Emma Hughes is a member of Red Pepper's editorial collective. She also works as a campaigner with environmental justice organisation Platform.
17 November 2019 A generation that has grown up under austerity could decide this election. Youth Vote UK are trying to boost voter registration among young people
1 October 2015 Corbyn’s success is just one reason to be hopeful, writes Emma Hughes
1 October 2015 Emma Hughes spoke to Caoimhe Butterly about organising with refugees on the Greek island of Lesbos and dismantling borders
1 October 2015 Emma Hughes spoke to Andy Greene from Disabled People Against Cuts
1 August 2015 In this extract from their new book, All That Glitters, Emma Hughes and James Marriott describe how Azerbaijan’s oil wealth has created a country of chaos and contrasts
10 June 2015 Yesterday Red Pepper co-editor Emma Hughes was refused entry into Azerbaijan ahead of the European Games. She wrote this in detention in Baku
5 November 2014 Emma Hughes reveals the interests behind an influential UK lobby, the European Azerbaijan Society
21 September 2014 Despite the defeat of Scottish independence, the gains made by the radical left will not be easily undone, writes Emma Hughes
10 August 2014 Emma Hughes talks to journalists about the profiteering pushing local papers to the brink – and meets people producing their own community media
1 April 2014 The European project we need is one that supports the people against a mega-pipeline, writes Emma Hughes
14 January 2014 The February / March edition of Red Pepper is in the final hectic days of production - but on Sunday you can get a sneak preview
3 January 2014 There’s nothing inherently wrong with genetic modification, argues Leigh Phillips, and the left shouldn’t side with those who suggest there is. Below, Emma Hughes responds
16 September 2013 Emma Hughes reports from Azerbaijan, where autocratic leader Ilham Aliyev is using the country’s fossil fuel wealth to fund his repressive regime and buy Europe’s silence
10 June 2013 UKIP is occupying space that should be the terrain of the left, writes Emma Hughes
15 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
5 December 2012 Lorna Stephenson and Emma Hughes report on cleaners’ success organising against poverty pay
17 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
5 July 2012 Emma Hughes writes about the mysterious piece of art activism happening this weekend
28 June 2012 Emma Hughes spoke to Plaid Cymru’s new left-wing leader Leanne Wood
26 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
6 June 2012 Johnny Lynch (aka The Pictish Trail) tells Emma Hughes that artist-run record label Fence is staying true to its roots
13 December 2011 Lorna Stephenson and Emma Hughes meet SQUASH, the squatters’ action group who have been ignored in the anti-squatting media furore
11 December 2011 As climate negotiators bluster in Durban, nowhere is the democratic deficit clearer than South Africa itself, writes Emma Hughes
24 October 2011 Emma Hughes looks at Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media by Edward S Herman and Noam Chomsky (1988)
13 August 2011 Listen to Red Pepper’s roundtable on science, corporates and democracy.
13 August 2011 Emma Hughes hosts a Red Pepper roundtable on science
19 February 2011 Oxford, Bristol, Manchester, Lewisham... Jim Cranshaw and Emma Hughes talk to local anti-cuts campaigners
4 February 2011 One important argument against the cuts centres on this distinction, writes Emma Hughes