Credit crunch? The real crisis is global hunger
Never mind the economic crisis. Focus for a moment on a more urgent threat: the great food recession that is sweeping the world faster than the credit crunch. You have probably seen the figures by now: the price of rice has risen by three-quarters over the past year, that of wheat by 130%. There are food crises in 37 countries.
Deep Read: The Blair necessity
George MonbiotDesmond Tutu has helped us see the true nature of what Tony Blair did to Iraq and increased pressure for a prosecution, writes George Monbiot.
Myth of the traditional family
George MonbiotThroughout history and most societies marriage has always been the union of a man and woman. It's a familiar claim and it's wrong, says George Monbiot
Bush's smoke and mirrors
George W Bush proposes to deal with climate change by means of smoke and mirrors. So what's new? Only that it is no longer just a metaphor. After six years of obfuscation and denial, the US now insists that we find ways to block some of the sunlight reaching the earth. This means launching either mirrors or clouds of small particles into the atmosphere.
We were wrong about peak oil, but disaster looms anyway
George MonbiotA boom in oil production has made a mockery of our predictions. Good news for capitalists - but a disaster for humanity, writes George Monbiot.
When 'helping' Africa resembles grabbing its resources
George MonbiotFrom the Conference of Berlin to today's G8, "helping" Africans looks suspiciously like monopolising their resources, writes George Monbiot.
Monbiot: Bono can't help Africans by stealing their voice
George MonbiotBecause the U2 frontman and others like him are seen as representatives of the poor, the poor are not invited to speak, writes George Monbiot.
Deep Read: When corporates bankroll politics, we all lose
George MonbiotLetting taxpayers fund parties directly could revive the rotten system - and it would be cheaper too, writes George Monbiot.
The market is no friend to nature
George MonbiotIn other ages, states sought to seize as much power as they could. Today, the self-hating state renounces its powers.
Climate change enlightment is dead
George MonbiotWhen talks fail once, as they did in Copenhagen, governments lose interest
