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.

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

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 ...

Archive of his syndicated column about international and British politics and issues, arranged by topic.

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

Searching for enchantment on the frontiers of rewilding By George Monbiot. Published October 2013 by Allen Lane, Penguin Press.

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

Every week, sometimes every day, someone writes to me asking for advice about the career they should take. I can’t, unfortunately, respond to them all, so I thought I should try to formulate some ...

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.