W.S.A. is a libertarian worker organization that believes in grassroots empowerment and strives for a future self-managed society. Which means that our structure and method of operation are based on the following principles:
DIRECT DEMOCRACY – We advocate workers, tenant and community organizations where the membership directly controls them, charting their direction. This means that key decisions need to be made through assemblies of the members, through direct democracy, not by hierarchies of paid officials and professional staff. Delegates, representatives or shop stewards are directly answerable, accountable and serve at the discretion of the membership. They are also subject to immediate recall by a majority of the members.
DIRECT ACTION – In our opinion, this type of action which is most effective and most empowers working people. Through direct action we retain control of our own struggle and avoid surrendering that control to so-called “experts” of often questionable loyalty.
SELF-MANAGEMENT – Ultimately we wish to participate in the building of a
society where all distinctions of class and privilege are eliminated. A new,
self-managed society where the wealth we produce is shared equally and
fairly by all. We do not think it is possible to build such a society by
surrendering authority to new political parties and new politicians. History
has demonstrated that such parties, however good their stated intentions
might be, often backslide and become not much better then the one they
replaced. It is the concept of the ruling elite which we must oppose, and it
is only by grassroots struggle that wealth and power can be fairly and
equally shared by all. We therefore seek to create member-controlled
organizations within the workplace and community. These organizations are the foundation upon which a society based on direct democracy, solidarity and self-management may be built.
Interested? Contact us:
Workers Solidarity Alliance
National Office
339 Lafayette Street – Room 202
New York, New York 10012
wsan@hotmail.com
www.workersolidarity.org
