Extinction Rebellion (XR), in collaboration with over 200 environmental organisations, is actively addressing concerns about the richest 1% in our society contributing to a Sixth Extinction. We recognise the vital…
15 Dec, 2023
15 Dec, 2023
Extinction Rebellion (XR), in collaboration with over 200 environmental organisations, is actively addressing concerns about the richest 1% in our society contributing to a Sixth Extinction. We recognise the vital…
04 Dec, 2023
Dutch parliamentary elections 2023: despite a progressive alliance of labour and greens, the extreme right were victorious. The result has shocked the country, and the world. So what happened, and…
10 Nov, 2023
Compass staff and board members have been struggling to know whether or how to respond to the horrific recent and ongoing events in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank. While…
20 Oct, 2023
“Ladies and Gentlemen, on 15th October 2023, the rule of PiS (Law and Justice) came to an end,” said Joanna Szczepkowska, a renowned Polish actress, in the middle of a…
16 Oct, 2023
There were a total of 17 parties and 449 candidates standing in the 2023 New Zealand General Election. I went to bed on Saturday night at midnight, feeling quite sick…
01 Sep, 2023
Labour and the Liberal Democrats have been urged to forge an electoral pact in the upcoming Mid Bedfordshire by-election to avoid splitting the progressive vote and ‘getting another Nadine Dorries’.…
03 Aug, 2023
Mark Perryman makes his annual selection of holiday page-turners. Okay, with temperatures in southern Europe approaching sub-Saharan levels, a 'long hot summer' may be the last seasonal request on most…
20 Jul, 2023
As I write this I’m working from Selby. Selby is my hometown; my mum still lives here. I’m writing this on by-election day, and, as you may have heard, Selby…
30 Jun, 2023
Sign the open letter now Dear Compass Members and Supporters, Our Executive Director Neal Lawson has had to inform the Board of Compass that he has received a letter from…
23 Jun, 2023
Never have we lived in such an age of political challenges in which the leaders on offer are so inadequate and incapable - or even worse, deceivers, serial liars and…
21 Jun, 2023
Winning As One means that instead of working against each other, progressives will campaign and fight together - not just against the Conservatives, but for a different, more collaborative kind…
14 Jun, 2023
Policies are difficult and too often bogged down in the complexities of implementation. Policies are important - of course they are - but where do they really come from, and…