Black women can often fall between the gaps between feminist groups and the labour movement, but groups such as BARAC and Southall Black Sisters are campaigning and organising on their own terms,…
19 Nov, 2014
How would a Good Society look and feel? And how do we move towards it? Read our blog, comment, share and get involved in the debate.
19 Nov, 2014
Black women can often fall between the gaps between feminist groups and the labour movement, but groups such as BARAC and Southall Black Sisters are campaigning and organising on their own terms,…
17 Nov, 2014
A couple of years ago, on a wet weekday night in Wigan, the local Labour MP Lisa Nandy was traipsing through the streets urging residents to sign her petition to…
14 Nov, 2014
On Monday night I had the huge fortune to attend a meeting of the Red Green Club in Milnesbridge – just up the Colne Valley in Huddersfield. The place and…
13 Nov, 2014
This year, spurred on by social media and the effects of the recession, a new wave of feminism is gathering strength at an impressive pace. Over 200,000 people have signed the No…
12 Nov, 2014
Last night we held a packed out event in Parliament with Red Pepper magazine titled Democracy and Collective Action in the Twenty-First Century. To continue the discussion and for those…
12 Nov, 2014
So Labour have set out the timetable for the London Mayoral selection. The formalities kick off on May 18th next year with the ballot closing on July 31st. We should…
09 Nov, 2014
Twenty-five years ago today, the Berlin Wall was breached and then brick-by-brick, was torn down by citizens who saw no future and no hope in a political system that wasn’t…
06 Nov, 2014
A review of Sue Goss' book "The Open Tribe". “What have we lost and gained, as we trade solidarity for a sense of individual freedom?,’ author Sue Goss asks us…
03 Nov, 2014
This article was first published at NEF If you lost your job tomorrow, fell ill, or needed to take time off work to care for a sick or elderly relative,…
24 Oct, 2014
The first decade is always the hardest and since Compass was founded in 2004 it’s been a challenging journey. We have come a long way but see how much further…
23 Oct, 2014
Are you writing for the Compass blog or one of our publications? We have put together a brief guide for how we'd like to our pieces to be structured. Compass…
20 Oct, 2014
Towards a progressive fiscal policy: mistakes, omissions, and alternatives The Conservative-leaning media were predictably dismissive of Ed Miliband's speech at last month's Labour Party conference, on the grounds that, speaking…