COMRADE: Bill Andersen: A communist, working-class life, by Cybèle Locke (Bridget Williams Books, $49.99)
Throughout his life, Bill Andersen was the true believer whose unswerving faith in Marxist doctrine was battered but remained utterly unbowed. Here was a man whose dedication to communism shaped and directed the part he played in New Zealand’s union movement.
The fact that Andersen was faithful to his beliefs should earn him a