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Fannie Lou Hammer is a Black woman. Her mouth is open mid-speech, as she sits and commands the attention of the people surrounding her.

How Fannie Lou Hamer inspires the modern climate movement

During Black History Month, we celebrate US voting rights and food justice activist Fannie Lou Hamer. As well as famously advocating for civil rights in the 1960s, Hamer was a pioneer of grassroots farming cooperatives which have continued to inspire 21st century urban agriculture collectives.

5 ways that people power helped defeat Shell

Thanks to people power, Shell is giving up drilling for oil in the Alaskan Arctic. Here are five ways public campaigning puts pressure on a huge opponent like Shell.