George Monbiot
Why are the crucial questions about Hurricane Harvey not being asked?
By George Monbiot for The Guardian It is not only Donald Trump’s government that censors the discussion of climate change; it is the entire body of polite opinion. This is why, though the links are clear and obvious, most reports…
A despot in disguise: one man’s mission to rip up democracy
By George Monbiot for The Guardian James McGill Buchanan’s vision of totalitarian capitalism has infected public policy in the US. Now it’s being exported. It’s the missing chapter: a key to understanding the politics of the past half century. To…
The Grenfell inquiry will be a stitch-up. Here’s why
By George Monbiot for The Guardian A public inquiry where the government chooses charges, judge and jury puts the bonfire of regulations outside the frame. An independent commission is needed We don’t allow defendants in court cases to select the…
Who paid for the leave vote? Brexit should be halted until we know
By George Monbiot for The Guardian There are huge questions about funding, involving the DUP and others. A public inquiry is needed Should the EU referendum result be annulled? For the past year I’ve been arguing that this would mean…
With Grenfell Tower, we’ve seen what ‘ripping up red tape’ really looks like
by George Monbiot for The Guardian Too often safety has been sacrificed to an agenda of deregulation backed by lobbyists: it’s time to put the public interest above corner-cutting and greed For years successive governments have built what they call a…
The election’s biggest losers? Not the Tories but the media, who missed the story
By George Monbiot for The Guardian Trapped in their hall of mirrors the broadcasters and press wrote off Jeremy Corbyn. They have to change and reflect the world they report on. The election was a crushing defeat – but not…
Dark money is pushing democracy in the UK over the edge
By George Monbiot for The Guardian We urgently need new rules to prevent the capture of our politics by billionaires and corporations and their secretive funding How is this acceptable? A multimillionaire City asset manager has pledged to spend up…
Freeing up the rich to exploit the poor. That’s what Trump and Brexit are about
A bonfire of public protections is being lit in Britain and in the United States – and the beneficiaries of it will be the very rich By George Monbiot for The Guardian Propaganda works by sanctifying a single value, such…
Our greatest peril? Screening ourselves off from reality
Immersed in life online like the followers of 4chan or PewDiePie, we start to imagine that nothing matters – even racism, misogyny and resurgent fascism By George Monbiot, The Guardian 28/2/2017 Everything is possible. Nothing is possible. Nothing hurts any…
Without the power of kindness, our society will fall apart
When we are vulnerable and estranged from each other we can be easily manipulated by demagogues, as can be seen in the US and Europe. By George Monbiot for The Guardian If there is an irrepressible human trait it’s the…
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