A progressive initiative for Europe

Ideas, strategy and tools for progressives to win.

LeftForward is a progressive initiative working across Europe to develop ideas, strategies and tools for a fairer, more democratic and sustainable society, connecting policy, organising and communications for those rebuilding hope on the left.

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“…If we had any version of citizenship, there would be a social floor for health and housing for example, a threshold below which no citizen would be allowed to fall.”

Events and webinars

Ideas, out loud.

A LeftForward panel at the Global Progressive Mobilisation in Barcelona, with speakers seated around a horseshoe table and a LeftForward banner behind them
Barcelona · April 2026

The LeftForward Platform

…and the tools to put them to work.

Practise the arguments that matter against a simulated public built from real respondents, not invented personas. It isn’t a poll, and it doesn’t predict vote share.

  1. 01Choose who you’re talking to and what you’re asking for.
  2. 02Get a reaction anchored in how a real person thinks and talks.
  3. 03Read the debrief, then go again.

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Persuasion room Sample
Doorstep · undecided, slightly sceptical
I’m in the middle of dinner. What’s this about?
Two minutes. I’m local, and I’m asking about the rent rise on this street.
Everyone says that. What would you actually do?
Debrief
Rapport
Listening
Adapting
The ask

Working on something progressive? Let’s talk.

Campaigners, foundations, researchers and organisers: tell us what you’re trying to change.