Amy Hall is a freelance journalist based in Brighton and a columnist for openDemocracyUK, writing about the environment, democracy, corporate power and the British state in the wake of Brexit. She is a member of Shoal Collective, a newly-formed cooperative of independent writers and researchers writing for social justice and a world beyond capitalism.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKMining and Brexit - from Cornwall to the Commonwealth
Whilst other businesses worry about Brexit, well-placed mining companies and politicians with ideas of 'Empire 2.0'...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFracking giants grasp for dirty Brexit bonanza
The fracking industry is determined to limp ahead, despite record public opposition in the UK and fierce fightbacks...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaDSEI: A supermarket for state surveillance and border wars
As borders are increasingly militarised and their operation privatised, migration, more than ever before, is also an...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKLondon is cloaking environmental racism in respectability – but Zambian villagers are fighting back
Zambian villagers await a landmark judgement that could help hold British companies to account for their actions abroad.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Tory–DUP deal could be a disaster for the environment
Though more than 50% of voters went for left-wing parties, what they have ended up with is a government even more...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy won't the government take air pollution seriously? It's killing thousands
40,000 people die per year because of outdoor air pollution in the UK, yet the government’s draft plan released in...