This System is Killing Us

Dunlap is one of the foremost researchers on the unfoldingrelationship between ecocide, colonialism, extractivism, and green capitalism. ... An important bookPeter Gelderloos, author ofThe Solutions are Already HereVital for understanding the forces driving violence against landand water defenders around the worldAlleen Brown, investigative journalistA passionate account of the harms of green capitalismProfessor Anna Feigenbaum, author ofTear GasOne of the most compelling, demystifying, and provocativecalls to action in the face of the violent collapse of modernity.A must-readDr. Carlos Tornel, author ofGustavo EstevaThis System is Killing Usis an insider look at the catastrophic effects that energy infrastructure and mining are having on communities and our planet. Xander Dunlap spent a decade living and working with Indigenous activists and land defenders across the world to uncover evidence of the repression people have faced in the wake of untamed capitalist growth.By centring the struggles of people whose lives are being systematically destroyed, Dunlap reveals gaps within the current official debates around climate change. This includes reviewing feuds between socialist modernism and degrowth. While changing public policy could play a constructive role in remediating climate catastrophe, by understanding the successes and failures of those on the front lines, it becomes clear that ecologically decentralized self-organization could be the only way out of this environmental nightmare.Xander Dunlapis a postdoctoral research fellow at the Institute for Global Sustainability, Boston University, USA, and a visiting research fellow in the Global Development Studies Department, University of Helsinki, Finland. Xander has written many books, most recentlyEnforcing Ecocide, and is a long-time participant in anti-police, squatting and environmental movements.