Our society’s future mental health must be at the heart of our political decisions today
As technology progresses, the nature of work changes and we become ever more interconnected, the challenges that we…
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With horizontal practices, organisations could be amazing
Organisations could be amazing. I submitted this as the title of my talk recently, when I was invited…
Chuka Umunna once attacked Tory austerity and Lib Dem complicity. What happened?
Speaking to the crowds at Labour’s 2012 party conference, Chuka Umunna talked about “an irresponsible experiment with people’s…
Labour deserters represent the few, not the many
It’s the early hours of Friday 9th June 2017. At Stockport Town Hall, Ann Coffey is momentarily lost…
Civic socialism in East London: a radical approach to local government
Across Europe, authoritarian forces are on the move. Here, the government drifts towards a no-deal Brexit as poverty…
The Brexit clock is ticking. We must bridge our divides
It’s not breaking news to say that Brexit has divided us as a nation. The referendum campaign was…
Wishing for a world without identity politics is wishing for one that never existed
The standard story about identity politics is that when new social movements burst onto the scene in the…
How community organising can strengthen the work of an elected representative
Albert Einstein once professed: “If I had an hour to solve a problem, I’d spend fifty-five minutes thinking…
What belonging to a broad church Labour Party means to me
During my recent attempts to be elected to Labour’s national executive committee, I spoke a lot about maintaining…
Microsolidarity and belonging: how to build new communities
We caught up with Richard and Natalia from Enspiral, a New Zealand-based network of self-organising companies that have been…
