep 6th: Farage proposes using barracks:
Today ...
September 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
2010s: Tories want to look tough on migrants, so they vow to put them in military barracks
2020: Napier barracks opens
2021: Conditions at Napier strongly criticised as unsuitable for human beings
Mar 2025: Closure of Napier announces.
Sep 6th: Farage proposes using barracks:
Today ...
2020: Napier barracks opens
2021: Conditions at Napier strongly criticised as unsuitable for human beings
Mar 2025: Closure of Napier announces.
Sep 6th: Farage proposes using barracks:
Today ...
Reposted by Xander Dunlap
Rupture Press visits Malmö 27-29 August!
You can find us from Teaterhögskolan, Bergsgatan 31, Malmö!
From 9am until 3pm on the 27th of August (today!)
From 9am until 4pm on the 28th of August
From 9am until 12 (noon) on the 29th of August)
#degrowth #postdevelopment #environmentaljustice
You can find us from Teaterhögskolan, Bergsgatan 31, Malmö!
From 9am until 3pm on the 27th of August (today!)
From 9am until 4pm on the 28th of August
From 9am until 12 (noon) on the 29th of August)
#degrowth #postdevelopment #environmentaljustice
August 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Rupture Press visits Malmö 27-29 August!
You can find us from Teaterhögskolan, Bergsgatan 31, Malmö!
From 9am until 3pm on the 27th of August (today!)
From 9am until 4pm on the 28th of August
From 9am until 12 (noon) on the 29th of August)
#degrowth #postdevelopment #environmentaljustice
You can find us from Teaterhögskolan, Bergsgatan 31, Malmö!
From 9am until 3pm on the 27th of August (today!)
From 9am until 4pm on the 28th of August
From 9am until 12 (noon) on the 29th of August)
#degrowth #postdevelopment #environmentaljustice