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
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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.
Ash to Ashes
Thanks to shocking failures of government, every tree, almost everywhere, is now threatened by killer plagues
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 14th August 2019
Spectre at the Feast
The livestock industry is trashing the living world, and free-range, pasture-fed meat is the worst offender.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 9th
August 2019
Fossil Rebellion
In the midst of climate breakdown, governments around the world
are funding and protecting the fossil fuel industry
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 7th August
2019
Killer Clowns
Why are so
many nations now led by extravagant buffoons? Because the nature of capitalism
has changed.
By George
Monbiot, published in the Guardian 26th July 2019
Private Taxation
Governments have built a heaven for
landlords and a hell for tenants. It’s time to change the system.
By George Monbiot,
published in the Guardian 17th July 2019
Owned
As I’ve found to my
cost, the billionaire press seeks to kill change before it happens.
By George Monbiot,
published in the Guardian 3rd
July 2019
Snake Oil
Shell is not the
green saviour it claims to be, but a planetary death machine
By George Monbiot, published in the
Guardian 26th June 2019