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Politics in Crisis - a different economics
ALAN SIMPSON looks at the possible ways redistributive economics could be used to fight climate change, from vertical gardens to 'fur miles'
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The Tatar rebel argued that Western workers could be bought off, so instead a ‘colonial international’ must form a dictatorship over Europe and the US, ideas that led to his expulsion from the Bolsheviks and eventual execution, writes EDMUND GRIFFITHS
HEATHER WOOD reports back from another packed annual Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival, where Palestinian flags flew high and solidarity with Birmingham’s striking refuse workers was central
Robinson successfully defended his school from closure, fought for the unification of the teaching unions, mentored future trade union leaders and transformed teaching at the Marx Memorial Library, writes JOHN FOSTER
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At the very moment Britain faces poverty, housing and climate crises requiring radical solutions, the liberal press promotes ideologically narrow books while marginalising authors who offer the most accurate understanding of change, writes IAN SINCLAIR
AT the end of 2016 there were 345,000 electric buses in operation worldwide. China had 343,500 of them. By September 2018, the USA had over 1 million plug-in cars. Europe had a similar number by June the same year. In Norway, where government loans for public-sector car purchases are only available for EVs, 49.1 per cent of 2018’s car purchases were EVs.
This is the way transport is moving; from dirty to clean, from unsustainable fuels to renewables.
Not all of it is electric. Sweden’s public transport system runs on bio-gas from biodegradable, municipal waste. Germany, Italy and Switzerland are running hydrogen-powered buses or trains. In Cheshire, Alstom are preparing to convert the first 100 of Britain’s diesel locomotives to hydrogen.
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