Historically, the most terrible things—war, genocide, and slavery—have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience
— Howard Zinn
A new politics for an age of crisis
George Monbiot
To heal our broken world, the thought that we just haven't got any ideas, or need to wait for technological innovation, is profoundly destructive. We aren't awaiting anything, we have the tools and thinking we need to progress as a species to a better place of equality and ecological compatibility. We have a surfeit of solutions and ideas, but which ones are we going to implement is our current challenge. I am toying with evoking Lennon the intro to the book I am writing: This book will save the world, if you want it What I mean to say is...