George Monbiot

El neoliberalismo es la ideología dominante de nuestro tiempo, pero a la mayoría de nosotros nos cuesta articular lo que es. Peor aún, nos han persuadido a aceptar este credo extremo como una especie de ley natural. El periodista George Monbiot y el cineasta Peter Hutchison destruyen este mito. Muestran como una filosofia marginal de la decada de 1930 & x02014;la defensa de la competencia como rasgo definitorio de la humanidad& x02014; fue secuestrada sistematicamente por un grupo de elites ricas decididas a proteger sus fortunas y su poder. Se desplegaron grupos de expertos, corporaciones, medios de comunicacion, departamentos universitarios y politicos para promover la idea de que las personas son consumidoras mas que ciudadanas. Uno de los efectos mas perniciosos ha sido hacer que nuestras diversas crisis & x02014;desde los desastres climaticos hasta las crisis economicas, desde la degradacion de los servicios publicos hasta la pobreza infantil rampante& x02014; parezcan no tener relacion. Monbiot y Hutchison conectan los puntos y trazan una linea directa entre el neoliberalismo y el fascismo que se aprovecha de la desesperanza y la desesperacion de la gente.

A dazzling command of science and a relentless faith in people... I never miss reading him. -- Naomi KleinIn these incendiary essays, George Monbiot tears apart the fictions of religious conservatives, the claims of those who deny global warming and the lies of the governments and newspapers that led us into war. He takes no prisoners, exposing government corruption in devastating detail while clashing with people as diverse as Bob Geldof, Ann Widdecombe and David Bellamy. But alongside his investigative journalism, Monbiots book contains some remarkable essays about what it means to be human. Monbiot explores the politics behind Constables The Cornfield, shows how driving cars has changed the way we think and argues that eternal death is a happier prospect than eternal life.

In these incendiary essays, George Monbiot tears apart the fictions of religious conservatives, the claims of those who deny global warming and the lies of the governments and newspapers that led us into war. He takes no prisoners, exposing government corruption in devastating detail while clashing with people as diverse as Bob Geldof, Ann Widdecombe and David Bellamy. But alongside his investigative journalism, Monbiot's book contains some remarkable essays about what it means to be human. Monbiot explores the politics behind Constable's The Cornfield, shows how driving cars has changed the way we think and argues that eternal death is a happier prospect than eternal life.

Une idéologie toxique gouverne le monde, celle de la compétition et de l’individualisme. Pour combattre cette vision du monde néfaste, incarnée par le système économique et politique néolibéral, il e

« Nous pouvons désormais penser la fin de l’agriculture, la force la plus destructrice jamais provoquée par l’homme. Nous pouvons envisager le début d’une ère nouvelle dans laquelle nous n’aurons plu

« Nous pouvons désormais penser la fin de l’agriculture, la force la plus destructrice jamais provoquée par l’homme. Nous pouvons envisager le début d’une ère nouvelle dans laquelle nous n’aurons plu

Une idéologie toxique gouverne le monde, celle de la compétition et de l’individualisme. Pour combattre cette vision du monde néfaste, incarnée par le système économique et politique néolibéral, il e

A manifesto for a new world order. Having made a hugely significant contribution to the increasingly irrefutable‚ if alarming‚ diagnosis of the ills of early 21st−century consumerist culture and its free−market myths‚ George Monbiot now sets out to offer something more constructive‚ a set of proposals − political‚ democratic‚ economic‚ environmental − that might effect the cultural change that many in the West (not to mention those on the outside of the West looking in) now want but scarcely know how to make happen. The Age of Consent is provocative‚ brave‚ even utopian. But‚ with most of the 20th century′s Big Ideas dead in the gutter‚ it′s time for a book that can be a touchstone for real debate about the political and economic presumptions and prejudices on which our society has rested since World War Two.

En todo el planeta, los ricos se hacen más ricos, mientras que los pobres se ven abrumados. El mundo no es gobernado por su pueblo, sino por un puñado de ejecutivos no electos, que toman decisiones de las que dependemos todos. Sin democracia a nivel mundial, los demas carecemos de medios para influir en esos hombres y quedamos limitados a denunciar el abuso. ¿Tiene que ser asi? George Monbiot se inspira en decadas de pensamiento relativo a la organizacion y la administracion politica, fiscal y comercial del mundo para desarrollar un conjunto de propuestas, que intentan una revolucion en la manera de gobernar el mundo.

Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As humans have driven the living planet to the brink of collapse, visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend it. Their words have endured, becoming the classics that define the environmental movement today.In these galvanising speeches and essays, George Monbiot calls on humanity to stop averting its gaze from the destruction of the living planet, and wake up to the greatest predicament we have ever faced.

The Sunday Times bestseller*Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize*A New Statesman and Spectator Book of the Year'This book calls for nothing less than a revolution in the future of food' Kate RaworthFrom the bestselling author of Feral, a breathtaking first glimpse of a new future for food and for humanityFarming is the world's greatest cause of environmental destruction - and the one we are least prepared to talk about. We criticise urban sprawl, but farming sprawls across thirty times as much land. We have ploughed, fenced and grazed great tracts of the planet, felling forests, killing wildlife, and poisoning rivers and oceans to feed ourselves. Yet millions still go hungry.Now the food system itself is beginning to falter. But, as George Monbiot shows us in this brilliant, bracingly original new book, we can resolve the biggest of our dilemmas and feed the world without devouring the planet.

A manifesto for a new world order. Having made a hugely significant contribution to the increasingly irrefutable, if alarming, diagnosis of the ills of early 21st century consumerist culture and its free-market myths, George Monbiot sets out now with this book to offer something more constructive, a set of proposals political, democratic, economic, environmental that might affect the cultural change that many in the West (not to mention those on the outside of the West looking in) now want but scarcely know how to make happen. The Age of Consent is provocative, brave, even utopian. But, with most of the 20th centurys Big Ideas dead in the gutter, its time for a book that can be a touchstone for real debate about the political and economic presumptions and prejudices on which our society has rested since World War II.

En ¿Cómo nos metimos en este desastre? se recuperan sus escritos periodísticos en torno a los temas más acuciantes de nuestro tiempo, con particular énfasis en la ideología y puesta en práctica del proyecto neoliberal, culpable principal de la desmedida concentracion de riqueza en unas cuantas manos, asi como de diversas catastrofes politicas y medioambientales producidas por un sistema que considera que la acumulacion de ganancias es el valor esencial en torno al cual debe estructurarse la vida en sociedad. Y una de las principales tareas para imaginar un futuro diferente, considera Monbiot, consiste en comprender su efectividad a nivel de las conciencias, pues: El neoliberalismo se ha vuelto tan omnipresente que practicamente ya no se considera una ideologia.

With a dazzling command of science and a relentless faith in people, George Monbiot writes about social change with his eyes wide open Naomi KleinA manifesto for change ... The combination of practical detail and creative thinking is immensely impressive P. D. Smith, GuardianWe know that climate change is happening. We know that it could, if the worst predictions come true, destroy the conditions which make human life possible. Only one question is now worth asking: can it be stopped? In Heat, George Monbiot shows that it can.In every case, he supports his proposals with a rigorous investigation into what works, what doesnt, how much it costs and what the problems might be. He wages war on bad ideas as energetically as he promotes good ones. He is not afraid to attack anyone - friend or foe - whose claims are false or whose figures have been fudged. Heat also contains a breath-taking new exposure of the corporations trying to stop us from taking action.

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.In the galvanising speeches and essays brought together in This Cant Be Happening, George Monbiot calls on humanity to stop averting its gaze from the destruction of the living planet, and wake up to the greatest predicament we have ever faced.Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As life on Earth has become irrevocably altered by humans, visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend the planet, and affirm our place at the heart of its restoration. Their words have endured through the decades, becoming the classics of a movement. Together, these books show the richness of environmental thought, and point the way to a fairer, saner, greener world.

A devastating indictment of the corruption at the heart of the British State by one of our most popular media figures.George Monbiot made his name exposing the corruption of foreign governments; now he turns his keen eye on Britain. In the most explosive book on British politics of the new decade, Monbiot uncovers what many have suspected but few have been able to prove: that corporations have become so powerful they now threaten the foundations of democratic government.Many of the stories George Monbiot recounts have never been told before, and they could scarcely be more embarrassing to a government that claims to act on behalf of all of us. Some are - or should be - resigning matters. Effectively, the British government has collaborated in its own redundancy, by ceding power to international bodies controlled by corporations. CAPTIVE STATE highlights the long term threat to our society and ultimately shows us ways in which we can hope to withstand the might of big business.

«El tratado más convincente sobre la gravedad del calentamiento global del planeta... Le reto a que lea este libro y a que se sienta motivado para cambiar.» The Times Sabemos que el cambio se está pr