The Atlas Junk Tank
I've been so immersed in American news these days, it's a conscious effort to check out what shenanigans Ford is pulling in Ontario. Of course, it's just more of the…
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Monbiot on Capitalism vs Commerce
George Monbiot wrote today, "One of capitalism's greatest successes is to shut down our imaginations. With the help of its favoured tools - neoliberalism and fascism - it persuades us…
Conspirituality
George Monbiot has a compelling theory to explain what makes people believe conspiracies. “Those who believe unevidenced stories about hidden cabals and secret machinations tend to display no interest in…
Can a Slingshot Down this Goliath?
I read Andreas Malm‘s book, How to Blow Up a Pipeline a few months ago, then watched the movie, and then was reminded of it all again by Abigail Thorn’s…
What Seems Impossible Can Become Inevitable
George Monbiot talked with journalist Rachel Donald of Planet Critical. In a nutshell, Monbiot has many views in common with Chomsky: People with the money have become the people with…
Trapped by our Insouciance
George Monbiot’s article today is the perfect rant for our times. It’s pretty much what I’ve been screaming into the void for the past while, but, thankfully, he has a…
The Weirdness of Now
This morning I listened to a Naomi Klein interview from this week about her very different type of book, while reading a prescient Geroge Monbiot article that he reposted from…
Leaving the Goldilocks Zone
This very brief TikTok from view.from.my.eyes is a perfect metaphor (and reality) of our current situation: @top_jumbomortgage_lender #greece #flood ♬ original sound – steve Check out the people on the…
On Late-Stage Capitalism’s Slide into Authoritarianism
A bit from former American journalist Nate Bear: The almost universal desire to return to normal in a pandemic, despite normal being bad for most people, is one of the…
Monbiot on our Current Challenge
George Monbiot wrote an article that he’s calling his best bit of writing. It’s largely more of the same argument that people can’t seem to hear or respond to. We’re…
Age of Oblivion: Another End of Decade Rant
Of course calendars are a construct and don’t mean anything, but the end of the year and, even more so, the end of the decade are useful times to take…
Monbiot Sees Mankind in a Fight for Life with Capitalism
You might not like his ideas but they’re well worth airing. Guardian enviro-scribe, George Monbiot, writes that it’s time to ditch capitalism before it puts us in the grave. Capitalism’s…
If You Want a Future, You’ll Have to Fight Power to Get It – Monbiot
The political class, as anyone who has followed its progress over the past three years can surely now see, is chaotic, unwilling and, in isolation, strategically incapable of addressing even…
Monbiot’s "Hail Mary" Pass – Let’s Re-Wild
Guardian enviro-scribe, George Monbiot, argues we must recruit nature to help thwart climate change. He notes what we all by now grasp – that 1.5 C “do not exceed” cap,…
Can We Turn This Corner?
September is always a busy month for me, and typically I don’t get the luxury of reading the new significantly, but this time was different. It’s been a car crash…
Monbiot Trashes NAFTA
Guardian enviro-scribe, George Monbiot, hates NAFTA. He thinks it a scam perpetrated without the consent of the peoples of Canada, America and Mexico by their political bosses. Monbiot especially detests…
He’s Back! Monbiot Returns to Action.
It’s been a while but it seems George Monbiot’s ordeal with prostate cancer and the brutal surgery that ensued may be over. I won’t excerpt it. You can read it…
Missing Monbiot
George Monbiot rose to fame and acclaim as The Guardian’s fearless enviro-scribe, eventually expanding into a broader societal punditry. This scribe would eagerly await Monbiot’s next offering to see what…
Monbiot’s Out of the Wreckage
The book cover says the book “provides the hope and clarity required to change the world.” Well, he certainly tries. He’s got a plan of action that’s possible, but I…