Gangs of thugs rampage through the countryside. Yet the police look the other way, and the government does nothing.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 13th October 2021
Something is going badly wrong in the countryside. For years, despite abundant video evidence, bloodsports enthusiasts have intimidated and attacked people who criticise and seek to monitor them, with apparent impunity.
Destroying the world’s living systems and draining its wealth are not perversions of capitalism. They are capitalism.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 7th October 2021
The living world is being hit by everything at once: the only way to stop our full-spectrum assault on Earth systems is to reduce our economic activity.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 29th September 2021
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How the counterculture fell prey to the far-right’s conspiracy theories.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 22nd September 2021
The Conservatives promised that communities could reshape their own towns. As the shocking case of Totnes shows, it’s a con.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 15th September 2021
Among the most important democratic questions is how the land surrounding us is used. Is it providing homes we can afford, public services and green spaces, or is it being used by a few to impose damaging schemes on the rest of us and extract profits at our expense?
Earth systems could tip before 2050. We urgently need more stringent climate targets.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 9th September 2021
We cannot build our way out of the environmental crisis.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 1st September 2021
The media’s lust for blood helped march us into the disastrous wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It wants us to forget that.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 25th August 2021
Future corporate profits are officially more important than life on Earth.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 19th August 2021
The human tragedy is that there is no connection between what we know and what we do. Almost everyone is now at least vaguely aware that we face the greatest catastrophe our species has ever confronted. Yet scarcely anyone alters their behaviour in response: above all, their driving, flying and consumption of meat and dairy.