Freedom

THROUGH CLASS UNITY AND RESISTANCE

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Freedom without Socialism is Privilege, Injustice
Socialism without Freedom is Slavery, Brutality - BAKUNIN

ORGANISATION
WHAT IS anarchism in their own ‘revolutionary organisation’?
‘ORGANISATION’? It’s a practice. Can it be described? Given
vast subject so lets think the need for revolution
about one kind of Determination and already exists, revolutionary
organisation relevant to Solidarity organisation must increase
anarchists. This is the To create effective the demand for revolution.
‘Revolutionary organisations we must know It must increase the
Organisation’. Each kind our own and other’s minds, measurable ‘weight’ or
of organisation has its therefore there must be a ‘force’ of the resources
own purpose enabling joined to demand revolution.
high degree of
people to accomplish communication, of sharing. The structure must increase
what they cannot We must set about creating the ability of the
individually, harnessing aspiration, setting organisation to perpetuate
energy and resources in achievable targets, itself while its ends remain
productive ways. unrealised. It must increase
celebrating success,
However, organisations are rededicating ourselves the ability of the
not pure rational constructs. again and again to the organisation to resist attack,
They have their own culture, reasons why we have by increasing the
often hidden by formal formed or participate in the determination and solidarity
structures. Strip away the organisation. And because of members and by so
theoretical organisation of organisation is a mutual, arranging itself that damage
states, corporations and sharing activity these things caused to it (from external
political parties and you cannot be contained within attacks, defections, internal
reveal the hierarchy, one mind or merely thought conflicts and so on) are
authority, fear and greed but acted out and given a minimised. It must be
that is true organisation in a real existence flexible, be able to absorb or
capitalist society. Because through words
of this, some anarchists and actions.
reject not only the ‘ordering’ At the same
imposed on our minds by time, we must
capitalist society but all remain
forms of organisation. We individuals,
need to recognise the capable of
problems of organisation independent
but accept that it is and objective
necessary both in and in appraisal, not
achieving a free society. cogs in some
What is important is to vast machine.
make organisations that What then
reflect the ideas of is the purpose
of
deflect change or and purpose of members. progress as the leading idea
challenges to it, have the They will not have the in a united revolutionary
ability to change or cease super-ordered, monolithic or movement through building
as circumstances dictate divergent cultures of alternative means of
and the self-knowledge to competition, fragmentation, organising. Working as an
initiate change when subordination or conflict that organisation can make our
change is required. High exist within organisations interventions in the class
levels of positive today. Creating struggle stronger and our
communication, mutual organisations that have a ideas clearer than they
respect and celebration, revolutionary structure is an could be alone or in local
shared aspirations and act of revolution itself. The groups, and though we still
solidarity all describe the more we do it, successfully, have a long and hard road
revolutionary organisation. the better we will be at to travel, ever-increasing
making the revolution and co-ordination is
Creating a the closer we will be to unmistakably the way
Revolutionary forward. A powerful
revolutionary
Structure “Anarchism is organisation, organisation will not
Anarchists in a
free society will be organisation and more come
people
about by
simply
self-ordering and
society will be self- organisation”. Malatesta agreeing with each
other. Only through
regulating. The
the dynamics of
organisations we achieving revolution. But to working together can we
construct will arise out of be successful we have to achieve the unity of activity
the needs of the moment, learn far more about the and theory necessary to
filtered by our knowledge nature of organisations, bring about a free and equal
and perceptions. what is effective society.
Organisations, whether free communication and how we
associations, affinity groups, respond to demands for
federations, communes or change.
‘families’ will be fluid and We must make an
flexible but retain the ability attempt to put these ideas
to persist. They will be into a practical form. We
responsive to individual and must not claim to have all
social need. They will have the answers, but be
a structure and culture convinced that anarchism
matching the needs, beliefs can only hope to make real

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