Alexander Vorbrugg

Thanks so much Stefan, also for your generous blurb!

Dispersed Dispossession This book provides a nuanced analysis of rural change in Russia during the 2010s, a crucial and formative phase marked by the consolidation of giant agricult...

If you haven't gotten yours yet, now get a a copy of @alexvorbrugg.bsky.social 's brilliant book on dispersed dispossession in rural Russia.
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#geosky

Ecocide in Ukraine. The Environmental Cost of Russia’s War. Book review – Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group Alexander Vorbrugg Ecocide in Ukraine is an outstanding testimony to the environmental costs of Russia’s war, a moving tribute to humans, ecosystems, animals, and plants in Ukraine, and a thoughtful r...

A thoughtful review of @daryatsymbalyuk.bsky.social's 'Ecocide in Ukraine' by @alexvorbrugg.bsky.social published on the website of the Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group

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Zagreb vor Großkonzert von Rechtsextremem Thompson

Dieses Konzert sollte ganz #Europa alarmieren: Marko Perković aka Thompson, tritt heute in #Zagreb vor bis zu 500.000 Menschen auf.

Er steht für eine gefährliche Mischung aus Rechtsextremismus, Nationalismus und der Verherrlichung des Ustaša-Regimes.

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Aufstieg des Endzeitfaschismus Die Bewegung für unternehmensgeführte Stadtstaaten kann ihr Glück kaum fassen. Seit Jahren propagiert sie die extreme Vorstellung, dass wohlhabende, steuerscheue Menschen ihre eigenen Hightech-Lehen g...

Es ist wie Naomi Klein & Astra Taylor @blaetter.bsky.social beschreiben: „Aufstieg des Endzeitfaschismus”. Ideologische Grundierung beginnt jedoch nicht im Trumpismus oder im Umfeld der AfD, sondern in bürgerlicher Mitte, die Privilegien erhalten & die Wirtschaft über das Leben der Vielen stellt.

EEI magazine - summer 2025 edition

Is rearmament costing the Earth?

Our OpEd in this summer's European Energy Innovation magazine explores how spiralling military spending places EU and global climate goals at risk. www.europeanenergyinnovation.eu/OnlinePublic... #COP30

Fokus Energiestandort Schweiz

Die CH verfügt über tech. Mittel und Investitionskraft, um die #Energiewende schnell umzusetzen. Was fehlt, sind Rahmenbedingungen, die ökol. und sozioökonomische Faktoren gleichermassen berücksichtigen.

Gastbeitrag S. 8: issuu.com/smart_media/...

@retoknutti.bsky.social @PetraSieber #SPEED2ZERO

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Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group has been highlighting the far-reaching environmental consequences of Russia's full-scale invasion of #Ukraine since 2022.

In a time of ecocide in Ukraine, please read @daryatsymbalyuk.bsky.social 's outstanding book, and support @uwecworkgroup.bsky.social 's important work!

(PDF) Preface by the Series Editor PDF | In: Ian Garner and Taras Kuzio, eds., Russia and Modern Fascism: New Perspectives on the Kremlin's War Against Ukraine. Stuttgart: ibidem-Verlag,... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...

In: Ian Garner @irgarner.bsky.social and Taras Kuzio, eds., Russia and Modern Fascism: New Perspectives on the Kremlin's War Against Ukraine. Stuttgart: ibidem-Verlag, 2025.

@ffrafaction.bsky.social @komrex-unijena.bsky.social @russlandverstehen.eu @russlandwatcher.de @deskrussia.bsky.social

1/ 🛰️ How can we record the environmental and economic consequences of #war from #space?

🔗 Read about how #satellite data aid assessment of the extent of damage and chances for recovery of #Ukraine in an article on the UWEC website: uwecworkgroup.info/satellite-da...

The transformation of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Certification Scheme in Russia after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine This article investigates the transformation of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification scheme in Russia into the complementary Forest Etal…

Curious what happened to forest certification in Russia, country with largest forest area, when FSC left after full-scale invasion of Ukraine? Our research on this, and what it says about institutional/governance adaptation to global decoupling, is published
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How to cope with grief and find wonder as Earth's climate changes - The Washington Post This week, large parts of the country are experiencing extreme heat and humidity. Alaska issued its first-ever heat advisory. Climate scientist Kate Marvel tells us how to fight climate fatalism and f...

Kate Marvel, Climate Scientist at NASA and formerly, Project Drawdown, has written an extraordinary and beautiful book on emotions surrounding climate change called, "Human Nature."

Check out her recent interview with the @washingtonpost.com: www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/pos...

Climate misinformation turning crisis into catastrophe – major report False claims obstructing climate action, say researchers, amid calls for climate lies to be criminalised

"UN special rapporteur on human rights and climate change, Elisa Morgera, called for misinformation and greenwashing by the fossil fuel industry to be criminalise"

Damn right

And fossil fuel CEOs should be first in the dock

Climate lies cost lives

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Adam Calo, Sylvia Kay, Sarah R Sippel, Coline Perrin, and Kirsteen Shields explore how geographically variegated property regimes in the Global North shape the scope of the commodification and assetization of farmland, and discuss radical alternatives to private property.
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If you are interested in land politics, check out @econgeo.bsky.social 's Institutional Landscapes webpage. They are graciously hosting this guest post:

The Amazon rainforest emerges as the new global oil frontier Half a century of oil drilling has left the Amazon rainforest scarred -and a new wave of fossil fuel extraction is coming

Brazil is set to auction 172 oil and gas blocks today... 68 of them are in the Amazon. It’s happening just as the country prepares to host #COP30, raising concerns over the expansion of fossil fuels in one of the world’s most vital ecosystems.

Russia air attack damaged Boeing offices in Ukraine Aerial strikes hit US aerospace giant’s premises in Kyiv, raising questions about Moscow’s intent

Apparently, the deterrent effect of US investment in Ukraine is limited.

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Angesichts der Verbindungen des mutmaßlichen Attentäters in die Welt der sog. independent charismatic Christianity und New Apostolic Reformation, hier (frei für alle) meine Podcast-Doppelfolge mit @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social aus dem letzten Jahr, über ihren Einfluss und Radikalisierungspotential:

Herzlichen Dank!

The power of everyday politics in Russia: feeling for an absent presence This is a longer summary of my new book written for Russia.Post. A version of it appeared there in May. Twenty-seven years ago, I began visiting a small industrial town in Kaluga region and its rus…

Last self-publicizing post on the book, I promise. I did a relatively accessible longer write up for Russia.Post in May. I've reblogged it today in case people missed it there and want the definitive: "this is what it covers". postsocialism.org/2025/06/12/t...

Rare good news delivered from the US, although personal. It's printed and will be available from 1 July

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Seeds of metal: How war is polluting Ukraine’s farmland and threatening food security – Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group Oksana Datsko One of the world’s biggest suppliers of grain and industrial crops, Ukraine’s agricultural economy has been badly hit by Russia’s war of aggression. Although the country’s agrarian secto...

1/ 😡 The Russian Ministry of Agriculture has allocated ≈€5M to create a map-scheme of agricultural lands in the siezed regions of #Donetsk, #Luhansk, #Zaporizhzhia and #Kherson

How the #war is destroying #Ukraine's agricultural landscapes? Read here:
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Deutliche Mehrheit unterstützt Dobrindts Zurückweisungen Juristisch und politisch sind die von Bundesinnenminister Dobrindt angeordneten Zurückweisungen von Asylsuchenden an den deutschen Außengrenzen umstritten. In der Bevölkerung hingegen scheint der CSU-...

Deutliche Mehrheit für Zurückweisungen - na und? In meinem 2. Semester war eine knappe Mehrheit der Jura-Studierenden für die Androhung von Folter in bestimmten Fällen. Meine Professorin sagte zurecht, gut, dass wir Rechtsnormen haben, die uns davor schützen.

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Our new IMR paper on the great replacement theory is now open-access. We find that about 20% (!) of German adults believe that white majorities are being deliberately replaced by non-white immigrants in a secretive attempt by malevolent elites to undermine their own country.

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Home The critical annual update revealing the latest trends in global carbon emissions

The ocean takes up a quarter of our CO2-emissions. If that share declines as marine ecosystems become increasingly stressed by ocean heating and pollution, we are in trouble.
#WorldOceanDay
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EU-Rechtsprechung zu Migration: Bis das Menschenrecht am Boden liegt Der Europäischen Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte sollte verhindern, dass Europa jemals autoritär wird. Rechte Kräfte setzen ihn jetzt unter Druck.

Mein Artikel @taz.de über die Angriffe auf den EGMR ist jetzt auch in der Online-Version veröffentlicht worden. Neun Nationalstaaten wollen die Auslegung der Menschenrechtskonvention beeinflussen - und sägen damit an der Rechtsstaatlichkeit.

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Russia’s ‘Pearl Harbor’ How pro-war Telegram channels are reacting to Ukraine’s drone attack on Russian air bases — Meduza Over the weekend, Ukraine’s Security Service conducted a massive, sophisticated drone attack targeting airfields in five regions of Russia. According to the agency, “Operation Spiderweb” destroyed 41…

Russia’s pro-war commentators on Telegram were universally unhappy about Ukraine’s ‘Spiderweb’ operation but divided over what it means, who’s to blame, and whether it was “Russia’s Pearl Harbor.” Here’s what they had to say.
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1/ 👀 The environmental consequences of the #war in #Ukraine are most often discussed in the context of military operations. But environmental problems on the home front are no less significant.

Soaring global military spending threatens global climate action - CEOBS How is rising military spending threatening global climate action? It's everything from direct emissions to diverted climate finance.

No matter how you look at it, the rapid rises in global military spending threaten climate action, undermining our collective security. It's everything from direct emissions to diverted climate finance, and its threatening the attainment of #SDG13 on #ClimateAction. ceobs.org/soaring-glob...