By defending the UK’s draconian anti-protest laws, Labour is laying the ground for an authoritarian government.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 22nd February 2025
If the Trump project implodes, it might take with it the far-right European parties to which it is umbilically connected. Like all such parties, Reform UK poses as patriotic while grovelling to foreign interests, and this could be its undoing.
Trump’s assaults on governance could trigger systemic collapse. Here’s how it might happen, and how we can prepare.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 18th February 2025
This is how Labour’s war on regulations will stymie its own policies. It is irrational and self-destructive.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 11th February 2025
This might sound astonishing, but the UK government’s core programme now appears to be the same as Donald Trump’s: dismantling the administrative state. There’s less theatre, but the results could prove harder to contest. Absurd? Consider the evidence.
The UK government’s pursuit of growth at all costs hands this country to predatory capital.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 30th January 2025
I can scarcely believe I’m writing this, but it’s hard to dodge the conclusion. After 14 years of environmental vandalism, it might have seemed impossible for Labour to offer anything but improvement. But on green issues, this government is worse than the Tories.
Labour’s housing strategy makes a dysfunctional system bigger. We need systemic change.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 26th January 2025
Build baby, build. That’s about the intellectual limit of the government’s housing strategy. Millions are under-housed, so let’s “bulldoze” the planning system and build more homes. But it’s not nearly so simple.
Trump’s presidency is a reversion to autocratic tyranny. Only concerted resistance can stop it from spreading.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 19th January 2025
State-sponsored rape, lies and deception – then a cover-up operating right across official life.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 28th November 2024
Soil carbon markets are going to collapse. And that’s a good thing.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 21st November 2024
These people are prepared to destroy everything, as long as they can command the ruins.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 15th November 2024
Trump’s win is a return to the default state of centralised, hierarchical societies – like ours. That’s the problem.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 7th November 2024