Bring Them Back
We should welcome the return of the big wild mammals
The Alternative Media
Undercurrents and Schnews are both ten years old, and still blooming.
Road Hogs
Even the government’s private finance success story turns out to be a roaring failure
Feeding Cars, Not People
The adoption of biofuels would be a humanitarian and environmental disaster
The Myth of Compensation Culture
Big business is seeking the freedom to kill its workers
Religion of the Rich
There is a precedent for the Bush Project, but it’s not fascism
Fallen Fruit
An insane European ruling will be the final straw for the English apple
Exploitation on Tap
Why is Britain using its aid money to persuade South Africa to privatise its public services?
No Longer Obeying Orders
Transcript of lecture.
Too Soft on Crime
The government is letting the corporate killers walk free.
Expose the Tax Cheats
The best way of dealing with tax avoidance is to publish everyone’s returns.
The Paradox of Transition
How does the Global Justice Movement become effective without becoming New Labour?
Proliferation Treaty
Of course Iran wants the bomb, and the international system has given it everything it needs to build one.
Class War on the Hoof
If we want a classless society, banning hunting might be a step towards it.
Two Kinds of Mass Death
The argument for nuclear power has strengthened, but it’s still not good enough.
Adventure playground
Africans have good reason to be suspicious of British involvement in their affairs
Living with the Age of Entropy
Is a life without fossil fuel possible?
Correspondence with David Bellamy
Letters following the publication of the article Goodbye, Kind World (filed under Climate Change)
The Bad or the Terrible
Those who insist that Nader supporters should vote for Kerry are holding back US democratisation.
Goodbye, Kind World
We’ve never had it so good, and we never will again.
A Thousand Dusty Codicils
Little by little, democracy is being banned
Think inside the box
With only a little tweaking, Labour’s congestion plans could also solve the speeding problem
The Lies of the Press
The newspapers must also be held to account for the decision to invade Iraq.
Greasing Up to Power
Our journalists bear as much responsibility for the misinformation about Iraq as the intelligence agencies.
War x 4
Any government concerned about global security and climate change should be banning 4×4s
Losing the Battle with Entropy
Without cheap oil, the only safe option is to start dismantling our complex economies
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Empire of Denial
My old housemate has devised a new and terrifying myth of power
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The Age of Consent
Text of lecture given to the Royal Society of Arts, and printed in their magazine
The Immigrants the Tabloids Love
The rightwing campaign against economic migrants may not be as irrational as it appears.
Costing the Earth
Costing the Earth
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This Is What We Paid For
Britain’s foreign aid has been used to bankroll a programme for mass starvation
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Just Fade Away
It’s time to lighten up about falling birthrates.
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Born Yesterday
Review of The Day After Tomorrow
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Waging War with the Virgin Soldiers
Abstinence teaching is a disaster for teenagers.
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The Fossil Fools
The dismissal of climate change by journalistic nincompoops is a danger to us all
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Apocalypse Please
US policy towards the Middle East is driven by a rarefied form of madness. It’s time we took it seriously.
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Victim’s Licence
Our fairytale version of Rwanda’s genocide has allowed us to overlook the government’s own crimes against humanity
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The Bones of the Saint
Remarks at the launch of Scott Lucas’s book The Betrayal of Dissent
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Jump on our Bandwagon
The corporations’ Achilles heel is the environment. It’s time for the left to hit it.
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The British Threat
By hardening its position on nuclear weapons, Labour is encouraging proliferation
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Battle of the Manifestos
Battle of the Manifestos
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A Charter to Intervene
We need new international laws to tell us whether or not force is justified.
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Low Hanging Fruit
The superstores are mopping up the last pockets of resistance
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Seeds of Distraction
The biotech companies want us to consider everything except their motives.
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Extreme Measures
We can’t rely on the Establishment to topple Tony Blair: we must do it ourselves.
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The Sleaze Behind Our Science
The conflicts of interest revealed by the MMR story are everywhere.
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Mighty Mouse
Disney’s infantilisation of our culture masks a hard, hegemonic will
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Letter of Resignation
Letter of Resignation
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Natural Aesthetes
Wildlife is wonderful. We don’t need any other excuse to protect it.
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On the Edge of Lunacy
British foreign aid is being directed to countries willing to sell off their assets to big business
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A Weapon With Wings
The centenary of the Wright brothers’ flight should be a day of international mourning.
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December Debate - part 2
December Debate - part 2
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December Debate - Part 1
Online debate with Guardian readers
The Bottom of the Barrel
Oil is running out, but no one wants to talk about it.
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The Moral Myth
Superpowers act out of self-interest, not morality.
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Rattling the Bars
Something very big is stirring among Europe’s young people
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George Bush, The Anti-American
Our protests are against the policies, not the people
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Dreamers and Idiots
Bush and Blair did everything necessary to prevent the outbreak of peace
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Acceptable Hatred
Beneath the enduring hostility to Gypsies lies an ancient envy of the nomadic life
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Tony Blair’s New Friend
He made the moral case for war - but backs a dictator who boils prisoners to death
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The Flight to India
The jobs Britain stole from the Asian subcontinent 300 years ago are now returning. Is this a good thing or a bad one?
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Back to Front Coup
The military is being invited into the heart of politics in the US.
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The Age of Consent
A manifesto for a new world order
The Enemies of Science
Nothing damages science more than forcing researchers to develop GM
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No Man’s land
An Investigative Journey through Kenya and Tanzania
Captive State
The corporate takeover of Britain
The Patient is Dying
The Labour Party has 24 hours to save the National Health Service
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The Philosophy of Cant
Europe wrecked the world trade talks, but it may accidentally have forced the poor world to assert its power. Final installment of the series on trade.
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