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
Letter of Resignation
Letter of Resignation
Natural Aesthetes
Wildlife is wonderful. We don’t need any other excuse to protect it.
On the Edge of Lunacy
British foreign aid is being directed to countries willing to sell off their assets to big business
A Weapon With Wings
The centenary of the Wright brothers’ flight should be a day of international mourning.
Invasion of the Entryists
How a cruel and bizarre cult colonised the interface between science and the media.
December Debate – part 2
December Debate – part 2
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.
The Moral Myth
Superpowers act out of self-interest, not morality.
Rattling the Bars
Something very big is stirring among Europe’s young people
George Bush, The Anti-American
Our protests are against the policies, not the people
Dreamers and Idiots
Bush and Blair did everything necessary to prevent the outbreak of peace
Acceptable Hatred
Beneath the enduring hostility to Gypsies lies an ancient envy of the nomadic life
Tony Blair’s New Friend
He made the moral case for war – but backs a dictator who boils prisoners to death
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?
Back to Front Coup
The military is being invited into the heart of politics in the US.
The Age of Consent
A manifesto for a new world order By George Monbiot. Published October 2003 by Harper Perennial. Now published with additional material in paperback. REVIEWS: “Clear, elegant, radical and imaginative, The Age of Consent is a book that not only challenges us to question the status quo, but also inspires us to want to change it.” […]
The Enemies of Science
Nothing damages science more than forcing researchers to develop GM