In the first of a series of letters to progressive parties, chair of Compass Neal Lawson writes for openDemocracy... Dear Greens, This is the first of a series ‘letters’ to the…
20 May, 2016
18 May, 2016
Social Democracy Without Social Democrats?
Compass' own Neal Lawson writes an extended publication that asks; can we have social democracy without social democracy? You can read the full piece here or see below for an excerpt.…
17 May, 2016
Member’s Thoughts – So, Labour, eh?
In the first blog in our series of Member's Thoughts, Joe Cassels writes about where Labour stands after the latest elections... I've said it before. I find politics fascinating and…
17 May, 2016
Centre for Welfare Reform seeks Parliamentary Inquiry on Social Care
The Centre for Welfare Reform and its allies have, for some time, been concerned with the state of social care in the UK. This is not just a matter of…
14 May, 2016
Setting out a new agenda to tackle inequality: a response to Mike Savage’s Social Class in the 21st Century
As a politician on the frontline, I was delighted to give a response to the Great British Class Survey at the LSE. Mike Savage’s work tells us about how Britain…
13 May, 2016
Networking – Lessons from Barcelona
When Ada Colau was elected mayor of Barcelona last year, it was a victory for a social movement that has learned how to use social networking to build mass participation.…
09 May, 2016
Compass Post Election Statement: We Need a New Politics
Compass Post Election statement: The old is not yet dead and the new has not yet been born. On the surface, the results on Thursday look a mess. Everyone went…
09 May, 2016
Renovating democracy: combining conventions with festivals to assemble the public
Derek Tatton and Nick Mahoney discuss a new democracy ahead of DemFest on 13th-14th May on openDemocracy.
30 Apr, 2016
Good London
Good London is a non-partisan Compass project funded by the Trust for London to start a conversation about the kind of city londoners want to live in as we head…
26 Apr, 2016
Compass on Radio Free Brighton
Listen to Davy Jones interviewing Nick McMaster and Colin Miller from Brighton and Hove Compass talking Compass, Brighton Rocks and electoral pacts.
26 Apr, 2016
Podcast: A Beginner’s Guide to the Labour Party
What is the Labour party and how can new members get involved? Check out our podcast to find out! https://soundcloud.com/party-podcast/a-beginners-guide-to-the-labour-party About the authors Jeremy Gilbert is Professor of Cultural and…
21 Apr, 2016
The revolution will be visualised
Sanjiv Sachdev reviews an exhibition of the art of political prints In Waiting for the Great Leap Forward Billy Bragg famously sings that “The revolution is just a T-shirt…