George Monbiot: Make America Wait Again
Dirty industries spend more on politics, keeping us in the fossil age. Make America Wait Again. That’s what Donald Trump’s energy policy amounts to. Stop all the clocks, put the … Continue reading
George Monbiot: The Deep History Behind Trump’s Rise
How a ruthless network of super-rich ideologues killed choice and destroyed people’s faith in politics. The events that led to Donald Trump’s election started in England in 1975. At a … Continue reading
George Monbiot: The Man in the Mirror
Donald Trump is not an outlier, but the distillation of our dominant values. What is the worst thing about Donald Trump? The lies? The racist stereotypes? The misogyny? The alleged … Continue reading
George Monbiot: The Age of Loneliness
What do we call this time? It’s not the information age: the collapse of popular education movements left a void filled by marketing and conspiracy theories. Like the stone age, … Continue reading
George Monbiot: Disposable Planet
In western society, consumerism occupies a sacred and inviolable space, while the wonders of the living world are dispensable. The world’s largest land animal, the biggest fish, the bird with … Continue reading
George Monbiot: The Purse is Mightier than the Pen
The climate crisis is here now, but a compromised, corrupted media doesn’t want to know. What is salient is not important. What is important is not salient. The media turns … Continue reading
George Monbiot: The Zombie Doctrine
Crisis after crisis is being caused by a failed ideology. But it cannot be stopped without a coherent alternative. It’s as if the people of the Soviet Union had never … Continue reading
George Monbiot: Rewilding, hillwalking, and the extraordinary history of the British islands.
George Monbiot, interviewed by Dan Bailey for UKHillwalking.com, 11th December 2015 What would a natural upland habitat have looked like in Britain before humans started having the dominant influence? This … Continue reading
George Monbiot: How to Build a Crisis
What have governments learnt from the financial crisis? I could write a column spelling it out. Or I could do the same job with one word. Nothing. Actually, that’s too … Continue reading
George Monbiot: Nothing to See Here
In the greatest environmental disaster of the 21st Century (so far), Indonesia has been blotted out by smoke. And the media. I’ve often wondered how the media would respond when … Continue reading
George Monbiot: Human Kind
Fascinating new lines of research suggest that we are good people, tolerating bad things. Do you find yourself thrashing against the tide of human indifference and selfishness? Are you oppressed … Continue reading
George Monbiot: Surgical Strike
The US bombing of a hospital in Afghanistan is just one symptom of comprehensive military failure. “The strike may have resulted in collateral damage to a nearby medical facility.” This … Continue reading
George Monbiot: Inhospitable Planet
There may be water on Mars. But is there intelligent life on Earth? Evidence for flowing water on Mars – this opens up the possibility of life; of wonders we … Continue reading
George Monbiot: Smoke and Mirrors
Pollution, as scandals on both sides of the Atlantic show, is a physical manifestation of corruption. In London, the latest figures suggest that it now kills more people than smoking. … Continue reading
