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Romnesia

September 25, 2012 7:04 am Published by Leave your thoughts

The parasitical ultra-rich often deny the role of others in the acquisition of their wealth - and even seek to punish them for it, writes George Monbiot.


The Great Impostors

August 8, 2012 12:00 am Published by Leave your thoughts

Under the guise of saving the natural world, governments are privatising it and rarely will the money to be made by protecting nature match the money to be made by destroying it, writes George Monbiot.


Scorched Earth Economics

August 1, 2012 12:00 am Published by Leave your thoughts

The model is dead; long live the model. Austerity programmes are extending the crises they were meant to solve, yet governments refuse to abandon them and the UK provides a powerful example, writes George Monbiot.


A new front opens up in the war against nature

July 27, 2012 3:34 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

George Monbiot says that the Countryside Alliance's campaign against a ban on lead shot strikes him as motivated by the age-old attitude of reactionary members of the landowning classes: that they will not be subject to the laws or considerations that affect lesser members of society.