La Nouvelle Trahison des Clercs
When scholars sell out, the consequences are grave.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 14th May 2013
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Via Dolorosa
Corruption and short-termism are pushing us along the path of sorrows.
By George Monbiot, published on the Guardian’s website, 10th May 2013
Enough Already
There is no point at which those who accumulate money become satisfied.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 6th May 2013.
The Providential Principle
Amazingly, the UK government has not defined the precautionary principle and appears to have no idea what it is.
By George Monbiot, published on the Guardian’s website, 1st May 2013
Here’s something remarkable I stumbled across while researching my column on Monday, but did not have room to include. I hope you’ll agree that it is worth sharing.
The Counter-Enlightenment
How government science advisers misrepresent science.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 30th April 2013
What happens to people when they become government science advisers? Are their children taken hostage? Is a dossier of compromising photographs kept, ready to send to the Sun if they step out of line?
Where Hope Flows
If the “hardest-worked river in the world” can recover to this extent, almost anything is possible.
By George Monbiot, published on the Guardian’s website, 25th April 2013.
Warning: this article begins with a spoiler. If you have not read The Road already and intend to do so, please skip the first three paragraphs.
The Self-Hating State
Devolving policy to “the market” doesn’t solve the problem of power. It makes it worse.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 23rd April 2013
In other ages, states sought to seize as much power as they could. Today, the self-hating state renounces its powers. Governments anathematise governance. They declare their role redundant and illegitimate. They launch furious assaults upon their own branches, seeking wherever possible to lop them off.
Feral
Searching for enchantment on the frontiers of rewilding
To be published on 30th May 2013 by Allen Lane
This is what people have said so far about Feral:
Thom Yorke:
Suckled on Lies
The case for banning advertisements aimed at children is overwhelming.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 16th April 2013
The Great Unmentionable
We have offshored both our consumption and our perceptions
By George Monbiot, published on the Guardian’s website, 12th April 2013
Every society has topics it does not discuss. These are the issues which challenge its comfortable assumptions. They are the ones that remind us of mortality, which threaten the continuity we anticipate, which expose our various beliefs as irreconcilable.