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The Sleep of Reason
Far from holding the government to account, as it claims, most of the media was fast asleep while massive scandals brewed.
Oil Spots
The Science Museum’s new exhibition on climate breakdown is funded by an oil company. What could possibly go wrong?
Oral Transmission
How I became a human plague – and stumbled into one of the most astonishing scientific stories I’ve ever encountered.
Sea Change
At last people are waking up to the fishing industry’s devastating impacts.
I’m Taking a Break
I won’t be writing my Guardian column for a few weeks, as I’m trying to finish my book about feeding the world without devouring the planet. Normal service will resume in April.
Viral Lies
Some falsehoods about the pandemic are so dangerous that they should be banned.
Long-Suffering
Long Covid is devastating the health and lives of many thousands of people, and highlights the terrible neglect of patients with chronic conditions such as ME/CFS.
Clueless
It is hard to imagine how the government’s handling of the pandemic could have been more catastrophic.
Caught in the Crossfire
Brexit isn’t about Europe, and isn’t about the UK. It’s the outcome of a civil war within capitalism.
Breaking the Chain
A crucial link in the food chain has been forgotten by the government, exposing us to a potential disaster after the Brexit transition.
Monster Makers
Unless Biden fights big money, he could pave the way for someone even worse than Trump.
Lessons Unlearnt
Privatisation, outsourcing, packed classrooms and a total government failure to make them safe expose schools to deadly levels of infection.
A Total Fiasco
England’s response to the coronavirus pandemic now relies on unskilled teenaged call centre workers, taking the place of experienced clinicians.
Without Trace
The huge amount of public money spent on test and trace has been wasted by incompetent private contractors and executives, with devastating results.
The State of It
The government retreats for billionaires, while smashing down our doors.
Commanding View
The BBC amplifies the voices of billionaires, and shuts down those who challenge them.
The Tyranny of Hope
World summits and politicians’ promises are not taking us closer to environmental salvation, but further away.
Be Still
Let’s create communities from which we scarcely have to travel.
Democratic Revolution
Full-scale participatory democracy would change everything. It has the same revolutionary potential as the universal franchise and women’s suffrage.