Simon Pirani
@simonpirani.bsky.social
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).
Below, Durham Energy Council. Above, women coalfield activists of the past. Last session of great 2-day event by Durham Energy Inst (of the uni) and Redhills, the community project in the old miners' hall. The past we inherit, the future we build. @redhillsdurham.bsky.social @durham.ac.uk
November 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Below, Durham Energy Council. Above, women coalfield activists of the past. Last session of great 2-day event by Durham Energy Inst (of the uni) and Redhills, the community project in the old miners' hall. The past we inherit, the future we build. @redhillsdurham.bsky.social @durham.ac.uk
Please join us Thurs 20 Nov, 7pm, to launch this book: English translations of speeches in court by anti-war protesters in Russia. We want to ensure their voices are heard more widely in the English-speaking world. At Pelican House in London, also livestreamed. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/try-me-for...
October 31, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Please join us Thurs 20 Nov, 7pm, to launch this book: English translations of speeches in court by anti-war protesters in Russia. We want to ensure their voices are heard more widely in the English-speaking world. At Pelican House in London, also livestreamed. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/try-me-for...
Out this morning supporting British Library workers demanding decent pay. I have been using the library regularly for 20+ years
October 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Out this morning supporting British Library workers demanding decent pay. I have been using the library regularly for 20+ years
Great to see our book, Voices Against Putin's War, in the front window at @housmansbookshop.bsky.social. @ensu-resu.bsky.social @ukrainesol.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Great to see our book, Voices Against Putin's War, in the front window at @housmansbookshop.bsky.social. @ensu-resu.bsky.social @ukrainesol.bsky.social
Charlton fans know how to do a pitch invasion
May 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Charlton fans know how to do a pitch invasion
Alexei Klevitov, 9 May ("victory day"), Pushkin Square, Moscow. The sign says "NO TO WAR - fascism will not pass". Arrested, beaten, charged with "discrediting" the Russian army. (Shared on facebook by Russian friends.)
We are all in debt to heroic resisters like Alexei. Please share.
We are all in debt to heroic resisters like Alexei. Please share.
May 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Alexei Klevitov, 9 May ("victory day"), Pushkin Square, Moscow. The sign says "NO TO WAR - fascism will not pass". Arrested, beaten, charged with "discrediting" the Russian army. (Shared on facebook by Russian friends.)
We are all in debt to heroic resisters like Alexei. Please share.
We are all in debt to heroic resisters like Alexei. Please share.
"From Ukraine to Palestine, occupation is a crime" - at the Palestine demonstration in London today
March 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
"From Ukraine to Palestine, occupation is a crime" - at the Palestine demonstration in London today
Saturday in London
March 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Saturday in London
On the "Russian troops out" march for Ukraine today. @ukrainesol.bsky.social @anticapitalistresistance.org @ukrainesolidarity.bsky.social
February 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
On the "Russian troops out" march for Ukraine today. @ukrainesol.bsky.social @anticapitalistresistance.org @ukrainesolidarity.bsky.social
February 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Looking forward to demonstrating in solidarity tomorrow. @unitethestruggles.bsky.social @ensu-resu.bsky.social @ukrainesol.bsky.social
January 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Looking forward to demonstrating in solidarity tomorrow. @unitethestruggles.bsky.social @ensu-resu.bsky.social @ukrainesol.bsky.social
Today in London, on the march against genocide in Gaza. "From Ukraine to Palestine, occupation is a crime"
November 2, 2024 at 2:02 PM
Today in London, on the march against genocide in Gaza. "From Ukraine to Palestine, occupation is a crime"
We will march on Saturday against the genocide in Gaza, with a banner saying "From Ukraine to Palestine, occupation is a crime"
October 31, 2024 at 5:12 PM
We will march on Saturday against the genocide in Gaza, with a banner saying "From Ukraine to Palestine, occupation is a crime"
On the march in London today. From Ukraine to Palestine, occupation is a crime
October 5, 2024 at 12:39 PM
On the march in London today. From Ukraine to Palestine, occupation is a crime
On today's demo in London, calling for an end to arms supply to Israel, and saying "from Ukraine to Palestine, occupation is a crime"
September 7, 2024 at 5:23 PM
On today's demo in London, calling for an end to arms supply to Israel, and saying "from Ukraine to Palestine, occupation is a crime"