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…
24 Oct, 2014
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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.
23 Oct, 2014
Compass Writing Style Guide
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
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…
16 Oct, 2014
Labour must redefine what it means to be modern – check Facebook for clues
What does it mean to be modern? Any politics that seeks to be both progressive and popular must be able to answer this question. It must do so in terms…
14 Oct, 2014
Philosophy Football
Culture and mainstream politics used to go together. They don’t anymore. It’s a bridge that needs to be rebuilt. Twenty years ago Philosophy Football kicked off. They sold tee shirts…
15 Oct, 2014
Occupy Labour – ‘Riding the New Wave’
Can you be a right-wing feminist? I am not convinced that it’s possible. Feminism is inextricably linked to socialism, but as more younger women are fearlessly calling themselves feminists, the…
10 Oct, 2014
After the by-elections: the political leadership we need now
Both of last night's by-elections tell us much about the toxic state of mainstream politics. The Liberal Democrats, sadly, were nowhere, the Tories are all over the place, but it's…
07 Oct, 2014
London: the greatest city in the world at what? And for whom?
“It was never my intention to nibble around the edges with policies of timid maintenance; I ran to take dead aim at the crisis of our time” said New York…
03 Oct, 2014
Management Committee Election Results 2014
We are very pleased to announce the the results of this years management committee elections. Everyone at Compass would like to thank all those who stood for election and to…
24 Sep, 2014
Labour’s top-down command has too many echoes of the Death Star
This article first appeared in Comment is Free here on 22/9/14 People are hungry for change. Ed Miliband needs to show he is no imperial overlord and empower citizens to…
15 Sep, 2014
After Scotland Decides: imperatives to build citizen-centred democracy throughout Britain
SUMMARY Whether Scotland votes Yes or No in the 18th September referendum on independence, the outcome is expected to be close. The expected high turnout, issues raised in the debate,…
12 Sep, 2014
Scotland: a light that will never go out
In one week the people of Scotland decide their constitutional future, but they have been discussing much more than that, they have been debating how to make Scotland a good…