Simon Pirani

Simon Pirani is a socialist writer and historian. His books include Burning Up: a global history of fossil fuel consumption (2018) and Change in Putin’s Russia: power, money and people (2010).

He has written widely on energy issues in Ukraine, especially about the gas industry. He is a lifelong activist in the labour movement and former editor of the British mineworkers’ union journal.


 

Simon Pirani

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