Line of Battle
March 27, 2013 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
The 'private good, public bad' madness sees a bedroom tax foisted on the poor while the rich amass vast property wealth, writes George Monbiot.
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Frozen Assets
March 18, 2013 1:01 pm Leave your thoughts Why are we exploiting unconventional gas when we can't afford to burn existing supplies? George Monbiot asks the crucial question.
Smart Phones, Dumb Companies
March 14, 2013 9:47 am Leave your thoughts Phone companies do too little to ensure the minerals they use are conflict-free. Here's what you can do to hold them to account, says George Monbiot.
A Capitalist Command Economy
March 11, 2013 8:42 am Leave your thoughts Forcing schools into the hands of unelected oligarchs is the latest contradiction of everything the market fetishists claim to stand for, writes George Monbiot.
Corporate Blowback
February 28, 2013 10:40 am Leave your thoughts Companies like EDF, seeking to terrify protesters with lawsuits, are likely to become victims of their own aggression, writes George Monbiot.
Secrets of the Rich
February 25, 2013 12:45 pm Leave your thoughts Billionaires are hiding behind a network of "independent" groups, who manipulate politics on their behalf, writes George Monbiot.
The end of nuclear power? Careful what you wish for
February 11, 2013 1:29 pm Leave your thoughts Flawed and stalled as the plans for toxic waste may be, at least they exist. There is no way to clean up CO2, the greater evil, writes George Monbiot.
A Telling Silence
January 28, 2013 9:06 am Leave your thoughts They parasitise us from above. But landowners and the Tory party's idle rich are spared the fairest and simplest of taxes, writes George Monbiot.
Wolf killings are based on the most cynical of premises
January 21, 2013 11:38 am Leave your thoughts Governments in Russia, Canada and Scandinavia claim they need to protect lesser species and habitats - while continuing their smash and grab raid on natural resources, writes George Monbiot.
If you think we’re done with neoliberalism, think again
January 16, 2013 8:13 am Leave your thoughts The global application of a fraudulent economic theory brought the west to its knees. Yet for those in power, it offers riches, writes George Monbiot.