John Wojcik pays tribute to a black US activist who spent six decades at the forefront of struggles for voting rights, economic justice and peace – reshaping US politics and inspiring movements worldwide
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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In the fifth and final part of a series of articles, Storming the Heavens author JENNY CLEGG explains how the Communist Party of China’s approach demonstrates how Marxism, rooted in concrete conditions and mass participation, can shape history
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