George Monbiot
George Monbiot is the author of the bestselling books Feral: rewilding the land, sea and human life, The Age of Consent: A Manifesto for a New World Order and Captive State: The Corporate Takeover of Britain, as well as the investigative travel books Poisoned Arrows, Amazon Watershed and No Man's Land. His latest book is How Did We Get into This Mess? Politics, Equality, Nature. His latest project is Breaking the Spell of Loneliness, a concept album written with the musician Ewan McLennan
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Theresa May is dragging the UK under. This time Scotland must cut the ropeBritain is politically dead from the neck down. Leaving the union may be risky, but staying is worse
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Big data’s power is terrifying. That could be good news for democracyOnline information is already being used to manipulate us. We must act now to own the new political technologies before they own us
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Our greatest peril? Screening ourselves off from realityImmersed in life online like the followers of 4chan or PewDiePie, we start to imagine that nothing matters – even racism, misogyny and resurgent fascism
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Our democracy is broken, debased and distrusted – but there are ways to fix itTrump and Brexit are responses to a political system that’s imploding. But could a radical redesign wrest it from the liars?
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Donald Trump’s mission? To keep the US in the fossil ageWhile China invests heavily in renewable energy, the fossil economy in the US will be given the green light to squeeze every last cent from oil and coal
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Of course farmers fear Brexit, but it could save the British countrysideRemoving the dependency on European money will be painful for rural Britain, but it could be just what our wildlife and agriculture need
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The new year brings challenges – but here's to a hopeful 2017It’s easy to despair at the thought of Trump, Le Pen and environmental problems, but out of these crises come opportunities
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How I ended up in the jungle with deadly hornets in my hairWhen a swarm of giant hornets descended upon me in West Papua I feared I was going to die. Fortunately, a local was at hand with an antidote. Or so I thought
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Celebrity isn’t just harmless fun – it’s the smiling face of the corporate machineOur failure to understand the link between fame and big business made the rise of Trump inevitable
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The case for despair is made. Now let’s start to get out of the mess we’re inThere is no going back, no comfort in old certainties. But reviving common ownership is one possible route to social transformation
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No country with a McDonald’s can remain a democracyThe best way to combat the likes of Trump, Le Pen and Farage and the politics they represent is to rescue power from the grip of transnational corporations
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Frightened by Donald Trump? You don’t know the half of itMany of his staffers are from an opaque corporate misinformation network. We must understand this if we are to have any hope of fighting back against them
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The 13 impossible crises that humanity now facesFrom Trump to climate change, this multiheaded crisis presages collapse. And there’s no hope of exiting the ‘other side’ if political alternatives are shut down
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Trump’s climate denial is just one of the forces that point towards warThe failure to get to grips with our crises, by all mainstream political parties, is likely to lead to a war between the major powers in my lifetime
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Neoliberalism: the deep story that lies beneath Donald Trump’s triumphHow a ruthless network of super-rich ideologues killed choice and destroyed people’s faith in politics
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Donald Trump is no outsider: he mirrors our political cultureHe’s right that the little guy is being screwed by the system. The problem is, he’s the embodiment of it
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Climate change means no airport expansion – at Heathrow or anywhereThere is only one way to prevent aviation from wrecking the planet. We need to fly much less
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George Monbiot Q&A: as it happenedGuardian columnist George Monbiot discussed whether neoliberalism is causing loneliness and depression in modern society
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Neoliberalism is creating loneliness. That’s what’s wrenching society apartEpidemics of mental illness are crushing the minds and bodies of millions. It’s time to ask where we are heading and why
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No fracking, drilling or digging: it’s the only way to save life on EarthThe Paris climate change agreement is worthless. Politicians can’t possibly honour it unless we stop developing all new fossil fuel reserves
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Our roads are choked. We’re on the verge of carmageddonCar use takes a huge toll on our health and on the planet. We need to kick our addiction to driving
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George Monbiot Q&A: as it happenedGuardian columnist George Monbiot discussed the environment, consumerism and ethics in a live Guardian webchat
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Nuclear power – yes please. Hinkley Point – no thanksAtomic energy is low carbon and safer than you think. But Hinkley C is an expensive white elephant
Finally, a breakthrough alternative to growth economics – the doughnut