What is Harmony?

A:

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.