Injustice. Inequality. Oppression. Bigotry. These violences are a scourge which afflict our communities and which lead to immense suffering.

We want to right those wrongs through democratic action - by building consensus against them. But not just by building consensus: by together taking the actions that arise from that consensus.

We exist to reduce suffering in our communities. The structure we have chosen is one which enables us to do that as a volunteer force. This is our why: reduction of suffering first.

We do not choose policies based on optics or popularity, but based on efficacy, and the metric for efficacy is reduction of suffering. If there's a way to do something that means fewer people are hurt - we want that.

We're a lot of different assemblies. We have no central executive committee. All decisions are made within our assemblies by the consensus of those participating in those specific assemblies.

People can join or participate in multiple assemblies (and leave them) at will, while Party Members are automatically assumed to be members of certain core party assemblies. Party Members are also automatically a member of their own local constituency assembly. Constituency assemblies are solely responsible for selection of all candidates for election - though they are supported in that labour by the open-membership Electoral Society (which also governs all internal elections in the party).

We're an open party, so "Party Members" are a different group to "Party Participants": Party Participants are people who participate in the party but don't pay a subscription. Some of these people are even members of other political parties.

All of our assemblies have a specific goal or collectively represent a particular community. Assemblies can be single-issue. Single-issue and narrow-focus assemblies are often members of other assemblies. Each assembly has the sole responsibility for generating consensus in a certain way, or doing a certain type of work. You can read more about assemblies here.

We also have party officers. Party officers are either elected or appointed; for example the Party Treasurer is appointed by the general secretary, as is the nominations officer. Meanwhile all assembly secretaries are elected by the consensus of their specific assemblies. Party officers do not make decisions except where those decisions concur with Party Consensus, and they can be removed if they act without consensus very easily. All decisionmaking is reserved to the Participants and Membership through the expressed consensus of individual or collaborating assemblies.

We are a volunteer party and currently have no paid staff. We only accept donations under £500 from individuals - though organisations can donate larger sums if the Party Membership agrees to the specific donation from the specific source.

We're a mutual aid federation and a political party. That means we have at least two purposes: firstly, to do good by giving aid to each other and others who need it, and by acquiring the means to give aid to each other and others who need it. Secondly: to fight elections and sway the political culture in our direction - Leftwards.

Fundamentally we want to radically reshape Britain, but when we say "we", we mean the British public, not just us. Since we're a political party, we know what you want to know: if Harmony candidates won enough constituencies at a hypothetical future election to guarantee a "Harmony government", our legislative program would

1. Act to bring about immediate reduction of suffering, in line with our "compassion first" approach: this would likely include legislation such as a universal basic income and restructuring public services, as well as pursuing a green agenda to combat the climate disaster from day 1, abolition of the monarchy and reparations to descendants of those harmed historically by the British Empire, and some other key shifts in line with our core policy platform
2. The simultaneous organisation of a constitutional congress composed of an array of regional and constituency open access assemblies explicitly established to determine the will of the British public in reshaping this country. These would not be composed of "stakeholder organisations" but of the actual public
3. Over a period of several years, the constitutional congress - the people of Britain - would fundamentally rework Britain, concluding with a confirmation referendum to confirm the new British Constitution.

But assuming our work begins in government, or even begins with seeking to govern, would be a major mistake.

Instead, we are focused on democratic action and mutual aid first. We will build and collaborate with preexisting networks to promote compassion and trust; we will further expose the British public to genuine consensus-governed democracy, educating people on the full power and scope of their agency. We want to foster solidarity, not unity. We want people to be confident in their own agency, not obedient.

We do after all believe in nothing about you without you.

We will also seek to build a political movement capable of capturing the Commons.

But we will do the small things not just first - but all along the way and beyond.