Have you ever thought about why society is organised in the way it is? Why do we have so many bosses, leaders, politicians, bishops etc. all telling us what to do? Are we all really so stupid that we need constantly to be ordered about, told what to do and what to think?
Of course we're not, but all of these 'leaders' exist to ensure that capitalism can continue to efficiently exploit the working class, and to ensure that we don't become too 'uppity'. They give us a particular slant on the news, they decide what we are allowed to learn in school, they attempt to 'divide and conquer' by creating divisions between Protestant and Catholic, between black and white, between worker and unemployed.
But there IS another way to do things - society CAN be organised differently. We want to bring about a society organised from the bottom up, a society based on real grassroots democracy, where power remains at local level and is organised upwards through workplace and community councils.
This society will only be brought about through revolution! There is an old anarchist slogan which says that if elections changed anything, they'd be illegal. This is not just an empty slogan. The thinking behind it is that real democratic change cannot come from the top down but must be built from the bottom up. Instead of voting in elections and effectively giving someone else control of our lives, we stand for direct action and solidarity among and between workers. Real and meaningful change will only come about through our own efforts, by our own strength - when we all stand together against exploitation and wage slavery!
The Workers Solidarity Movement aims to spread anarchist ideas and anarchist methods of organisation among the working class and among people fighting exploitation. At the moment, as well as producing this paper six times a year, we also produce a magazine 'Red & Black Revolution' twice a year, and an occasional newssheet 'Anarchist News'. Members of the WSM are actively involved in trade union struggles, the fight against racism, the campaign against double tax bin charges, and in helping to build the growing anti-capitalist movement.
With our relatively small numbers, there is a limit to what we can do. That's why we need people like you to get involved. If you've liked what you've read in this paper, maybe you'd be willing to take a few copies to distribute among your friends or workmates. The more people who read the ideas, the more people who get involved in struggle, the sooner we will reach our objective - a world free of poverty and exploitation, a world where freedom is a reality for all.