Anarchists believe in a brighter future. We envisage a future free of oppression, of people living in community and in control of their own lives. We see a society governing itself though workplace and community councils, making decisions at the lowest possible level and cooperating and organising together. Free of the destructive imperatives of capitalism, we will be able to live in harmony with the environment, use technology to our own advantage rather than our bosses and escape from the threat of war derived by the needs of Capital and State to extend their influence. We will build our own future.
Anarchists know that it can work.
We gain strength from the examples of anarchist revolutionaries at the forefront of progressive movements throughout history. We learn from the Spanish Civil War where peasants and workers seized control of large areas of Spain and organised them according to anarchist principles. We learn from other existing anarchist organisations and from our own experiences as we attempt to put anarchist theory into practice in our own lives. Recent historical events only serve to underline the importance of anarchist thought today. The collapse of the Soviet Union and the transformation of the Eastern bloc have conclusively discredited authoritarian socialism.