George Monbiot
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George Monbiot (born 27 January 1963) is a journalist, author, academic and environmental and political activist in the United Kingdom who writes a weekly column for The Guardian newspaper.
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[edit] Campaigning for Austerity (2005-02-03)
- Nobody ever rioted for austerity.
- Faced with a choice between the survival of the planet and a new set of matching tableware, most people would choose the tableware.
[edit] Heat - How to Stop the Planet From Burning (2006-10-17)
- We are the most fortunate generation that has ever lived. And we are the most fortunate generation that ever will.
[edit] The Age of Consent
Everything has been globalised, except our consent. Democracy alone has been confined to the nation state. It stands at the border, suitcase in hand, without a passport.
[edit] Eco-junk (2007-07-24)
- No political challenge can be met by shopping.
[edit] The Self-Attribution Fallacy
- If wealth was the inevitable result of hard work and enterprise, every woman in Africa would be a millionaire
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- Here then is a message to all those editors, reviewers, executives and ministers whom I have not yet offended. Kindly boil your heads.
- Tell people something they know already and they will thank you for it. Tell them something new and they will hate you for it.
- People don't riot for austerity; they riot because they want more, not less. We have to riot for less.
- Your freedom to swing your fist ends where my nose begins.
