Archive of his syndicated column about international and British politics and issues, arranged by topic.

Every week, sometimes every day, someone writes to me asking for advice about the career they should take. I can’t, unfortunately, respond to them all, so I thought I should try to formulate some g… ...

Predatory corporations are making a mockery of natural climate solutions, as they grab land and bamboozle the public.

Our survival depends on piercing the glassy surface of distraction, and ceasing to obey.

The meat industry’s misinformation tactics are even worse than the fossil fuel industry’s. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 14 th December 2023 Everything that makes campaigning against ...

Can you see it yet? The Earth systems horizon – the point at which our planetary systems tip into a new equilibrium, hostile to most lifeforms? I think we can. The sudden acceleration of environmental ...

Why are so many nations now led by extravagant buffoons? Because the nature of capitalism has changed.

There are elements of fascism, elements borrowed from the Chinese state and elements that reflect Argentina’s history of dictatorship. But most of the programme for government announced by Javier ...

What does the good life—and the good society—look like in the twenty-first century? A toxic ideology rules the world – of extreme competition and individualism. It misrepresents human nature, ...

An interview with The Ink, about where we are, how we got here and where we need to go. George Monbiot, interviewed by The Ink, 9th July 2024 TI: Can you walk us through how you define neoliberalism” ...

Why do we tolerate the massive environmental impacts of the very rich? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 10 th November 2021 Most of our dysfunctions are caused by pandering to the rich.

Should we plough up Britain? Many people seem to think so. Even before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, food prices were rocketing. Now they have reached an all-time record. The National Farmers’ ...