Why a progressive alliance is the key to renewal for the PvdA. Across Europe, social democracy is in unprecedented decline. The French PS was irrelevant at last year’s presidential and…
28 Mar, 2018
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27 Mar, 2018
Calderdale Compass draws a crowd
On Saturday 24th March, Calderdale launched its first ever Compass group. A report from its organisers (Jane Speller, Elaine Hey and Finn Jensen) __ The launch event proved to be…
16 Mar, 2018
How work can work for mothers
Not everyone is a mother. But taking a mother-centric approach in the workplace has wider benefits for all carers, for the economy and for wider society. Some of us are…
15 Mar, 2018
Mothers against Arms
This speech was given at the launch of Mothers for a Progressive Alliance, 18th November 2017. I’d like to share a couple of stories: that of Bibi Mamana, killed by a…
14 Mar, 2018
Motherhood and a new caring politics
In this talk I am going to argue that placing mothering at the centre of political-economic discourse is central to the advance of progressive politics, the dismantling of the hegemony…
13 Mar, 2018
Mothers united against discrimination
I joined the Progressive Alliance for Mothers to confront Islamophobia I arrived in the UK 8 years ago from the USA. I am a practising Christian who met and married…
11 Mar, 2018
Why mothers need a progressive alliance
This blogpost is the first in a week-long series exploring the question of the role of mothers in progressive politics. ___ On Mother’s Day we rightly celebrate the role that…
08 Mar, 2018
What a Good Society for all women would look like
March 8th, International Women’s Day, can never be a full celebration of all womankind while large swathes of women are part of the ‘left behind’ debate. It is these women…
26 Feb, 2018
Monopoly Socialism: why Labour needs to learn to live with complexity
How do progressives not just change society but transform it? As the 40-year reign of neo-liberalism stumbles but doesn’t yet tumble, where does hope come from? There are two schools…
08 Feb, 2018
Our City: Migrants and the Making of Modern Birmingham
Race and migration are the most explosive issues in British politics today. In contrast to the tabloid headlines, Our City: Migrants and the Making of Modern Birmingham explores how one of…
23 Jan, 2018
Radical Liberalism in the 21st century
This think piece by Chris Bowers and Paul Pettinger makes the case for radical liberalism in today's political context. The authors, both linked to the Liberal Democrats, argue that their…
19 Dec, 2017
New group: Mothers for a Progressive Alliance
‘Mothers for a Progressive Alliance' was launched on 18th November, 2017 with the backing of Compass. The group is part of the Progressive Alliance movement. It will put at the forefront mothers as a…