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Simon Pirani @simonpirani.bsky.social · 13h

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People & Nature @peoplenature.bsky.social · 14h

False assumptions about past 'energy transitions' support comforting but illusory narratives about how we might quit fossil fuels. Transition as a shift of technologies, 1st to nuclear power, has become dominant, false “solution” to global heating.
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Technological transition, the ideology of capital

Review by Simon Pirani of More, More and More: an all-consuming history of energy, by Jean-Baptiste Fressoz (Allen Lane, 2024) We really are in climate trouble now. The intergovernmental climate ag…

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Simon Pirani @simonpirani.bsky.social · 2d

Hi there. This is my review of a book by Friederike Otto. She takes a global view, so nothing here about the US administration. But this may help to answer your question. theecologist.org/2025/aug/06/...

Climate breakdown is an injustice multiplier

Simon Pirani reviews 'Climate Injustice: Why We Need to Fight Global Inequality to Combat Climate Change', by Friederike Otto (Greystone Books, 2025)

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People & Nature @peoplenature.bsky.social · 3d

"Capital’s need for social control underpins near-fascist methods. From Russia’s dystopian punishment of dissenting citizens as 'terrorists' & 'traitors', patterns are retraced in the witch-hunts in USA & Europe, against opponents of Gaza slaughter."
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The courtroom rebels standing up to warmonger Putin

Voices Against Putin’s War: protesters’ defiant speeches in Russian courts is published this month by Resistance Books. Here is the Introduction to the book, by Simon Pirani, first published on lin…

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Simon Pirani @simonpirani.bsky.social · 10d

"Let's think of mobility as a right." - a report of our @farefreelondon.bsky.social conference on Saturday. www.farefreelondon.org/posts/public... @danielsantini.bsky.social @carolinerussell.bsky.social @fuelpovertyaction.bsky.social @tippingpointuk.bsky.social

Conference: How to Build Support for Free Public Transport 27 Sept 2025

“Let’s think of mobility as a right”, Daniel Santini of the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil told Fare Free London’s event on Saturday 27 September. Take a look at the slides Daniel presented at the...

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Anthony McIntyre @anthonymcintyre.bsky.social · 13d

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Bibi The Butcher

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People & Nature @peoplenature.bsky.social · 17d

"Under the guise of 'green transition', a new colonial plunder is taking place." "We need a form of transition that doesn't harm us." "We categorically reject sowing discord between workers and nature defenders." Bob Myers reports on a meeting in Bosnia peopleandnature.wordpress.com/2025/09/25/b...

Bosnia: Unite for mineworkers, for land and for water. No to unjust transition

A guest post by BOB MYERS An amazing meeting of mineworkers and environmentalists from across the former Yugoslavia was held on 12-14 September in the small mining town of Breza. We came together o…

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Simon Pirani @simonpirani.bsky.social · 25d

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Tributes paid to 'saviour of Durham Miners' Gala' Dave Temple

Tributes have been paid to County Durham trade unionist Dave Temple, who secured vital funding to keep Durham Miners' Gala going after pit closures.

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Simon Pirani @simonpirani.bsky.social · 26d

A comrade. A thinker and a doer. And for me, a dear, close friend. RIP. www.durhamminers.org/dave_temple

Dave Temple

Everyone at the Durham Miners Association (DMA) is deeply saddened at the passing of Dave Temple.

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Simon Pirani @simonpirani.bsky.social · 28d

Hurry hurry. If you don't yet have a copy of my book Dissident Communists in Early Soviet Russia, and you want one, buy before the end of this month. Then print-on-demand sales will end (tho' there will still be a free downloadable PDF available). troubador.co.uk/bookshop/his...

Communist Dissidents in Early Soviet Russia

The five documents in this book, published here in English for the first time, give unique insights into the attitudes of Russian communists who had participated...

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Simon Pirani @simonpirani.bsky.social · Sep 12

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Simon Pirani on X: "@Art4PalestineUK Come on journalists on @BBCRadio3. Why isn't this on the iPlayer? Was it even broadcast live? Your colleagues are being massacred in Gaza, along with civilians. Get this guy back on your talk shows. Like he said, "politics is part of life" @tom_mckinney @MannGeorgia" / X

@Art4PalestineUK Come on journalists on @BBCRadio3. Why isn't this on the iPlayer? Was it even broadcast live? Your colleagues are being massacred in Gaza, along with civilians. Get this guy back on your talk shows. Like he said, "politics is part of life" @tom_mckinney @MannGeorgia

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Simon Pirani @simonpirani.bsky.social · Sep 12

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Artists for Palestine UK on X: "Incandescent speech on Gaza by Israeli conductor Ilan Volkov at last night’s Proms: “What’s happening is atrocious, horrific on a scale that’s unimaginable. We cannot let this go on any longer, every moment that passes puts the safety of millions at risk” https://t.co/CSkeUyIBuG https://t.co/saX3aLejX0" / X

Incandescent speech on Gaza by Israeli conductor Ilan Volkov at last night’s Proms: “What’s happening is atrocious, horrific on a scale that’s unimaginable. We cannot let this go on any longer, every moment that passes puts the safety of millions at risk” https://t.co/CSkeUyIBuG https://t.co/saX3aLejX0

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Simon Pirani @simonpirani.bsky.social · Sep 12

BBC Radio 3, which has broadcast every second of the proms, has cut Volkov's statement from i-Player, & I suppose didn't put it out live either.

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Simon Pirani @simonpirani.bsky.social · Sep 12

Thanks @kevinclimate.bsky.social for telling it as it is. "The delusion is now systemic." People who talk about "climate policy" without facing this reality usually just make things worse climateuncensored.com/talk-at-the-...

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People & Nature @peoplenature.bsky.social · Sep 8

Les Levidow: Labour has lulled some campaigners with a narrative combining 3 false promises, that (1) novel decarbonisation technologies (e.g. carbon capture and hydrogen) + (2) more renewable energy will (3) achieve Net Zero Emissions (NZE).
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Opposing Labour’s climate vandalism is difficult – and vital

By Les Levidow. Reposted with thanks from the Ecologist A basic contradiction runs through UK climate policy. The government accepts that oil and gas extraction will increase, and that domestic use…

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People & Nature @peoplenature.bsky.social · Sep 4

"Public transport finance could & should be radically overhauled, to release it from dependence on fares. We in @farefreelondon.bsky.social advocate a system that is not only publicly owned, and generously funded, but also free at the point of use." peopleandnature.wordpress.com/2025/09/04/b...

Building support for zero-fares will strengthen the case for publicly-owned transport

By Simon Pirani. Reposted with thanks from the We Own It! web site More rail and bus fare increases are on the way – and they threaten to undo much of the good promised by wider public ownership an…

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Simon Pirani @simonpirani.bsky.social · Sep 2

On @weownit.org.uk today: "Public transport finance could be radically overhauled to release it from dependence on fares. We in @farefreelondon.bsky.social advocate a system that's not only publicly owned, & generously funded, but also free at the point of use." weownit.org.uk/news/zero-fa...

Building support for zero-fares will strengthen the case for publicly-owned transport

Plans for rail re-nationalisation and bus re-regulation raise the tantalising prospect of transport provided as a public service, as a universal right.

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Simon Pirani @simonpirani.bsky.social · Aug 29

"London’s public transport should be entirely free, say campaigners, echoing New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani's proposal to remove fares from New York's buses." More publicity for @farefreelondon.bsky.social, in Forbes magazine. www.forbes.com/sites/nicole...

London May Ignore Calls For Free Public Transport — But There Are Alternatives

London faces calls to make public transport free. That's unlikely, but there are other routes it could take to improve access and inequality

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People & Nature @peoplenature.bsky.social · Aug 29

How zero-fares succeeds & fails in Krivyi Rih, Ukraine: "Buses & trolleybuses are perceived as belonging to the public domain or common weal, while [privately-run minibuses] are something new, modern and non-socialist, harbingers of capitalist modernity"
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Free public transport in Ukraine: the common weal versus capitalist modernity

Free public transport can open cities to all. It combats social injustice and can also help to tackle climate change, by moving away from car-centred urban transport systems. Public transport has b…

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Simon Pirani @simonpirani.bsky.social · Aug 27

and the BBC. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Make London public transport free, campaigners say

This would reduce inequality and get polluting cars off the road, Fare Free London says.

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Simon Pirani @simonpirani.bsky.social · Aug 27

@farefreelondon.bsky.social covered very positively in the Metro today. metro.co.uk/2025/08/27/l... ‘It is about getting back to the idea of public services, provided by the state. Transport systems should not be there to make anyone loads of money, but to provide the service people need.'

Should London have free travel for all - and how realistic is it?

Could London - the city of almost 9 million people - have free transport one day?

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Simon Pirani @simonpirani.bsky.social · Aug 27

Free public transport hits at social injustice in Krivyi Rih, Ukraine, one of the largest cities that has it. But it doesn't & can't fix lack of investment or "market" profiteering. My interview with Denys Gorbach in @theecologist.org @farefreelondon.bsky.social
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Free public transport in Ukraine

The common weal versus capitalist modernity.

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Simon Pirani @simonpirani.bsky.social · Aug 20

Great to see @hynotnw.bsky.social in action - again! - against the fossil fuel companies' disgusting greenwash. please share. www.hynot.uk/category/med...

Media Releases - HyNot

Media releases from our campaign opposed to the HyNet blue hydrogen and carbon capture and storage scheme in Cheshire and Liverpool Bay.

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · Aug 20

Obviously the smears against this man are incredibly libellous - and it says a lot about access to the law that he wouldn't be able to afford to Lord McAlpine these fuckers - but at what point does the government clock that it needs to get a grip on this raging online fire of fascist hate?

Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · Aug 20

Family in fear after Tommy Robinson shares video of black man with white granddaughters.

Exclusive: Olajuwon Ayeni racially abused and falsely labelled a paedophile as far right weaponises clip of family in park

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Family in fear after Tommy Robinson shares video of black man with white granddaughters

Exclusive: Olajuwon Ayeni racially abused and falsely labelled a paedophile as far right weaponises clip of family in park

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Simon Pirani @simonpirani.bsky.social · Aug 18

“If the government brought forward a viable, long-term funding model to make public transport free for everyone, that’s a call I would absolutely support.” - well said @carolinerussell.bsky.social @farefreelondon.bsky.social www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-...

'Make travel in London free for everyone', TfL told

The Commons Transport Committee last week proposed everyone under 22 be given free bus passes

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