This System is Killing Us

'Dunlap is one of the foremost researchers on the unfolding relationship between ecocide, colonialism, extractivism, and green capitalism.'

-- Peter Gelderloos, author of 'The Solutions are Already Here'

'Dunlap's work is vital for understanding the forces driving violence against land and water defenders around the world and why a transition to "renewable" energy will fail to stop it.'

-- Alleen Brown, investigative journalist

'This book does what many of us cannot-it communicates truths about our world that we have instinctively known since we were children, but never been able to articulate. If, like me, you like arguing with your family around the dinner table, this book is going to be your greatest accomplice.'

-- Bojana Novakovic, actress, film maker and organizer

'An indispensable resource for scholars, activists, and policymakers looking to make real change toward a socially just and sustainable future.'

-- Anna Feigenbaum, author of 'Tear Gas: From the Battlefields of WWI to the Streets of Today'

'One of the most compelling, demystifying and provocative calls to action in the face of the violent collapse of modernity. A must-read for anyone who wants to carry out or support serious anti-colonial, anti-state, and anti-capitalist struggles.'

-- Dr. Carlos Tornel, author of 'Gustavo Esteva: Life and Work of a Public Deprofessionalized Intellectual'

'Demolishes our complacent faith in renewable energy and its associated fantasies of 'green new deals' and 'sustainable development', confronting green capitalism with the resistances its violence inspires, and drawing compelling lessons for our collective survival.'

-- Dr. Japhy Wilson, Lecturer in Human-Environment Interactions, Bangor University, UK

'Travelling across sites of ecocide and resistance, from Mexico to Portugal, this book investigates socioecological catastrophe and social war. But the critique goes so much further and deeper - exploring the links between the fabrication of desires, the enchantment of modernity, and the ongoing infrastructural colonization through statism, "green projects" and the deeper pathology of progress. A simultaneously depressing and empowering must-read.'

-- Dr. Andrea Brock, lecturer in International Relations, University of Sussex

'Our modern infrastructural systems are killing us, and the planet. In this crucial book, Xander Dunlap exposes the deadly connivence of states and capital, the dangers of well- intended critiques, and the challenging realities of vital socioenvironmental struggles.'

-- Professor Philippe Le Billon, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia

'Dunlap brilliantly documents the catastrophic outcomes locally and globally as we entrust our planetary woes to the promises of dapper executives, left or right, who peddle technological transitions for green growth. Why must we instead encourage each other to shift our ways to address poverty without growth? Answers inside.'

-- Professor James Fairhead, Department of Anthropology, University of Sussex

'This superb book is a breath of fresh air amid established modernist and leftist treatments of the polycrisis.'

-- Arturo Escobar, author of 'Pluriversal Politics'