This is Andrew’s first ever blog post, re-posted from his new website.

I have been immensely frustrated by most of the left press these last three and a half years of austerity, alternating as it has between grandiose claims of the power of the public sector strikes followed by denunciations when more strikes haven’t been called. I’ve felt the message has been just one more push and we’ll be there, if only it weren’t for the cowardly so-and-sos at the top. Unfortunately I think the truth of the situation is that the unions need rebuilding from the bottom up. Below are some thoughts on how the left of the trade union movement should organise. Continue reading →