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Indefinite jail terms are state-sanctioned cruelty

Letters: Readers respond to George Monbiot’s article about imprisonment for public protection, which has left hundreds of prisoners languishing in jails with little hope of release

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The law is gone but they are still in jail: who will free Britain’s most wronged prisoners?

Victoria was sentenced to 21 months but has served 15 years. Even the politician who introduced indefinite detention now says he regrets it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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The coronation arrests are just the start. Police can do what they want to us now

Draconian new powers allow the police to shut down every form of effective protest, writes Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Time to clean up the murky water business

Letters: Bill Kingdom says the Environment Agency and Ofwat have failed to perform, Dr Richard JF Bewley suggests mutualisation and Richard Davies wonders what the difference is between fly-tippers and water companies

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All too often, peaceful protests don’t make the headlines

Letters: Heather Hunt writes that mainstream media failed to cover the nonviolent, four-day event she attended, and David Redshaw recalls the legacy of the 1990 poll tax riot

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Voting, not direct action, remains the best way to protest

Letters: Kevin Middleton questions the destruction of vital infrastructure, Titus Alexander thinks democracy is the key to change, and Elspeth Knights champions conservation

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At last, England’s dying rivers are an election issue – and the danger isn’t just sewage

Tackling water pollution means unpicking a complex web of assaults from source to sea, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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I back saboteurs who have acted with courage and coherence, but I won’t blow up a pipeline. Here’s why

I can’t urge anyone to do things I wouldn’t do myself, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Why Costa Rica beats Britain in the conservation stakes

Letters: Readers respond to George Monbiot’s article comparing a rich nation’s environmental failures and a poor one’s success

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Costa Rica restored its ravaged land to health. The rich UK has no excuse for such complete failure

Why does a wealthy, powerful nation struggle while a small, much poorer one succeeds, asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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The planet burns on a bonfire of farming regulations

Many are rising to the challenges of making all our economic activities climate compatible in ways that also restore our natural environment. But the main bodies in the dairy and meat industries are draggers, rather than drivers, of that vital work, argues Rod Oram.

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The UK’s ‘green day’ has turned into a fossil fuel bonanza – dirty money powers the Sunak government

In prioritising oil and gas over renewables, ministers are doing the bidding of the polluters, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Never mind the H20: this scheme to move water from Severn to Thames could be the new HS2

England’s water woes have a solution. But trying to move vast volumes of water from west to east is not it

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Tuesday briefing: Breaking down the damning new 300-page report into the Met Police’s failures

In today’s newsletter: The Casey report gives an in-depth look at the issues at the core of the capital’s police force

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How many of those calling for Putin’s arrest were complicit in the illegal invasion of Iraq?

Gordon Brown, Condoleezza Rice and Alastair Campbell are as responsible for an illegal war as the Russian leader’s ‘henchmen’ they condemn, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Russell Brand is the latest to platform climate conservative Bjørn Lomborg’s ‘reckless’ net-zero cost claims

The Danish commentator has been accused of continuing to misrepresent findings about the costs of cutting emissions, despite pleas from scientists

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Russell Brand’s descent into conspiracy politics

Letters: Jonathan Allum, Dr Helen Hintjens, Dr Daniel Gay and Andy Ruff respond to an article by George Monbiot on the comedian’s far-right conspiracy theories

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I once admired Russell Brand. But his grim trajectory shows us where politics is heading

In an age of distortion, public figures have powerful tools and a responsibility. This is an object lesson in how that can go wrong, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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A long overdue moment? The UK greens pushing for the nuclear option

Growing numbers of environmentalists in northern Europe are embracing technology to combat the climate crisis, but in Britain ‘ecomodernist’ ideas have had a so-far frosty reception

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Rotten, with no quick fixes: the state of our mouths reflects the plight of NHS dentistry

I live in one of Britain’s many ‘dental deserts’, where those who can’t afford to go private face pain and misery, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Should climate activists be punished at all?

Letters: Dr Abi Perrin wonders if it is ever justifiable for non-violent defendants to be jailed, Steve Tooze heralds a growing wave of activists, and Sue Davies laments costly, pointless trials

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Today’s climate activist ‘criminals’ are tomorrow’s heroes: silencing them in court is immoral

It’s not ‘the whole truth and nothing but the truth’ if campaigners cannot explain their motivations to a jury, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Questions raised about BBC Panorama episode on Labour and antisemitism

Letters: The programme’s John Ware and Neil Grant, and Richard Sanders, the producer of an Al Jazeera documentary that criticised it, respond to an article by George Monbiot

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This senseless lawsuit could bankrupt the Labour party and let the Tories win again

The party should be focused on this terrible government. Instead it is fighting costly legal battles, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Five Great Reads: secrets of happiness, swearing goes mainstream and the next pandemic warning signs

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales

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