Faced with a choice between the survival of the planet and a new set of matching tableware, most people would choose the tableware. - George Monbiot

I cannot say that Malm is wrong, and that non-violent action is more likely to succeed. After all, none of us have been here before. But if you are pushing other people towards decades in prison while risking a backlash that would close down the last possibility of success, you need to be pretty confident that the strategy will work. I have no such confidence.

Of all the varieties of media bias, the deepest is the bias against relevance. The more important the issue, the less it is discussed.

Because we cannot save ourselves without contesting oligarchic control, the fight for democracy and justice and the fight against environmental breakdown are one and the same.