Compass has signed an open letter to the UK government along with 96 economists, academics and directors of research organisations. An edited version first appeared in The Times on Monday 23 March…
01 Apr, 2020
26 Mar, 2020
Civil Society and COVID-19
The article was originally published by the Sheila McKechnie Foundation. “Neighbourhoods are the cells which keep society whole. We are threatened with infections, from outside and from within; our powers…
24 Mar, 2020
Austerity has weakened our societal immune system
How easily a house of cards comes tumbling down. Just as our bodies need a strong immune system to fight the coronavirus disease, so too do our societies need resilience,…
20 Mar, 2020
Will Individualism Survive The Coronavirus?
The current national and global crisis in which we find ourselves has exposed the myth that a society based upon individualism can work, flourish and be sustainable. We can overcome…
20 Mar, 2020
Nine things I’ve noticed this week
The blog was originally published on Julia Unwin's personal website. We’ve known that a global pandemic would come for decades, and it’s been modelled and planned for time after time.…
18 Mar, 2020
Why we need an Emergency Basic Income
Two weeks ago myself and my Co-Founder Michael Pugh launched the Basic Income Conversation as a new arm of Compass. We’re working to further the case for a basic income…
04 Mar, 2020
Feminist leaders are forging sustainable places and economies
In February 2020, Sir Michael Marmot launched his review on Inequalities and Health saying that ten years of austerity in the UK had taken its toll on children and that…
27 Feb, 2020
Citizen-Led Change
In every part of the UK, citizens, groups, organisations and public bodies are fighting back against the depressing and divisive politics that we have endured over recent years. Austerity, the…
26 Feb, 2020
From Little Acorns can an Alliance Oak Grow!
So, what do you do when local elections come around and you can pretty much predict the outcome? As we know, the electoral system works against smaller parties and to…
24 Feb, 2020
Cooperation is not a dirty word
Being on the Left means aspiring to a society built on cooperation, solidarity, and the common good. Yet when it campaigns for this society, the Left movement can be strangely…
21 Feb, 2020
Ten Books to Shake-Up 2020
Want to turn the world upside down in 2020? Philosophy Football’s Mark Perryman has found ten books to help us on the way. 1. Naomi Klein On Fire: The Burning Case for…
13 Feb, 2020
ACORN – the community union fighting the UK housing crisis
The article is the first in a series that will look at bottom-up, grassroots change happening across the country despite an unaccommodating Conservative government. Beyond Westminster, a cacophony of trial,…