No one can be trusted with power. Any government will oppress its people if not constantly and inventively challenged. And the task becomes ever-more urgent as new technologies of surveillance and ...

By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 28 th June 2025 ...

Perhaps we could call it wink murder. When people become desensitised by ironic calls for violence, the difference between a humorous position and an ideological conviction can begin to break down.

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

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” ...

The terrible legacy of European farm subsidies – and how we could use Brexit as an opportunity for something better This is George Monbiot [1] ‘s submission to the House of Commons Environmental Audit ...

I have helped to malign an innocent man. By George Monbiot, published on monbiot.com, 10th November 2012 I have done a few stupid things in my life, but nothing as stupid as this. The tweets I sent ...

In the first of a series of columns about possible solutions, I explore how commons could transform society and the distribution of wealth By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 14 th December ...

A few weeks ago I read what I believe is the most important environmental book ever written. It is not Silent Spring, Small is Beautiful or even Walden. It contains no graphs, no tables, no facts, ...

Can you see it yet? The Earth systems horizon – the point at which our planetary systems tip into a new equilibrium, hostile to most lifeforms? I think we can. The sudden acceleration of environmental ...

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 ...