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Democratic dialogues: how to communicate with the people of Nuneaton

The 2015 General Election was a disaster for people and political parties that can loosely be called ‘progressive’. Rather than relying upon the one-way communication of ‘messages’ and ‘narratives’, they now need to learn how to engage in open-ended ‘Democratic Dialogues’.

By Roy Madron
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Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Pedagogy of the Oppressed

Essential reading for 'progressives'. Flickr/Brazilian Culture Ministry. Some rights reserved.

"Radical Hope"

On Saturday May 16th, I went to a meeting entitled "Radical Hope". It was organised by Compass, a progressive think-tank. Their website says that Compass is a home for those who want to build and be a part of a Good Society. To that end, among other things, Compass says it aims to:

Provide political education to help members and activists make change in our increasingly complex world on the local, national, UK and European levels… Behave in ways that replicate what we want a Good Society to look and feel like.

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