We are defending ourselves against the wrong threats. For decades, UK governments have been fighting not just the last war, but a redundant notion of war, spending hundreds of billions against ...

An interview with The Ink, about where we are, how we got here and where we need to go. George Monbiot, interviewed by The Ink, 9th July 2024 TI: Can you walk us through how you define neoliberalism” ...

Our survival depends on piercing the glassy surface of distraction, and ceasing to obey.

What does the good life—and the good society—look like in the twenty-first century? A toxic ideology rules the world – of extreme competition and individualism. It misrepresents human nature, ...

Corporate lobbyists are demanding a ban on protest – and getting it. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 2 nd February 2024 Why are peaceful protesters treated like terrorists, while actual ...

The meat industry’s misinformation tactics are even worse than the fossil fuel industry’s. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 14 th December 2023 Everything that makes campaigning against ...

Why are so many nations now led by extravagant buffoons? Because the nature of capitalism has changed.

There are elements of fascism, elements borrowed from the Chinese state and elements that reflect Argentina’s history of dictatorship. But most of the programme for government announced by Javier ...

Could Trump and Musk be seeking to end our time on Earth? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 5 th March 2025 In thinking about the war being waged against life on Earth by Donald Trump, Elon ...

You could see Covid-19 as an empathy test. Who was prepared to suffer disruption and inconvenience for the sake of others, and who was not? The answer was often surprising. I can think, for instance, ...

Unless Biden fights big money, he could pave the way for someone even worse than Trump. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 11 th November 2020 It brought a tear to the eye and a hand to the ...

Earth systems are being rushed towards their tipping points by governments that offer us nothing but chaos. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 31 st October 2023 Can you see it yet? The ...