What is Workers Solidarity Movement
Channel: Workers Solidarity Movement
Date: 31/08/2015

An introduction to the WSM prepared for the August 29th Irish Water protests in Dublin and distributed as part of Solidarity Times 

THE WORKERS SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT – WHAT WE ARE FIGHTING FOR
We argue for anarchism and for a revolutionary change in society. Like most socialists, we share a fundamental belief that capitalism is the problem. We believe that as a system it must be ended, that the wealth of society should be commonly owned and that its resources should be used to serve the needs of humanity as a whole and not those of a small greedy minority.

Just as importantly, we see this struggle against capitalism as also being a struggle for freedom. We believe that socialism and freedom must go together, that we cannot have one without the other. Anarchism has always stood for individual freedom – freedom from oppression in all guises, including on the grounds of gender, race, ethnicity and sexual orientation.

Anarchism stands for democracy. We believe in democratising the workplace, in workers taking control of all industry and communities taking control of their localities and environments.

Capitalism will continue to destroy the world’s ecology and to foster hierarchy, exploitation and oppression in people’s lives. It doesn’t have to be this way. We believe that by actively growing, organising and resisting through social movements - like the fight against Irish Water - we can really change our communities and our lives.

So: - Organise! Organise! Organise! We have a world to win!