Tess Riley

Tess Riley is a freelance journalist and social justice campaigner. Tess also works part-time at collaborative consumption organisation Streetbank. Find her on twitter: @tess_riley

The rise of the sharing economy

The networked world allows an unprecedented degree of collaboration within communities. This could enable a new kind of economy - in Britain and elsewhere.

By Tess Riley

/ 10 Oct 2012

Acknowledging alternatives is a human right: a UKUncut activist speaks out after her trial

Following a two-week trial for protesting against tax avoidance, an anti-cuts campaigner asks who the real criminals are: herself and her fellow protestors, for taking direct action, or those telling the British public that there is no alternative to the government's stringent austerity programme.

By Tess Riley

/ 27 Sep 2011