Performative Oppression
The government proposes the cultural cleansing of the Romani and
Traveller life from Britain.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 13th
November 2019
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The Unlearning
Boarding school, a peculiarly British form
of abuse, has devastating impacts not only on the boarders, but on those they
grow up to dominate.
By George Monbiot, published in the
Guardian 7th November 2019
Popularity Contest
If politicians genuinely respected “the people’s
will”, they would let us express it between elections.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 24th
October 2019
Arresting Destruction
This is my rationale for getting arrested with Extinction
Rebellion
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 16th October
2019
Oil Strike
The oil
companies have successfully transferred blame for their actions to us. It is
time to fight back.
By George
Monbiot, published in the Guardian 10th October 2019
Start Making Sense
By understanding the
psychological buttons they’re pressing, we can stop demagogues from destroying our
democracy.
By George Monbiot,
published in the Guardian 2nd October 2019
Is this democracy’s death spiral? Are
we falling, in this and other countries, into a lethal cycle of fury and
reaction, that blocks the reasoned conversation on which civic life depends?
Our Once and Future World
Let’s bring back Britain’s missing rainforests, and create
national parks worthy of the name.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 25th
September 2019
Embarrassment of Riches
For the sake of
life on Earth, we should set an upper limit on the money any person can
amass.
By George
Monbiot, published in the Guardian, 19th September 2019
Our Brezhnev Moment
Neoliberalism
has stalled, so the fanatics in government are using Brexit to revive it.
By George
Monbiot, published in the Guardian 11th Sepetmber 2019
Grounded
History
will be kind to the protesters who plan to stop flights at Heathrow airport.
They are climate heroes.
By George
Monbiot, published in the Guardian 4th September 2019
Obedience
is dangerous. It has facilitated every form of institutional oppression and
violence. Every advance in justice, peace and democracy has been made possible
by disobedience. Ethical progress is unlikely when we do only what we are told.