Gulf of Understanding
What the governments of the Global North don’t care about, they don’t measure.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 21st November 2025
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Storm Front
Why don’t we get to grips with the climate crisis? Partly because most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 14th November 2025
If this were just a climate crisis, we would fix it. The technology, money and strategies have all been at hand for years. What stifles effective action is a deadly conjunction: the climate crisis running headlong into the epistemic crisis.
Billionaire Brain
To Bill Gates, overthrowing the power of the ultra-wealthy seems to be – literally – unthinkable.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 8th November 2025
The Great Morass
There’s an urgent need to replace our total mess with a codified constitution.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 23rd October 2025
The Cauldron Principle
The government is trying to set us against our ecosystems. We must resist this Trumpian gambit.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 16th October 2025
Die Quietly
This Labour government would have banned the Labour movement – alongside all the other protests that secured our freedoms.
The Hole Truth
Austerity costs us a fortune.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 4th October 2025
I was lucky. Last week, I was cycling downhill at night when I hit a pothole. The front wheel folded into an infinity symbol. I went over the handlebars and, with no time to put my hands out, landed on my face. My helmet and glasses took most of the impact. I emerged, remarkably, with just a few cuts and bruises.
Holocide
Alongside the genocide, the Israeli government is destroying the ecosystems of Gaza, perhaps permanently.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 27th September 2025
The Propaganda of Power
The mainstream media, with a few exceptions, is a single-issue lobby group, whose purpose is to assert the rights of capital.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 20th September 2025
Trussed Up
Astonishingly, the Tufton Street junktanks that shaped Liz Truss’s agenda are still operating at the heart of government.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 11th September 2025