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Xander Dunlap
@drxdunlap.bsky.social
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Research Fellow @IGS_BU/Docentship @helsinkiuni
Writing on #politicalecology #environmental conflicts, green & conventional #extractivism & political control.
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juliecupples79.bsky.social
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.
November 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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leanahosea.bsky.social
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 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
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oldsquida.bsky.social
“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.”
thefinalstrawradio.bsky.social The Final Straw Radio @thefinalstrawradio.bsky.social · Sep 14
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...
“TFSR 9-14-25 | The End of the Stop Cop City RICO 61 Case? (with Nolan Huber)” over a picture of people protesting in front of a courthouse in Atlanta holding signs to drop the charges
October 31, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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rupturepress.bsky.social
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...
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
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poemproducer.bsky.social
"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."
October 25, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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ianbruff.bsky.social
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
drxdunlap.bsky.social
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
October 25, 2025 at 10:13 AM
drxdunlap.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
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
drxdunlap.bsky.social
Get on this! #climate
October 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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tninstitute.bsky.social
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...
'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
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eadi.bsky.social
„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
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
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petergelderloos.bsky.social
It's live! Spread this, support this, and wish us luck! The project starts in two weeks
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
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rupturepress.bsky.social
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
October 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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bu-igs.bsky.social
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...
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
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pollenetwork.bsky.social
🚀 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
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squirrelista.bsky.social
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...
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
drxdunlap.bsky.social
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
September 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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freedompress.bsky.social
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 ...
News headline: Military sites may be used to house asylum seekers, says defence secretary
September 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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rupturepress.bsky.social
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
August 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
drxdunlap.bsky.social
Tomorrow!
#Climate #energy @pollenetwork.bsky.social
drxdunlap.bsky.social Xander Dunlap @drxdunlap.bsky.social · Jul 2
Check it out #Copenhagen & #Malmo August 26!

My last presentation on “The Life of Solar Panels” at The Center for Applied Ecological Thinking (CAPE), University of Copenhagen, DK

➡️ cape.ku.dk/eng/calendar...

@pollenetwork.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social #degrowth #energy #solar
August 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
drxdunlap.bsky.social
Total war by Israel 😿
aljazeera.com Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Aug 25
An Al Jazeera journalist is among 15 Palestinians killed in an Israeli attack on the Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. At least three other journalists were killed in the attack.
August 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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theradicalcat.bsky.social
Beautiful Daisy! We are so happy to announce her fosters made it official and are welcoming this gentle, loving kitty into their family!! Enjoy this pic of Daisy really feeling herself in her forever home 😭 Good job Daisy ;) RC Adoption #️⃣1️⃣2️⃣8️⃣
August 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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hindrajabfoundation.be
🚨The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF), together with the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), has filed a powerful case at the International Criminal Court (ICC) naming the Israeli military and political figures behind the assassination of Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif and his colleagues.
August 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
drxdunlap.bsky.social
Check it out!

My latest book is 50% off below!
plutopress.bsky.social Pluto Press @plutopress.bsky.social · Aug 8
💥LONG LIVE ANARCHY!💥

50% off all books on anarchism until August 21st!

www.plutobooks.com/anarchist-bo...
Across the top, in large, bold red capital letters, it reads: “LONG LIVE ANARCHY!” Beneath is a thick horizontal white line. Below the line, large bold white capital letters read: “50% OFF BOOKS ON ANARCHISM.” In the bottom right corner, there is a small cartoon-style illustration of a red firecracker with a yellow lit fuse.
August 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
drxdunlap.bsky.social
Check out this new podcast I did with @exaltresearch.bsky.social

podcasts.apple.com/fi/podcast/a...

#climatechange #degrowth #Energy @pollenetwork.bsky.social @carsoncenter.bsky.social
Alexander Dunlap - How do we recognize the political occupation facilitating extractivism?
Podcast Episode · EXALT Podcast · 25/07/2025 · 1h 4m
podcasts.apple.com
July 30, 2025 at 10:02 AM