Only new ways of acting can solve the old problems. When did you first hear the phrase "the impossible becomes the inevitable"? Maybe you've never heard it, but try it…
05 Feb, 2015
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03 Feb, 2015
Change? How? England arises…
We are now clearly in the middle of a "constitutional moment" and those who want a new settlement for the country are beginning to stir and take action. How can…
29 Jan, 2015
Something is stirring
When I heard about Syriza’s victory last Monday morning, I punched the air. Luckily nobody was in the kitchen with me at the time to witness this display of uncouth…
23 Jan, 2015
Why I’m Optimistic About Democracy, But Less So About Politics
Uffe Elbaek is a Danish MP, former minister of culture and initiator of the entrepreneurial green party The Alternativet A little more than two years ago, I resigned from my…
19 Jan, 2015
Back to The Future Socialism
The people’s flag may be deepest red but for the 1994–2010 New Labour period it few from a pale grey masthead. What was therefore once distinct about the Labour Party…
12 Jan, 2015
Anxious Britain will find no succour in a TV election debate
The article below, written by Zoe Williams first appeared in today's Guardian. Click here to read our report out today 'Something's Not Right: Insecurity and an anxious nation.' The prospect…
09 Jan, 2015
More fun than Shopping – Audio
Recorded originally by the Institute for Global Prosperity Soundbite series. Neal Lawson and Mary Davies talk about consumerism, shopping and the politics of a networked society. [audio m4a="http://www.compassonline.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/More-Fun-Than-Shopping.m4a"][/audio] http://www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/prosperity
09 Jan, 2015
Change:How?
100 Visionaries, 100 Stories, 100 Days before a nation decides.Part political festival, part live art installation, experience wall-to-wall, back-to-back storytelling: 15 minute sessions with 100 remarkable speakers who will share…
20 Dec, 2014
Compass, democracy and the challenge of our age
So much is changing, so fast. It’s hard for any of us to keep up. I know it’s a busy time but please try and take a moment to read…
18 Dec, 2014
A Wiser Politics
Jean Hardy is a writer, teacher and editor, actively working towards social change. She writes for us about a time of considerable disenchantment with the political formula of Conservative -…
09 Dec, 2014
A Crisis of Social Democracy. Irrelevance or Extinction?
Is social democracy already dead and like the proverbial headless chicken are we simply running round the yard on instinct before we topple over for good? If social democracy is…
04 Dec, 2014
A city that does no harm
n 1858 MPs sitting in the House of Commons were so overcome by the stench of the sewage-ridden Thames flowing past Parliament that they hung enormous vinegar-soaked sheets over the…