Team members

Mathew Lawrence

Director

Melanie Brusseler

US Programme Director
08.05.2025

Our Mutual Friend: The BBC in the Digital Age

The upcoming BBC Charter Review is an opportunity to transform the BBC into a public service mutual, founded on a genuinely democratic relationship with the public.
23.01.2025

A New Green Democratic Republic for the 21st Century

Launching Common Wealth’s US Program.
20.01.2025

The Next Regime

Defending American democracy requires refounding it for 21st century.
28.08.2019

Green New Deal Politics: From Grassroots to Mainstream

Green New Deal policy must centre social movements or risk re-playing the mistakes of the past.
25.08.2020

Charting a Just and Sustainable Recovery for Scotland: A Plan for Scotland’s Programme for Government

08.03.2021

Covid-19 and 21st Century Public Ownership

05.07.2019

Road Map to a Green New Deal: From Extraction to Stewardship

An introduction to Common Wealth's UK Green New Deal.
24.04.2019

Owning the Future: Toward the Democratic Economy

In the face of crisis, we cannot afford smallness of ambition. An introduction to Common Wealth.
11.02.2020

Ownership Futures: Towards Democratic Public Ownership in the 21st Century

A year-long investigation into the politics of public ownership.
19.10.2020

Interview: Peter Geoghegan on Dark Money, Online Advertising, and Electoral Reform

“We've basically outsourced huge aspects of our democracy to tech companies”
14.08.2019

Green New Deal Devolution

The Green New Deal will require a politics of devolution.
05.10.2020

Democratic by Design: A New Community Wealth Building Vision for the British Economy After Covid-19

Developing the ecosystem to reconstruct communities and grow local economic democracy across the UK.
06.05.2021

"Deal or no deal?" Exploring the Potential, Limits and Potential Limits of Green New Deals

The climate crisis requires social – not technological or individualist – solutions.
02.03.2020

Blueprint for a Green New Deal

From asset management to care work, trade to local government initiatives, what are the next steps for a GND?
27.08.2019

Anchoring the Green New Deal: Building Transformational Institutions

Institutions need to be reorganised around the Green New Deal, not the other way around.

A Fine Balance

On Labour’s fiscal and accounting rules.

Launch Essay: Common Wealth Perspectives

Introducing Common Wealth's new blog.
01.05.2023

Interview: Elizabeth Anderson

Common Wealth’s Amelia Horgan spoke to philosopher Elizabeth Anderson about tyranny at work, the power of philosophy, and democracy.