Ellie Mae O'Hagan
unions
Coronavirus Shows You Need to Join a Union
They haven't got much coverage for it, but trade unions have been getting results for workers as the pandemic hits jobs.
Ellie Mae O'Hagan
5.5.20
Save Yourselves
'Climate Grief' Is Real and I've Got It Bad
A new report suggests a "high likelihood" of civilisation ending by 2050 due to climate change. If you've slid into a state of abject despair, you're not the only one.
Ellie Mae O'Hagan
6.5.19
GLOBAL WARMING
A Changing Climate Gives Us a Chance to Change the World
As higher temperatures become the new normal, we're going to be affected in all sorts of ways.
Ellie Mae O'Hagan
8.1.18
Politics
Meeting the McStrikers at McDonald's First Ever UK Strike
Workers in Crayford and Cambridge are fighting for improved pay and working conditions.
Ellie Mae O'Hagan
9.4.17
workers rights
McDonald's Workers Are Set to Strike for the First Time in UK History
Union says members have been left with no alternative after the company drastically cut employee hours and workers made allegations of bullying.
Ellie Mae O'Hagan
8.17.17
The VICE Manifesto
Why Is No One Talking About Regulating the Banks?
In 2008, the world's economy crashed. Afterwards, we were told banks would be broken up. So what happened?
Ellie Mae O'Hagan
6.6.17
protest
The Hit List: Who We Should Protest Next
Imagine the change we could bring if we concentrated efforts on the people and organisations whose minds might actually be changed by smart, focused activism.
Ellie Mae O'Hagan
3.30.17
strike
Your Full Attention for the Demonstration: Inside the British Airways Strike
Many cabin crew members are in debt and forced to work second jobs.
Ellie Mae O'Hagan
3.10.17
BRITAIN = ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The Left-Wing Arguments For and Against Brexit
When coherent concerns are expressed about the EU, they tend to be rooted in Tory ideology. But there is also a fiery debate on the left that never once mentions "taking our country back".
Ellie Mae O'Hagan
6.14.16
Sports
The Hillsborough Documentary That Shows What Really Happened In 1989 Will Finally Air This Weekend
We spoke to director Daniel Gordon about the harrowing process of interviewing the families of the 96, and why he included the voices of police officers in the story.
Ellie Mae O'Hagan
5.6.16
News
Colombian Trade Unionists Keep Getting Assassinated
Four days ago, 53-year-old peasant leader Roberto Cortes was assassinated in front of his son by two gunmen on a motorbike. A day earlier, Sergio Ulcue Perdomo, a peasant leader from Cauca department, was killed. Two weeks before that, 37-year...
Ellie Mae O'Hagan
11.26.13
News
The Families of Colombia's 'False Positive' Victims Are Still Fighting for Justice
I recently visited Soacha, a poor neighborhood outside of Bogota, to hear about Colombia's 'false positives' scandal. The scandal has its roots in the country's 50-year civil war. In an effort to increase their kill numbers, government soldiers...
Ellie Mae O'Hagan
9.16.13
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