George Monbiot on ENVIRONMENTAL HYPOCRITES, FASCISM and CAPITALISM - From Below the Balcony

The royals are rich, powerful and hate democracy. It's that simple. In the second episode of Season 2 of Republic's podcast From Below the Balcony, environmental campaigner, journalist, writer and film-maker George Monbiot joins Graham and Abby to talk about the royals' environmental hypocrisy and our broken economic reality. George Monbiot is an award-winning journalist, activist, founder of movements and projects challenging the power of government and the vested interests of the rich - and judging from his early career, a fearless adventurer, setting off across Indonesia, the Amazon, and East Africa in pursuit of ground-breaking stories about injustices, land rights and environmental destruction. George is also a prolific author with more than a dozen books to his name, from Poisoned Arrows published in 1989 to Feral in 2013, Regenesis in 2022 - on how we feed the world without destroying the environment, and his latest book, out in 2024 - The Invisible Doctrine: The secret history of neoliberalism - and how it came to control your life. Find out more about Republic and get involved here: https://www.republic.org.uk/ Our Twitter:   / republicstaff   Our Facebook:   / republiccampaign   Our Instagram:   / republiccampaign   Our TikTok:   / republiccampaign   Republic is a membership-based pressure group campaigning for the abolition of the monarchy and its replacement with a directly elected head of state. We represent all Britain's republicans, bringing the case for a republic to a wider audience while scrutinising the actions of the royal household. Stay tuned to our YouTube channel for shorts, campaign videos and mini-documentaries!