Captive State - George Monbiot

IF you see a lot of odd tags, please refresh! ********************************************* George Monbiot has been named by the Evening Standard as one of the 25 most influential people in Britain, and by the Independent as one of the 40 international prophets of the 21st century. He has a column in the Guardian and numerous honorary professorships, awards and accolades. He is also a committed left- winger and a fairly radical environmentalist. The book I am reviewing is neither a manifesto nor a scholarly treaty. `Captive State` is a book of reportage - or you might call it investigative journalism. It`s very well written, well ...

Life is based on DNA, and DNA is based on four chemicals: adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine. Guanine is so-called because it was first isolated in guano, or bird-shit. So life, in a way, is shit. If corporations have their way, for a lot of us it will get shitter, because corporations are simultaneously taking control of more and more of life while caring less and less about its quality. Maybe that’s appropriate, because "corporation", after all, is very nearly copro-ration: a dole of dung. You and I might not like the idea of corporations getting more and more power, but you and I don't matter much. Whatever the Tories did, New Labour ...