Andrew Murray

Andrew Murray is a journalist and political campaigner. He was the first chair of the Stop the War Coalition and led the largest demonstration in British political history, against the invasion of Iraq, in February 2003. He was the chief of staff at Unite the union from 2010 to 2021, effectively number two to general secretary Len McCluskey. He helped run Labour’s 2017 election campaign and was subsequently an advisor to Jeremy Corbyn during his leadership of Labour. He is the author of numerous books, including Off the Rails (2002), The Fall and Rise of the British Left (2019), and Is Socialism Possible in Britain? Reflections on the Corbyn Years (2022). He is presently political correspondent for the Morning Star newspaper, a position he first held from 1978 to 1984.