Author: monbiot

The Case Against Competence

I would rather live with Jeremy Corbyn’s gentle dithering than Theresa May’s brutal efficiency

A note on the poison gas attack at Khan Sheikhoun, Syria

By reframing the economy, Kate Raworth’s Doughnut Economics changes our view of who we are and where we stand.

Freedom is used as the excuse for ripping down public protections on behalf of the very rich.

Why would Scotland wish to be tethered to the political wasteland south of the border?

Digital technologies could be used to destroy democracy, or to save it.

A short, simple factsheet on the impacts of traffic pollution on children’s health

For some of those immersed in virtual worlds, everything loses its meaning – even racism and fascism.

My (very controversial) column on the lives for which the schooling system prepares our children.

This is how to stop demagogues and extremists: rebuild community.

Kayaking with basking sharks provides a glimpse of the wonders we could experience if our seas are rewilded.

How a dark money network is taking power on both sides of the Atlantic.

Our democracies are broken, debased and distrusted. Here are some ideas for restoring them.

Dirty industries spend more on politics, keeping us in the fossil age.

Brexit could wreck the British countryside – or it could save it. It depends on getting our voices heard.

This explains how the rough estimates of the area occupied by sheep in the UK were derived.

The terrible legacy of European farm subsidies – and how we could use Brexit as an opportunity for something better

A strange tale from the forests of West Papua

Celebrity is not harmless fun – it’s the lieutenant of exploitation.

In the first of a series of columns about possible solutions, I explore how commons could transform society and the distribution of wealth