YouTube video by Program on Extremism at GWU

Join us on August 4, 2025 for a timely discussion with Dr. Mauro Lubrano, Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in International Relations in the Department of Politics, Languages, and International Studies at the University of Bath, to explore his new book, Stop the Machines: The Rise of Anti-Technology Extremism. In an extremist ecosystem increasingly driven by grievances and narratives, the intellectual flexibility of this anti-technology ideology represents a potent emerging threat. The conversation, moderated by Research Fellow Jon Lewis, will examine the origins and evolution of anti-technology extremist violence across the globe, from insurrectionary anarchists to eco-extremists and eco-fascists.

Featuring Dr. Mauro Lubrano; moderated by Jon Lewis.

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Stop the Machines: The Rise of Anti-Technology Extremism, The last few years have witnessed a re-emergence of anti-technology extremism – groups which have progressively taken a more antagonistic stan...