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The Urge to Destroy

It’s a cast-iron relationship: the more unequal a society becomes, the better the far right does. Here’s why.

A New World

You can’t do it differently until you imagine it differently.

First Sight of Land

For the first time, the government is consulting on a Land Use Framework for England. It’s an important step, but there’s a long way to go.

RIP FFS

As deliberately-contaminated sewage sludge is spread on farmland, it feels as if humanity is on a suicide mission.

Pro-Social Hoarding

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

Fossil Record

Could Trump and Musk be seeking to end our time on Earth?

Nigel Says Thanks

By defending the UK’s draconian anti-protest laws, Labour is laying the ground for an authoritarian government.

Non-Linear

Trump’s assaults on governance could trigger systemic collapse. Here’s how it might happen, and how we can prepare.

Broken Levers

This is how Labour’s war on regulations will stymie its own policies. It is irrational and self-destructive.

Homing Device

Labour’s housing strategy makes a dysfunctional system bigger. We need systemic change.

Motherfrackers

Trump’s presidency is a reversion to autocratic tyranny. Only concerted resistance can stop it from spreading.  

Institutional Sexism

State-sponsored rape, lies and deception – then a cover-up operating right across official life.

Ground Truthed

Soil carbon markets are going to collapse. And that’s a good thing.

Lords of the Desert

These people are prepared to destroy everything, as long as they can command the ruins.

The Reversion

Trump’s win is a return to the default state of centralised, hierarchical societies – like ours. That’s the problem.