After 3 and a half years learning the craft of organising, I am both becoming competent at its basic skills and, by reading and observing experienced organisers, beginning to understand what I don’t know. Jane McAlevey, veteran US union organiser, sets a high organising standard. She has developed scientific systems to identify and develop leaders … Continue reading Mobilising or Organising?

By Neil Grant What did you get up to in the summer? The inevitable question we all get asked at some point. Where did you go? Who did you see? What did you do? Well, I know my answer so far. For the month of July, I occupied myself by having coffee with total strangers. … Continue reading Reflections on my Summer (organising) Internship