Ellie Mae O'Hagan
Ellie Mae O'Hagan is an editor at openDemocracy and a freelance journalist writing mainly for the Guardian. She has also written for the New York Times, the Independent, the Times, Vice, Foreign Policy and others. She tweets @MissEllieMae
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The ‘free speech debate’ is nothing of the sort, whatever the far right saysMilo Yiannopoulos and the ‘alt-right’ talk about censorship, but what’s really happening is an ideological battle for what is culturally acceptable
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The rise of fascism is not inevitable – just look at Bridges Not Walls‘How can we fight the rise of the far right?’ people say. Try Bridges Not Walls, the movement spawned after Trump’s election to reject hate
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Did Jeremy Corbyn’s conference speech win over the party? Our writers’ verdictAfter Corbyn definitively took the Labour leadership for the second time, this was his chance to inspire party members – and prove his critics wrong
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JK Rowling and the Angry Corbynites – truly a Twitter row for our timesIt was the Labour civil war in microcosm, with neither side coming up smelling of roses. When will Labour members learn to work with one another?
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Corbyn supporters are not delusional Leninists but ordinary, fed-up votersThe Labour leader’s followers are aware of his failings. But he represents a set of values that have been marginalised in politics – and which are worth fighting for
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Jeremy Corbyn and Owen Smith's first leadership hustings: our writers' verdictThe Labour party saw its first head-to-head debate between the party’s two candidates. Who, if either, came out on top?
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When political leaders are selected via elitism not talent, you get chaosThe EU referendum vote is just the latest disaster caused by a political class woefully out of touch with the country. Some humility now please
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Labour must stop booing the media – they’re Jeremy Corbyn’s best hopeFrontline politics is a bear pit. The Labour leader climbed in there – now he needs to fight for his life, and be prepared to use every weapon that comes to hand
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Teachers and doctors should invoke the spirit of 1919 and strike togetherThe NUT’s general secretary has raised the possibility of coordinated action. It may be the only way to fight an intransigent government
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Rediscovering class could give millennials the power to improve our lotStruggling young people need to remember that in 21st-century Britain, class is not cultural but economic – and then find strength in solidarity
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Did David Cameron’s conference speech manage to capture the centre ground?The prime minister stood up before his party in Manchester and attempted to reset British politics. Will his move succeed?
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Groups such as Sisters Uncut are the modern suffragettesFeminist activists disrupted the Suffragette film premiere to highlight how cuts to public services are killing vulnerable women
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This sinister trade union bill is an assault on the rights of working peopleThe planned act will drastically curb union activity and puts both civil rights and industrial relations at risk. Why would any government do that?
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Mass migration is no ‘crisis’: it’s the new normal as the climate changesWhat’s the common factor between the tragic deaths of refugees in the Mediterranean and the Arab spring? Food shortages driven by global warming
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Yarl’s Wood is symptomatic of Britain’s paranoia about migrantsDetention is never the way to deal with traumatised asylum seekers - particularly women who have been sexually abused
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Sweets Way shows London what regeneration should look likeWhile new luxury developments force out established communities, former residents of the boarded-up estate have refurbished a home for only £300
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A moment that changed me – the day I discovered protestAn ordinary email I sent one day in 2010 unleashed a chain of events that led to the creation of UK Uncut and taught me that change is always possible
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We need to talk about periods: why is menstruation still holding girls back?On the second Menstrual Hygiene Day, Ellie Mae O’Hagan looks at what NGOs are doing to break the taboo around periods
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A little more nationalism might be just what the Welsh needPlaid Cymru’s Leanne Wood is right to talk exclusively about Wales. Someone has to, because being treated as a national irrelevance has disastrous effects
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Meet the global feminists changing the world for girls from Kenya to EgyptFeminists from around the world report on life for girls in their countries
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Mexico has a human rights crisis, so why welcome its president with open arms?The west shouldn’t be under any illusion about the consequences of our double standards in Latin America: the region’s most vulnerable people suffer
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So now Britain’s a state union buster like BahrainFrancis Maude’s attack on ‘check-off’ is not bureaucratic tinkering, but an assault on organised labour that threatens democracy
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In 2014 feminists spoke up. This year we’re taking to the streetsSisters Uncut, which focuses on helping survivors of domestic violence, is at the heart of a new wave of direct-action feminism
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I like the ungainly life of a lefty – but is it a blessing or a curse?Ellie Mae O’Hagan: A lifetime of being left-handed has prepared me for the news that, like 12% of the world, I’ll probably earn less than right-handed folk
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Six myths about how the unions are ruining Britain
Ellie Mae O'Hagan: Don't believe everything you read about the trade unions – particularly if it's in the Daily Mail
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Why Unite’s victory on holiday pay really mattersEllie Mae O’Hagan: The business lobby is hysterical because this ruling could mean backpay – and will poke holes in the zero-hours contract
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Evo Morales has proved that socialism doesn’t damage economiesEllie Mae O’Hagan: Bolivia’s re-elected president has dumbfounded critics in Washington, the World Bank and the IMF. There are lessons for Britain’s left here
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The US may have blood on its hands in MexicoEllie Mae O’Hagan: Excessive military aid to Mexico without oversight could be partly to blame for a mass grave and 43 missing students
The left mustn’t get hung up over language orthodoxy – we must be welcoming