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I’ve never been on strike before. Here’s why today was different

OPINION: I’m walking out in solidarity with colleagues, even though I have my own problems as a freelancer

By Daniel Trilling

/ 1 Feb 2023

I’ve never been on strike before. Here’s why today was different

Fears for Ukrainian human rights activist captured by Russia

Anti-racist and anti-fascist campaigner Maksym Butkevych was reportedly taken prisoner while fighting last month

By Daniel Trilling, Valeria Costa-Kostritsky and Kateryna Farbar

/ 13 Jul 2022

Fears for Ukrainian human rights activist captured by Russia

It’s 5 years since Grenfell. Here’s what we’ve learned from the inquiry so far

Housing journalist Peter Apps tells openDemocracy about the corporate and state failures that led to the fire

By Daniel Trilling

/ 12 Jun 2022

It’s 5 years since Grenfell. Here’s what we’ve learned from the inquiry so far

The ‘hostile environment’ is 10. It blighted these women’s lives

A decade after Theresa May declared a ‘hostile environment’, many immigrants to the UK are stuck in legal limbo

By Daniel Trilling, Anita Mureithi and Michelle Martin

/ 20 May 2022

The ‘hostile environment’ is 10. It blighted these women’s lives

Privatising Channel 4 is a right-wing attack on media freedom. Here’s why

The government’s actions echo the behaviour of populists elsewhere in the world. But there’s a twist

By Daniel Trilling

/ 5 Apr 2022

Inside Theresa May's "hostile environment"

The British government feels obliged to make life hell for immigrants arriving in the UK. Another example of how in “Fortress Europe”, cruelty now appears routine.

By Daniel Trilling

/ 20 Dec 2013

The far right beyond the stereotype: monetarism, media and the middle classes

Daniel Trilling, author of the new book Bloody Nasty People, talks to Jamie Mackay about the prevailing myths surrounding the far right in Britain, the demographic of its leadership and support, and the forms of resentment that such movements cultivate at their core.

By Jamie Mackay and Daniel Trilling

/ 12 Oct 2012

“Free Culture,” Lawrence Lessig

Buy now: UK, US, Worldwide Free Culture by Lawrence Lessig Penguin | March 2005 | ISBN 0143034650 Recommended by Daniel Trilling: My friends are starting to think I'm a little

By Daniel Trilling

/ 18 Jun 2006