George Monbiot

There are far better ways to tackle climate breakdown, but successive governments have chosen to listen to the fossil fuel companies insteadThe new prime minister will be looking for money? Well, h...

The class politics of extreme heat are very real and very dangerous – but that doesn’t stop the billionaire press from peddling its agendaEvery time you think the idiocy has hit rock bottom, it dis...

The right is obsessed with ‘two-tier policing’. This is indeed a two-tier government – but the real victims are progressives“If you are targeting people on the basis of the colour of their skin,” t...

The net zero economy is booming, so claims that prosperity depends on oil and gas are bunkum – unless you’re a Reform backer with fossil fuel interests, of courseReally? You want to destroy a milli...

Councils are sending vulnerable kids to homes run by money-grabbing cowboys and private-equity vulturesBring your suitcase, your bin liner, your dumpy bag. They’re handing out money faster than you...

Tearing up planning and using protest laws to criminalise local people – this isn’t how to build the broad consent neededWe will not persuade. We will not explain. We will not listen. We know best ...

You’d expect the public face of Brexit to be punished by voters. But history shows that leaders often profit from the chaos they sowThe biggest Brexit donor was the stockbroker Peter Hargreaves. He...

There is legitimate scrutiny of antisemitism on the left, but at the same time, rightwing media outlets offend with impunity. That makes no senseThe media’s message appears to have cut through. At ...

In my constituency, volunteers chat with people in deprived areas – most of whom find they are to the left of their voting intentions. The results are exhilaratingMost people have made up their min...

As revelations about Reform UK’s donors emerge, it’s clear that increasingly complex forms of patronage can’t be regulated effectively. We need a clean sweepHow do we know whether political funding...

Scientists say a crucial Atlantic system is more likely to collapse than previously thought. But the billionaire death cult that steers humanity’s destiny doesn’t do existential crisesThe poor and ...

The US attack on Iran has made the need for renewable energy inarguable. Environmentalists are now being seen for the pragmatists that they areDonald Trump has done more to accelerate the energy tr...