How can you fight something if you don’t know it exists? Legendary environmentalist and Guardian columnist George Monbiot joins Nish Kumar to take on the ideology that controls our lives.

An iconoclast unafraid to speak truth to power, George Monbiot has been fighting for a better future for our planet for decades. Now returning to How To Academy, he joins Nish Kumar live on stage to share the history of the ideology that preys on every aspect of our lives – and help us to find a better alternative worth fighting for.

How was a fringe philosophy from the 1930s hijacked by a group of wealthy elites, determined to guard their fortunes and power? How does the system they created affect our education and our jobs; our healthcare and our leisure; our relationships and our mental wellbeing; even the planet we inhabit – the very air we breathe?

So pervasive has it become that, for most people, it has no name. It seems unavoidable, like a natural law. But the truth is that neoliberalism is not inevitable nor immutable. Now, by understanding its history, we can bring it into the light — and begin to fight back.

Tickets to this event are half-price for members of How To +.

Praise for the works of George Monbiot: 

‘With a dazzling command of science and a relentless faith in people, George Monbiot writes about social change with his eyes wide open. I never miss reading him.’ – Naomi Klein

‘There is no writer willing to dispense of bullshit, tell us the truth, and take on powerful forces and perceived wisdom like George Monbiot.’ – Lucy Jones

‘George Monbiot is a very skilful writer… He seems to see more fully than almost anyone else in this field.’ – Philip Pullman

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