Black Flag 212 index
Editorial
There is increasing interest in anarchist ideas throughout the
world. To capitalise on this we need to be organised. But the
purpose of this organisation is not to be an end in itself, but to
spread our ideas to the wider working class, to encourage working
class self organisation, and to fight for libertarian and
revolutionary ideas within that self organisation.
So, following on from last issue, we return again to the themes of
organising, this time with a lengthy contribution from a comrade
from the South African Workers Solidarity Federation, dealing with
separate organisation. The article on anarcho-syndicalism in our
last issue attracted a fair amount of letters, which shows that this
is a matter of importance to our readers. What's happening with
Class War is further evidence that some of the old assumptions about
organisation are being challenged.
As Blair and co break the handful of promises they made, and the
Socialist Workers Party push for big lobbies of a Labour conference
they know is the enemy, the task of long term work among working
class communities is more and more being left to anarchists alone.
The next few years will see serious fights over the destruction of
welfare and benefits, and the removal of resources from working
class communities. We need to be there, and so do you........…