David Powell is an artist, lecturer and activist, his primary focus is on raising awareness of the dangers to the commons of deregulated Freeports and Special Economic Zones. David goes by the name of Europeanpowell on social media, where he regularly posts threads on X and Bluesky, as well as articles on Substack, and the Independent media. For the last few years, David has continued to speak at anti-free zones meetings across the UK.