Author: monbiot

Stung into Action

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

Why is there a worldwide revolt against politics as usual? Because corporate globalisation has crushed democratic choice.

Donald Trump’s staff are drawn from an opaque network of corporate-funded thinktanks and fake grassroots campaigns

We face (at least) 13 major crises, some of which are immediate. It’s time for some hard thinking about how we confront them.

The combination of automation, complexity and climate change is dangerous in ways we haven’t even begun to grasp.

How a ruthless network of super-rich ideologues killed choice and destroyed people’s faith in politics

The High Court judgement on air pollution is an opportunity to rethink our whole transport system.

Only by crossing social boundaries and coming together can we resist the forces that threaten to crush us.

Donald Trump is not an outlier, but the distillation of our dominant values

Sorry, but you cannot build new runways and prevent climate breakdown

Why should plagues of mental illness surprise us, in a world being ripped apart?

Democracy cannot work as it is meant to; human nature does not allow it.

Is music an answer to the epidemic of loneliness?

It’s a simple choice: stop all fossil fuel prospecting, or break the Paris agreement on climate change.

There are plenty of brilliant plans for getting us moving without trashing the planet. So why aren’t they happening?

Consumerism occupies a sacred and inviolable space, while the wonders of the living world are dispensable.

Corporate lobbyists and their captive governments try to wear down our resistance with one fake trade treaty after another.

The fake grassroots campaign run by grouse shooters is just one instance of the way democracy is being bypassed