Aug 2, 2009 | Non-Fiction |
…I realized another problem. The students who believed in the radical view were also convinced that large corporations were so powerful that nothing could be done about them. Instead of inspiring my students to radical activism, I had taught them to be cynical...
Jul 26, 2009 | Campaigns, Geekery, Non-Fiction |
We are racing toward the end of the world and have no plan of escape, but it is considered impolite to acknowledge that fact in public. We see the mistakes we have made, but we continue to make them with an apparent blind obstinacy… We know the implications of...
Jun 20, 2009 | Non-Fiction |
When Tony Blair came to power in 1997, there were 129 shoplifters in prison; now there are 1,400. This dark side of our consumer culture is hardly ever discussed. Prison is an easy way to deal with the symptom, but few want to look at the causes of empty lives and...
Feb 5, 2009 | Essays, Non-Fiction |
Cold Turkey Here’s what I think the truth is: We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face cold turkey.And like so many addicts about to face cold turkey, our leaders are now committing violent crimes to get what little is left of what...
Nov 24, 2008 | Non-Fiction |
If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together. And now you could read... The Descent Of Man Auto Da Fé Home Down Under: In A Sunburned Country Bamboo bikes in...
Nov 2, 2008 | Non-Fiction |
I end by paying tribute not to those in the House, but to those outside it: those who saw the dangers of climate change and the actions that needed to be taken long before the politicians did. I pay tribute to the scientists who detected the problem, the campaigners...
