@berglundoscar.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer Policy Studies, University of Bristol, co-editor @policy-politics.bsky.social, Co-President UCU Bristol, research climate change activism, criminalisation of protest, civil disobedience, critical political economy
Net zero by 2050 to limit warming to 1.5°C. That may have been plausible 10 years ago, but the continued rise of emissions means that there is effectively no carbon budget left for 1.5. It is cumulative emissions that drives warming. 1/6 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
22.10.2025 10:01 — 👍 77 🔁 35 💬 4 📌 4My much-loved maternal grandmother was a centre-right voter and Amnesty International activist in Sweden. That’s an almost unthinkable combination these days.
15.10.2025 11:25 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A good read by @isaac-kh.bsky.social on #gpconf
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Climate activists make us feel bad because they remind us of what we wish to ignore.
So we punish them for it.
But only fools get angry at a fire alarm when their house is on fire 🔥
US left-wingers celebrating a fascist authoritarian winning the Nobel Peace price because it’s not their own fascist authoritarian is one of the most US things to happen
12.10.2025 16:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Film poster for One Battle After Another
Watched Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest, One Battle After Another, yesterday. Apart from being a great & gripping story, it’s very politically interesting. Says a lot about the current political moment (particularly in the US) when moderate positions become ever more difficult to justify. 1/4
28.09.2025 22:48 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Environmental Politics is an international, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal spanning the fields of political science, political sociology, and political theory. The journal provides a forum for the publication of original research into, and discussion and analysis of, the diverse theoretical and empirical aspects of environmental politics. The journal’s 2024 Impact Factor is 5.9, ranking 4/322 in Political Science and 29/191 in Environmental Studies. The journal is recruiting a Social Media Editor to manage its external communications. Responsibilities for this position include: Managing social media accounts (currently Bluesky, X, Substack) and the journal website Posting and circulating all journal and website publications Arranging and editing guest posts and interviews with authors We welcome expressions of interest from scholars of environmental politics from any higher education institution. We strongly encourage applications from early career individuals, including advanced PhD students and post-doctoral fellows, and we would specifically welcome applications from historically underrepresented groups and those whose intersectional identities and perspectives position them to support the editorial team’s commitment to an inclusive conception of environmental politics scholarship. The journal’s Aims and Scope, and the current membership of the editorial team and Editorial Advisory Board, are available at: tandfonline.com/fenp The Social Media Editor position comes with a modest stipend. Please send expressions of interest (no more than 2 pages), along with a brief CV, to David Konisky, Editor-in-Chief, (dkonisky@iu.edu). Reviews will begin October 15, 2025, and applications will be considered until the position is filled.
Call for expressions of interest: We are seeking a Social Media Editor to join our editorial team.
Responsibilities for this position include:
- Running social media & website
- Circulating all publications
- Arranging & editing guest posts
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The contemporary setting normalises seeing both the repressive nature of state violence and the political struggle against it as unexceptional. This contrasts with depictions of historical struggles (civil rights, Vietnam War etc) that often show that period as exceptional. 4/4
28.09.2025 22:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 04. State violence is mobilised to serve the powerful. 5. Borders are unjust and protecting migrants is a primary political priority. 3/4
28.09.2025 22:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 01. Resisting the capitalist & racist state is presented as natural and moral, a given. 2. Even when such resistance is violent it’s obviously morally justified. 3. The state will use psy-ops to justify and enable its violence. 2/4
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Film poster for One Battle After Another
Watched Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest, One Battle After Another, yesterday. Apart from being a great & gripping story, it’s very politically interesting. Says a lot about the current political moment (particularly in the US) when moderate positions become ever more difficult to justify. 1/4
28.09.2025 22:48 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Grief burns into rage as 146 people were murdered in 2024 for defending land and a livable planet. Their courage exposes the cowardice of governments and corporations that let this happen. We mourn them, honor them and demand an end to this violence. 💚✊🌍
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Four people were arrested for an “unauthorised projection”.
This is apparently what counts as a crime now
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
2025 top cited articles in Policy and Politics
Our 2025 🎉 Top 10 Most Cited Articles 🎉 are now free to access until the end of September! You can find them all below 👇
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Many thanks to all of our authors:
An essential book from the inside of an essential social movement. A journey of experiences and political analyses that matter to scholars anywhere. A book that makes us think critically about our role in the climate emergency, with a clear grasp of what climate change is doing to society
10.09.2025 20:46 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The largest citizen flotilla in history is sailing to Gaza with food and medicine. Israel has threatened to seize it - but together we can be their shield. Add your name to help watch over the flotilla and demand its safe passage! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-09...
05.09.2025 18:45 — 👍 4 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0Great book this. A brilliant team effort led by the fantastic @james7jackson.bsky.social
01.09.2025 10:47 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0One way to hand over hegemony to the Chinese is to just let disease run amok amongst you I suppose
29.08.2025 22:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Wrote this in response to the recent flag-raising around the UK and on my doorstep
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4/5 This is not a forgotten working class crying for attention from government. Nor is it an innocent & inclusive display of national pride. It takes wilful, faux naivety to believe that it is equivalent to symbolising a shared belonging.
24.08.2025 08:06 — 👍 31 🔁 13 💬 1 📌 0Yessss, we’re in the lead
24.08.2025 12:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This is not trivial either because this is how mediated meaning is created
The vast majority of people will not have been on the ground or know people who were and will rely on the media to tell them what happened
This is how the far right is hyped and normalised
A deep dive into the impact of Bristol’s two growing universities on the city.
I challenged both on their contribution to the housing crisis in the city, & whether the pros outweigh the cons.
Have a read 👇🏼
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
Scenes in Bristol. 35 Fascists in a dip in Castle Park, surrounded by 50 cops and 400 anti-fascists on surrounding hills.
23.08.2025 11:43 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0In case you missed it,
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Was interviewed for this Dutch news article today about the ridiculous proscription of Palestine Action
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Aside from the frothing racism of these people, what is really grim about this is the idea that government are powerless to change culture. If your constituents think these things *they are wrong* and you need to explain why. It's not actually your job as an MP to rubber stamp fascism.
21.08.2025 07:48 — 👍 1210 🔁 301 💬 27 📌 9at this point a lot of Trump's daily life involves humiliating European elites, which they frankly deserve for possessing the backbone of a molusc.
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