We were overwhelmed by the response to our event this evening on Post-Brexit Alliance building in London, which is now completely sold out. For those not based in London or unable…
05 Jul, 2016
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04 Jul, 2016
The Birth of the 48 Movement
Lib Dem politician Vince Cable proposes a post-Brexit strategy. For our party and its supporters in the country the last few years have brought one defeat after another: local councils,…
27 Jun, 2016
Progressive Brexit: Time to Buck Up
Journalist and previous Parliamentary candidate Polly Billington writes on Brexit Britain for the Compass blog. Twitter: @thurrockpolly We are British. We are better than this. So you’re allowed to cry and…
24 Jun, 2016
Brexit: Silver Linings Playbook
Where to start? Shock, bewilderment, sadness, anger. Not just because the country will now take the extraordinary step of walking its own plank to Brexit - but because of how…
23 Jun, 2016
We are all the People
We are all the People. For a renaissance of participation, stop ‘othering’ those with different views What a very painful emotional turmoil we, as a country, find ourselves in. With…
23 May, 2016
Universal Basic Income: An idea whose time has come?
Howard Reed and Stewart Lansley discuss the growing demands for a UBI and how it could be introduced in the UK. You can read and download the full piece here or see below…
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.…
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…
20 Apr, 2016
Tax justice and creative activism: an interview with Natasha Adams
This article first appeared on openDemocracyUK Since the global financial crisis, tax justice has been rising up the political agenda. In the context of austerity, reporting on corporate and…
01 Apr, 2016
Buses – the Key Issue
One of the most insidious trends of postwar Britain has been the transformation of the car from a toy for rich people to the dominant feature of our environment. This…
07 Mar, 2016
We must make a positive case for the EU
David Cameron’s wheeze to hold an in-out referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU in order to placate the Eurosceptics in his party has meant that the threat of Brexit…