Our work
Four questions progressives have to answer.
LeftForward works in four strands. Each starts from a question and ends in ideas, strategy or tools people can use.
Technology for Progressive Power
Tools, data and AI that help the left organise, persuade and win in a changing information environment.
How do progressives win in an information environment built against them?
Progressives need tools that match how people actually encounter politics today—from data and AI to digital organising—in a media environment that is often hostile or noisy. This strand asks how the left can test ideas, reach audiences, and build durable power without surrendering values to the logic of platforms alone.
Rebuilding the Consensus on Migration and Asylum
Narratives, policies and campaigns that win democratic backing for protecting people on the move.
How do you win public consent for protecting people on the move?
Legal protection for refugees and migrants has to survive contact with democratic politics: rights mean little if public consent collapses. LeftForward works on narratives, policies and alliances that win backing for solidarity—honestly addressing pressures in host communities while defending people on the move.
Social Guarantees for the 21st Century
Ideas and strategies to make housing and care non‑negotiable rights in a new European social settlement.
A fair society sets a floor: decent housing and care should be non‑negotiable, not residual charity—much as universal healthcare became a benchmark for the post‑war settlement. This pillar develops ideas and strategies for a renewed European social contract fit for the 21st century.
Preparing the Next Generation of Progressive Leadership
Training, strategy and support for organisers and leaders who will carry Europe’s progressive project forward.
Who carries Europe’s progressive project forward, and are they ready?
Europe’s progressive project depends on organisers and leaders who can hold together policy, communities and strategy under strain. This strand focuses on training, narrative and practical support for the people who will carry that work forward—especially where precarity and fragmentation threaten solidarity.