Historian, researcher of energy systems, Ukraine, Russia, & more. Blog: https://peopleandnature.wordpress.com/. Author of Burning Up: A Global History of Fossil Fuel Consumption (2018) & Dissident Communists in Early Soviet Russia (2023).
Simon Pirani
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What were WE all doing when civilians were being massacred by the genocidal Israeli army? These four brave people tried their best to stop it. They are political prisoners www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Thanks for the mention @tomackers.bsky.social. Yup, I also had satellite pix in my article, underlining that it's SOME neighbourhoods that are benefiting from the panels boom, which is happening by market anarchy, not policy.
An entire Syrian family, from the town of al-Rabiaa in rural Hama was killed on Friday in an Israeli strike that targeted a home in the al-Hartiyeh area of the lebanese town of Adloun, in the Saida district. The victims were father Qais al-Bakeer, mother Reem al-Ali, and their six children.
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Iraq's World Cup star Aymen Hussein was detained and questioned for nearly seven hours after arriving at Chicago O'Hare Airport with the national team.
Hussein was eventually allowed into the United States, but team photographer Talal Salah was denied entry after being held for more than 10 hours.
Our latest bulletin #200. Freedom of speech and the Ukrainian civil code/the budget crisis in Russia/internal migration within Ukraine/ Russian killing of Ukrainian children/Russian execution of Ukrainian POWs/Europe and Russian fossil fuels and more ukraine-solidarity.org/2026/06/14/n...
Have you seen TRY ME FOR TREASON yet? Anti-war protesters speeches in Russian courts. Free to watch and download on Youtube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FHa... @labour-hub.bsky.social
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Quelle surprise: my comment on the Govt's latest climate commitment (www.gov.uk/government/n... is out of step, at least publicly, with many colleagues: www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-react...
With expert whitewash on one side & charlatans on the other, an honest climate debate stands no chance.
Simon Pirani
"It is not enough to assert that averting ecological disasters is inseparable from fighting capitalism. We need to develop movements based on that inseparability."
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"I was convinced from the start of the all-out war that Ukraine was waging a just, defensive war against revanchist Russian imperialism". @ensu-resu.bsky.social @ukrainesol.bsky.social @ukrainesolidarity.bsky.social @labour-hub.bsky.social
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This post is based on a talk I gave at the Ecosocialism conference in London on Saturday 30 May, about the Fare Free London campaign, in which I participate, and the wider movements of which it is …
Russian-Speaking Leftists, a group based in Germany, on 19 May published this interview with a socialist activist living in Russia who, they write, “stands for revolutionary defeatism”.[1] I transl…
DOWNLOAD THE BULLETIN AS A PDF HERE In this week’s bulletin: Freedom of speech and the Ukrainian Civil Code; the budget crisis in Russia; internal migration within Ukraine; Russian killing of…
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Solidarity between LGBTQ+ people and unions has saved an event denied ‘a single penny’ of council money
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Download this, and a linked article, as a PDF here By Simon Pirani Households and businesses across Pakistan are covering their roofs with cheap Chinese solar panels. Generating their own electrici…
Pakistan is a fascinating case: Same neighbourhood 3 years apart.
May 2022: grey rooftops.
Sep 2025: solar everywhere.
No national programme drove this. People did the maths as grid power got pricey & panels got cheap.
More in next newsletter: janrosenow.substack.com
