The SNP is understandably in good spirits. These are the sort of times that politicians dream of. In the aftermath of the indyref, the SNP has gone from strength to…
22 Oct, 2015
Democracy
19 Oct, 2015
90 civil society organisations, university lecturers and lawyers criticise the immigration bill as a serious threat to liberty
In a letter published in the Times (paywall), 90 leading civil society organisations, university lecturers and lawyers set out grave criticism of the government's immigration bill. Published ahead of the…
15 Oct, 2015
Why Corbyn’s symbolic refusals matter – in a good way
After being criticised for not singing the national anthem at a war memorial event, Jeremy Corbyn has come under attack for missing his swearing-in at the Privy Council. Corbyn’s actions…
30 Sep, 2015
New Book ‘Syriza inside the labyrinth’
For all of 2015 the world’s eyes have been on Greece. The Syriza government elected in January under the leadership of Alexis Tspiras threatened to shake up the European…
29 Sep, 2015
Marxism Today: the forgotten visionaries whose ideas could save Labour
The best guide to politics in 2015 is a magazine that published its final issue more than two decades ago A selection of Marxism Today’s greatest covers. Composite: Amiel Melburn…
21 Sep, 2015
Podemos, politics & utopia
If I have to be honest, I've never been too keen on utopias. I don't understand them: they're too big, too abstract, too flawless for me, not something I can…
09 Sep, 2015
Labour’s New Leader – The Power to Transform?
Dear Labour Leader, We don’t want to pre-empt the result on Saturday but having thought about it we decided that our advice, if you wish to take any of it,…
03 Sep, 2015
A Labour Party of protest or government? Bringing politics back in
A party of protest or a party of government – according to Gordon Brown these are the options, the choices at stake, suggesting they are very different things, polarities even. Those who…
24 Aug, 2015
Clause IV’s moment?
Clause IV as the foundations for the Next Economy There’s been quite a lot of talk about Jeremy Corbyn shifting back to the much disputed ‘clause iv’ of the Labour…
17 Aug, 2015
Take Back The City: Utopia
“Well I suppose I am political, I do vote” - Deborah, Camelot Properties, Walthamstow In today’s political system the level of involvement that is expected of a citizen constitutes one…
04 Aug, 2015
Utopia
We're delighted to announce that on the evening of August 19th we'll be teaming up with the Roundhouse in Camden as part of their Utopia season to host a night…
29 Jul, 2015
Statement on the Labour leadership contest
As ever we'd love your input, thoughts and reflections and we encourage you to comment below. The Labour leadership contest forces Compass to think really hard about its political strategy.…