THE POSSIBLE

	Being a revolutionary anarchist can sometimes seem daunting. With
	all the attacks facing us from bosses, the State and other forms of
	authority, it can appear that a free society is a long way away. But
	in this issue there are a number of articles which show that the way
	we organise can be achieved in the here and now, and that in itself
	can open up new possibilities for resistance, creativity and
	self-organisation.

	This can be on a small scale, as the example of the IWW in New
	Milton shows. One person was able to make a difference. This doesn't
	mean that the five workers who joined the IWW will immediately or
	automatically become revolutionaries, but it will give them a sense
	of what can be done when you organise collectively.

	We speak to a Liverpool docker about the struggle of the wharfies in
	Australia - his message is clear "Each individual can change things,
	and collectively we can do more". The dockers are considering
	transforming their paper, The Dockers Charter, into a paper for a
	rank and file union movement. We hope they do, not because we see
	that as an end in itself, but because such a  forum, run by a group
	as universally respected as the dockers, would open up[ more
	possibilities.

	And to Bradford - a lot of work well done, a lot of barriers broken
	down and communications established. But here is more to it than a
	weekend of celebration and discussion for 250 or so activists. One
	of the contentions of authoritarian socialists like the SWP is that
	you need a centralised Party to "learn the lessons of the past".
	What events like May Day 98 in Bradford prove is that you don't, and
	that forums which respect differences can be more constructive than
	anything that ever happens at Marxism.

	Now who wants to organise next year's?




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