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'''George Monbiot''' is "Honorary Professor at the Department of Politics in Keele and Visiting Professor at the Department of Environmental Science at the University of East London. Monbiot is author of ''Captive State: The Corporate Takeover of Britain'', and the investigative travel books ''Poisoned Arrows'', ''Amazon Watershed'' and ''No Man's Land''. He is active in the ecology movement and helped to found the land rights campaign 'The Land is Ours'. He writes a weekly column for the Guardian newspaper and is a ZNet Commentator."[http://www.zmag.org/CrisesCurEvts/Iraq/george_monbiot.htm] | '''George Monbiot''' is "Honorary Professor at the Department of Politics in Keele and Visiting Professor at the Department of Environmental Science at the University of East London. Monbiot is author of ''Captive State: The Corporate Takeover of Britain'', and the investigative travel books ''Poisoned Arrows'', ''Amazon Watershed'' and ''No Man's Land''. He is active in the ecology movement and helped to found the land rights campaign 'The Land is Ours'. He writes a weekly column for the Guardian newspaper and is a ZNet Commentator."[http://www.zmag.org/CrisesCurEvts/Iraq/george_monbiot.htm] | ||
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| + | Monbiot's ancestors, the Ducs de Coutard, fled the French Revolution, and changed their name to Beaumont. Monbiot's Raymond and Rosalie parents were leading members of the [[Conservative Party]] in Oxford. He was educated at Stowe, and Brasenose College, Oxford. (Independent, 9 May 1995). He was made a fellow of Green College, by Sir [[Crispin Tickell]]. | ||
URL: www.monbiot.com | URL: www.monbiot.com | ||
Revision as of 12:17, 23 December 2004
George Monbiot is "Honorary Professor at the Department of Politics in Keele and Visiting Professor at the Department of Environmental Science at the University of East London. Monbiot is author of Captive State: The Corporate Takeover of Britain, and the investigative travel books Poisoned Arrows, Amazon Watershed and No Man's Land. He is active in the ecology movement and helped to found the land rights campaign 'The Land is Ours'. He writes a weekly column for the Guardian newspaper and is a ZNet Commentator."[1]
Monbiot's ancestors, the Ducs de Coutard, fled the French Revolution, and changed their name to Beaumont. Monbiot's Raymond and Rosalie parents were leading members of the Conservative Party in Oxford. He was educated at Stowe, and Brasenose College, Oxford. (Independent, 9 May 1995). He was made a fellow of Green College, by Sir Crispin Tickell.
URL: www.monbiot.com
See Monbiot's page at ZNet for current and archived articles.
Other SourceWatch Resources
External Links
- George Monbiot, "The Revolution Has Been Televised", The Guardian, December 18, 1997.
- George Monbiot, "Far Left of Far Right?", Prospect Magazine, November 1998.
- George Monbiot, America Is a Religion. US Leaders Now See Themselves as Priests of a Divine Mission to Rid the World of Its Demons, Guardian/UK, July 28, 2003.
- George Monbiot, Post-9/11 America Is a Religion, Alternet, July 30, 2003.
- Vince Caughley, Talking about a global democratic revolution, Socialist Worker, August 8, 2003: "George Monbiot, the prominent British journalist, caused a splash with his recent visit to Australia. ... His call for a global democratic revolution to address the enormous inequalities in our world really struck a chord. The people who packed out his meetings were keen to engage in the debate about how to bring about such a transformation."
- George Monbiot, "Invasion of the Entryists", The Guardian, December 9, 2003.
- George Monbiot and Michael Albert, Movement Building 2004: What Do We Want? An Exchange Between Michael Albert and George Monbiot. On the Occurrence of the Publication of their new books: Albert: "Parecon: Life After Capitalism" and Monbiot: "The Age of Consent: A Manifesto for a New World Order".
