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Published in: Home: OpinionCharities are too ‘respectable’ to win change. I learnt the hard wayOPINION: Too fixated on doing ‘good’ and being polite, charities have stopped fighting for social justice
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Published in: Home: AnalysisIt’s 5 years since Grenfell. Here’s what we’ve learned from the inquiry so farHousing journalist Peter Apps tells openDemocracy about the corporate and state failures that led to the fire
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationPartygate investigator helped shield No.10 from scrutiny over GrenfellRevealed: Emails show how Sue Gray was consulted over decision to withhold information about fatal fire
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Published in: Freedom of Information: NewsUK government’s ‘Orwellian’ FOI unit interfered in Grenfell fire FOI requestsExclusive: Cabinet Office’s Clearing House told housing ministry to alter responses to Freedom of Information...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWhy we still don't know "the truth" about GrenfellThe media reporting of the Grenfell Inquiry’s Phase 1 findings shows the battle that lies ahead.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKYoung people are the unsung heroes of GrenfellMeet some of the extraordinary young people bringing life to the Grenfell community.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKTwo neoliberal infernos: Grenfell, and Piper Alpha 30 years onProfit-before-safety, warnings ignored, 239 people dead. Britain’s oil bonanza and London’s gentrification have much...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy Brexit won’t work: the EU is about regulation not sovereigntyBrexiteers like Boris Johnson inhabit an outdated form of sovereignty. A new realm of power - regulation - demands...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWas a Tory PR firm behind a smear campaign against Grenfell’s MP?A PR firm run by a former Downing Street staffer claimed to be behind a series of media attacks on Labour MP for...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAmnesty, not apologyIn a free and fair society, amnesty for all migrants stuck within yet excluded from our dysfunctional system, is the...
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Published in: Shine A LightHousing activists stand up to dodgy landlords and council bulliesThe Grenfell tower fire forced a public debate on housing inequality in London. Tenants have long been at the mercy...
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Published in: Shine A LightHow housing activists are challenging town hall decisionsUsing direct action, housing activists challenge unfeeling and harsh local authority decisionmaking
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Published in: openDemocracyUK“Developers can get away with murder” – an interview with Kensington’s Emma Dent CoadOne short week in May exposed the fault lines at the heart of our communities. Three months on from a shock election...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWords of fireThe language of resistance is resourceful, creative and deep. After Grenfell, the words of those affected ring out...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKGrenfell tower and the people without capitalContempt for Grenfell residents is representative of the way the city of London treats its global working-class....
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Published in: openJusticeThe terrible consequences of deregulation and cutting cornersAfter Grenfell, it’s time for the government to urgently rethink its attitude to regulation.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFires disproportionately kill vulnerable people, and Grenfell is no differentWe need more than just fire safety; we need fire justice, and a culture which takes stock of the fact that it is the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBurnt Alive, Grenfell Tower is watching usA high-rise of death - that seems alive and watching us. A photo-essay.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhere are the missing? How the tabloids underplayed deaths at Grenfell for their own gainThe British press claim they don't want to speculate on numbers until they have an official body count. That’s...
