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Bounty Paid for Blair Arrest Attempt

Press release: Payouts for attempts to arrest the former PM now exceed £10,000. Read more – ‘Bounty Paid for Blair Arrest Attempt’.

After Capitalism

An animation calling for economic democracy. Read more – ‘After Capitalism’.

Hidden Claws

Could the rubbish published in the Observer about birds of prey be related to the author’s undisclosed interests? Read more – ‘Hidden Claws’.

The Heat of the Moment

Climate breakdown is right here, right now. Read more – ‘The Heat of the Moment’.

Hunger Games

The rich world is causing the famines it claims to be preventing. Read more – ‘Hunger Games’.

The Great Impostors

In the name of saving the natural world, governments are privatising it. Read more – ‘The Great Impostors’.

Dance With the One Who Brung You

The environment is being trashed because of a failure to reform campaign finance. Read more – ‘Dance With the One Who Brung You’.

Scorched Earth Economics

Why have the Year Zero policies of neoliberalism not been abandoned? Read more – ‘Scorched Earth Economics’.

Lead Soldiers

A new front opens up in the war against nature. Read more – ‘Lead Soldiers’.

The Promised Land

This is the fate of young people today: excluded, but forbidden to opt out. Read more – ‘The Promised Land’.

For Those Who Love Life

The people cutting open bluefin tuna nets are heroes Read more – ‘For Those Who Love Life’.

Anomie

Enclosure and dispossession have driven us, like John Clare, all a little mad. Read more – ‘Anomie’.

False Summit

We were wrong about peak oil: there’s enough in the ground to deep-fry the planet. Read more – ‘False Summit’.

End of an Era

So now what do we do to defend life on Earth? Read more – ‘End of an Era’.

How “Sustainability” Became “Sustained Growth”

The Rio Declaration rips up the basic principles of environmental action. Read more – ‘How “Sustainability” Became “Sustained Growth”’.

The Mendacity of Hope

The summits which promise to save the world keep us dangling, not mobilising. Read more – ‘The Mendacity of Hope’.

Storm Warning

The shocking standards of tabloid weather reporting. Read more – ‘Storm Warning’.

Moral Failings

How moral psychology has been used to create a new and toxic political myth. Read more – ‘Moral Failings’.

Captive Animals

How Natural England became the servant of the landed classes. Read more – ‘Captive Animals’.

The Resurgent Aristocracy

Rural policy is once again the preserve of the elite, and wildlife and people suffer as a result. Read more – ‘The Resurgent Aristocracy’.

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