Peaceful protesters are facing extreme and multiple punishments for the same offence: the offence of trying to defend Earth systems.
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Moo Woo
What we want to believe and what is true are seldom the same thing.
It Doesn’t Have to Be Like This
There is no natural law stating that bullies have to dominate our lives.
Small Revolution
A remarkable political innovation in Devon could be the beginning of a new politics.
Chemicals Warfare
Outside the European Union, the UK is becoming a dumping ground for toxic substances.
First, Do No Harm
The appalling mistreatment of ME/CFS patients continues, based on the myth that it’s all in the mind.
Dry Run
The mega-droughts in Spain and the US are a portent of a gathering global water crisis.
Outrage Farming
What led the Prime Minister to join a protest against his own government’s policies?
The Long Wait
Here are the big green policies Labour should adopt.
Hard Labour
This could be not only Labour’s last chance but, if the party doesn’t recover some courage, British democracy’s.
Inequality Demands Oppression
Corporate lobbyists are demanding a ban on protest – and getting it.
King of the Extrinsics
The deep and crucial reason why Trump could win again.
Agrarian Populism
Farmers’ protests are being embraced by the far right. The precedents are chilling.
Stranded
Privatisation and austerity don’t cut costs: they just pass them on to us.
The Programme
A shadowy network of dark-money junktanks is delivering the same disastrous political package around the world.
Bully Beef
The meat industry’s misinformation tactics are even worse than the fossil fuel industry’s.
Baked In
The structure of the climate summits ensures that the most lethal interests prevail, by design. Here are some better models.
Billionaires Are Bad for Us
How economic power leads inexorably to environmental destruction.
The Shortfall
I try to work out how much money would be needed to restore a functioning state.
Shitshow
Toxic chemicals deliberately added to sewage are being spread across a vast area of farmland, with potentially catastrophic effects. We’re suing the government to stop it.