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 ...

The government is betting the farm on a nuclear technology that might soon look as hip as the traction engine.

We face a potential global food crisis, and no one is secure until everyone is secure.

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

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 ...

Claims that cattle ranching sequesters carbon and restores ecosystems have been used in highly effective marketing campaigns by the livestock industry. Just one problem: they’re greenwash.

Farmfree foods might be the only thing that gets us – and much of the rest of the living world – through this century.

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 ...

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