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- The Cruel Fantasies of Well-Fed People https://www.monbiot.com/2023/10/04/the-cruel-fantasies-of-well-fed-people/ 131 comments
- The Gift of Death http://www.monbiot.com/2012/12/10/the-gift-of-death/ 63 comments
- A Manifesto for Psychopaths http://www.monbiot.com/2012/03/05/a-manifesto-for-psychopaths/ 13 comments
- How did academic publishers acquire these feudal powers? http://www.monbiot.com/2011/08/29/the-lairds-of-learning/ 84 comments
- Why vertical farms are a crock. http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2010/08/16/towering-lunacy/ 94 comments
- All Hat and No Cattle https://www.monbiot.com/2023/08/02/all-hat-and-no-cattle/ 2 comments environment
- The Gift of Death. Happy Christmas. https://www.monbiot.com/2012/12/10/the-gift-of-death/?mibextid=Zxz2cZ 6 comments truereddit
- Feel the Burn. While millions starve, crops are used to feed cars https://www.monbiot.com/2022/07/01/feel-the-burn/ 33 comments europe
- Shit Creek. New revelations show how one of the most treasured rivers in Europe is being killed by intensive livestock farms https://www.monbiot.com/2022/06/15/shit-creek/ 9 comments europe
- The Pollution Paradox proposes that the most antisocial commercial interests have the greatest incentive to buy political favour, otherwise they would be regulated out of existence. So politics comes to be dominated by them https://www.monbiot.com/2017/01/20/the-pollution-paradox/ 14 comments environment
- Contrary to Reason: A Critique of Steven Pinker's Enlightenment Now http://www.monbiot.com/2018/03/09/contrary-to-reason/ 16 comments books
- 'Dark Arts' - How a dark money network is taking power on both sides of the Atlantic. http://www.monbiot.com/2017/02/04/dark-arts/ 4 comments politics
- The Hills Are Dead - The terrible legacy of European farm subsidies http://www.monbiot.com/2017/01/04/the-hills-are-dead/ 10 comments europe
- In the greatest environmental disaster of the 21st Century (so far), Indonesia has been blotted out by smoke. It looks as you might imagine hell to be. Children are being prepared for evacuation in warships; already some have choked to death. Species are going up in smoke at an untold rate. http://www.monbiot.com/2015/10/30/nothing-to-see-here/ 159 comments worldnews
- If, in the digital age, we won’t reduce even our consumption of paper, what hope is there for other commodities? http://www.monbiot.com/2014/05/27/the-impossibility-of-growth/ 12 comments moderatepolitics
- Age of Unreason: The governments of Britain, Canada and Australia are trying to stamp out scientific dissent. http://www.monbiot.com/2013/09/30/age-of-unreason/ 373 comments worldnews
- Julien Benda via George Monbiot: Civilisation is possible only when intellectuals oppose political "realism" by upholding universal principles. But "scholars" are now supporting "the market" (i.e. corporations and the very rich) instead. Your thoughts? http://www.monbiot.com/2013/05/14/la-nouvelle-trahison-des-clercs/ 180 comments philosophy
- Health Insurance Industry paid shills astroturf wars - They're going viral on the net trying to confuse Americans as to what single payer is and isn't. Some examples of misleading "Memes" they promote daily. http://www.monbiot.com/2011/02/23/robot-wars/ 10 comments politics
- Bang Goes the Theory: How Neoliberalism trashed your life, but made the super-rich even richer http://www.monbiot.com/2013/01/14/bang-goes-the-theory/ 85 comments economy
- Lead based paint and gasoline could be behind historical increases in crime http://www.monbiot.com/2013/01/07/the-grime-behind-the-crime/ 3 comments politics
- We could call it "Romnesia": the ability of the very rich to forget the context in which they made their money. To forget their education, inheritance, family networks, contacts and introductions. http://www.monbiot.com/2012/09/24/romnesia/ 460 comments politics
- How the Billionaires Broke the System - The US deficit reduction plan makes no sense – until you remember who’s behind the Tea Party movement. http://www.monbiot.com/2011/08/01/how-the-billionaires-broke-the-system/ 6 comments politics
- The Unpersuadables - In fighting for science, we subscribe to a comforting illusion: that people can be swayed by the facts. http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2010/03/08/the-unpersuadables/ 469 comments science
- Death Denial: Why the sudden surge in climate change denial? Could it be about something else altogether? http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2009/11/02/death-denial/ 3 comments reddit.com
- Creationists and climate change deniers have this in common: they don’t answer their critics http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2009/09/14/answers-come-there-none/ 5 comments politics
- The Great Cop-Out: UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, while presenting himself as in favour of regulation, has in reality ensured that virtually nothing will be done to regulate the banks http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2009/09/08/the-great-cop-out/ 10 comments business
- The Barbarians at the Gate - Why has policing in Britain gone so mad? http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2009/05/19/the-barbarians-at-the-gate/ 3 comments worldnews
- Why is the Medical Research Council run by an arms manufacturer? And why is the Natural Environment Research Council run by the head of a construction company? http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2009/05/12/captive-knowledge 3 comments reddit.com
- The Proceeds of Crime - The US and British governments have created a private prison industry which preys on human lives http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2009/03/03/the-proceeds-of-crime/ 7 comments politics
- Global Peak Oil will occur "around 2020" and drastic changes must begin immediately to cope http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2008/12/15/at-last-a-date/ 3 comments politics
- Could World War One have been stopped? http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2008/11/11/lest-we-forget/ 16 comments history
- The Magic Pudding - Why is the US government still pouring billions into missile defence? http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2008/08/19/the-magic-pudding/ 4 comments politics
- "these prisoners cannot be released in case they describe the “alternative interrogation methods”" http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2008/06/17/lost-in-the-system/ 4 comments politics
- Outrage - U.S. is "dissapearing" people. You could be next. http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2008/06/17/lost-in-the-system/ 4 comments worldnews
- Is the airship a viable alternative to jet travel? http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2008/05/06/travelling-light/ 2 comments reddit.com
- "If our economy grows at 3% between now and 2030, we will consume in that period economic resources equivalent to all those we have consumed since humans first stood on two legs." http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2007/12/04/what-is-progress/ 3 comments politics
- Libertarians are the True Social Parasites http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2007/10/23/libertarians-are-the-true-social-parasites/ 53 comments politics
- There is a virus sweeping the world. It infects opponents of the Bush government, sucks their brains out through their eyes and turns them into gibbering idiots. The disease is called "Loose Change". http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2007/02/12/short-changed/ 6 comments reddit.com
- Alternative Energy Sources: Why small is useless. http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2006/10/06/small-is-useless/ 11 comments reddit.com
- Wealth is beginning to reduce our freedom http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2006/01/31/property-paranoia/ 2 comments reddit.com