Landlocked
Bullying and intimidation dominate the
British countryside, as landowners and shooters assert their power.
By George Monbiot, published in the
Guardian 1st May 2019
Articles from George Monbiot
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The Problem is Capitalism
It is a weapon pointed at the living world. We
urgently need to develop a new system.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 25th
April 2019
For most of my adult life, I’ve railed against
“corporate capitalism”, “consumer capitalism” and “crony capitalism”. It took
me a long time to see that the problem is not the adjective, but the noun.
No More Excuses
No one is
coming to save us. Only rebellion will prevent an environmental apocalypse
By George
Monbiot, published in the Guardian 15th April 2019
Had we put
as much effort into preventing environmental catastrophe as we’ve spent on making
excuses for inaction, we would have solved it by now. Everywhere I look, I see
people engaged in furious attempts to fend off the moral challenge it presents.
Quantomania
Neoliberalism
promised to save us from bureaucracy. Instead, it has delivered a mad, semi-privatised
authoritarianism
By George Monbiot,
published in the Guardian 10th April 2019
Rewild the World
We launch a new campaign to allow ecosystems to recover on a massive scale, drawing down carbon from the atmosphere
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 3rd April
2019
First Strike
Drawing on the successes and failures of the past, we must help young climate strikers to win their existential struggle
By George Monbiot, published in the Guarduan, 20th February 2019
Re: generation
Why older people must stand in solidarity with the youth climate strikes.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 15th February 2019
Crisis? What Crisis?
The governments’ inability to respond to our democratic emergency is one symptom of systemic political failure
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 13th February 2019
The Mask of Anarchy
Why disaster capitalists are praying for a no deal Brexit.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 8th February 2019
Waste Colonialism
The UK government is flagrantly flouting its own rules, allowing our scrap tyres to be sent to India for burning.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 30th January 2019