Dan Hancox is a freelance writer for The Guardian and others, interested in radical politics, protest, and pop culture in Britain, Spain and beyond. His books include Utopia and the Valley of Tears, Fight Back! and Kettled Youth.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKShostakovich to Plan B: How to defend a great city with violins
‘iLL Manners’, the first single from London-based rapper Plan B’s forthcoming album of the same name was released on...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBritain's policing: Kettling 2.0 and the Olympic State of Exception
Kettling, a controversial tactic used to contain protestors, now has an ugly sister: the steel police cordon,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKTime for Britain’s Indignados: the pension strike, Labour and strategic optimism
The UK-wide strikes over pension reform failed to release the energy many hoped for on the left. Coupled by the...