• How could protests be more effective?

    A protest against the killing of Renee Good last Wednesday, only hours after it happened. The 2010s saw more people take part in political protests than any decade before. The 2020s are shaping up to be bigger still — on the day I write this, the US is facing another big wave of protests over…

  • Revolution is coming — the Community Assembly Project

    When people come together in small groups to discuss what matters to their community. I’ve been reading lately about the French Revolution and seeing so many parallels to politics today, from the fracturing and paralysis of the elites to the weather problems. Are we on the cusp of a revolution? It is hard to say.…

  • Assemble’s House of the People — The Result

    This is a follow-up post to my recent one on the House of the People project, a national citizens’ assembly run by Assemble. From what I’ve heard, it went very well, with a facilitator I’m in touch with saying it was “a truly uplifting experience”. Assemble issued a press release in which a participant described…