Committee for the Defence of the Iranian People’s Rights general secretary GAWAIN LITTLE discusses the impact of the US-Israeli war on the Iranian people and economy
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The hydrogen debate – lobbying for power
In the climate crisis, the only thing that will control profit-driven fossil-fuel burning is international legislation to drive the replacement of infrastructure, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and JOEL HELLEWELL
NOT ALL THAT GLITTERS IS GOLD: (left) The Fukushima Hydrogen Energy Research Field (FH2R), a 10MW class hydrogen production unit, inaugurated in March 2020, is one of the world’s largest facility for producing hydrogen; (right) House destroyed by gas explosion at Wrentham, Suffolk
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Capitalism has extracted itself from crisis before, argues PRABHAT PATNAIK – but through methods no longer available. So it is turning to authoritarianism, militarism and neocolonialism
The five young men killed in the A66 crash were responsible for a devastating tragedy — but the crash should force us to ask difficult questions about wider society, argues RENATA MEDEIROS MIRRA
Britain funds the policing of black culture 16 times better than the culture itself. The Diamond Jubilee is the moment to end that, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
Despite Andy Burnham’s declaration defending the continued partition of the island, all major international and internal trends are converging to make Irish reunification inevitable
Humans are part of the ‘animal kingdom’ – and of nature in general – but also distinct from it and labour (work) is part of what makes us unique, declared Engels. His insights 150 years ago into how our species came to be and how we differ from the rest of nature, are as important today as they were then, says the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY
CLIMATE change legislation will eventually trigger a huge change in power production and distribution. Dramatic engineering projects are already underway which could shape the future of energy use.
Skyrocketing electricity prices in Britain are a big driver of the cost-of-living crisis. In Europe only people in Ireland and Germany pay more for their electricity.
Despite being so high, these are the prices even when they are capped by Ofgem. Although the price of energy is affecting people across Europe, Britain has its own particular problems.
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