Emma Hughes

Egypt: The revolution is alive February 2013
Just before the second anniversary of the Egyptian revolution, Emma Hughes spoke to Ola Shahba, an activist who has spent 15 years organising in Egypt

If they can do it, we can too – cleaners get organised December 2012
Lorna Stephenson and Emma Hughes report on cleaners’ success organising against poverty pay

Why the future isn’t working October 2012
When envisaging the future, social movements should not just consider how to make work better but also how to move beyond the wage contract, writes Emma Hughes

What are they building in there? July 2012
Emma Hughes writes about the mysterious piece of art activism happening this weekend

A new Cymru – Leanne Wood interviewed June 2012
Emma Hughes spoke to Plaid Cymru’s new left-wing leader Leanne Wood

Murdoch is unfit and improper – but how do we get rid of all the press barons? June 2012
Emma Hughes introduces James Curran and Donnacha DeLong, who argue that while Murdoch may be on the ropes, the power of the media mogul is far from vanquished

Fence Records: ‘We’re not trendy, we’re not competing, we just do our thing’ June 2012
Johnny Lynch (aka The Pictish Trail) tells Emma Hughes that artist-run record label Fence is staying true to its roots

‘The government may have trampled over democracy but people will still be squatting’ December 2011
Lorna Stephenson and Emma Hughes meet SQUASH, the squatters’ action group who have been ignored in the anti-squatting media furore

Editorial: Democracia real YA! December 2011
As climate negotiators bluster in Durban, nowhere is the democratic deficit clearer than South Africa itself, writes Emma Hughes

All the news that fits, they print October 2011
Emma Hughes looks at Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media by Edward S Herman and Noam Chomsky (1988)

Audio: Science roundtable August 2011
Listen to Red Pepper’s roundtable on science, corporates and democracy.

Out of the laboratory August 2011
Emma Hughes hosts a Red Pepper roundtable on science

Anti-cuts: Alliance of defiance February 2011
Oxford, Bristol, Manchester, Lewisham... Jim Cranshaw and Emma Hughes talk to local anti-cuts campaigners

Solidarity not charity February 2011
One important argument against the cuts centres on this distinction, writes Emma Hughes