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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

The disastrous collapse of the UK’s pandemic response has been caused by the deliberate evisceration of our health services. Worse is coming.

System change is – and has always been – our only realistic means of defending the living planet. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 19 th July 2022 Can we talk about it now? I mean the ...

Predatory corporations are making a mockery of natural climate solutions, as they grab land and bamboozle the public.

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

Every industry has its apparatus of justification. The more damaging the industry, the greater the effort spent constructing it. Few if any industries are as damaging as meat production, especially ...