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On 29th november george monbiot visited us here on broad street and we talked about his latest book out of the wreckage. The book is an attempt to set out a positive manifesto for change for the global justice movement. Six arguments for global justice offers a gorgeous, passionate defense of rewilding. Jul 02, 2018 to my mind, this posturing is the greatest flaw in george monbiots otherwise admirable book, how did we get into this mess.
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George monbiot born 27 january 1963 is a journalist, author, academic and environmental and political activist in the united kingdom who writes a weekly column for the guardian newspaper. In this series of essays on money, religion, war, power, culture and nature, he explains why we are heading into an uncertain future in which peace and sound politics are paramount to our survival. The books strengths lie in its positive tone and economic writing style. Feral is a book about rewilding by the british environmentalist george monbiot. He writes a weekly column for the guardian, and is the author of a number of books, including captive state. With this video we are proud to launch our brand new monthly series books. In feral, george monbiot, one of the worlds most celebrated radical thinkers.
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