If you believe capitalism is something we simply have to live with, then we are not standing on the same ground. I cannot accept the idea of resigning myself to a system built on exploitation and inequality, treated as if it were natural or eternal. What passes for stability in capitalism is only the quiet before another round of dispossession.
I reject the kind of unionism that settles for small reforms while leaving the machinery of domination untouched. Progress does not come from permission granted by bosses or politicians but from the self‑activity of workers themselves. My focus is on building genuine grassroots power through direct action and shared responsibility. The goal is not minor negotiation but a transformative general strike in which working people take control of production and reorganize society around mutual aid, federalism, cooperation, and freedom.
I believe, as Rudolf Rocker emphasized, that the working class must organize itself along syndicalist lines. Rocker taught that no political party can liberate workers on their behalf. Only through voluntary association, local initiative, and solidarity across trades and borders can we begin to dissolve wage slavery. Syndicalism is the practical expression of liberty in action. It calls for a federation of free communities and workers’ collectives that manage industry and agriculture for the common good, guided by federalist principles rather than profit.
To me, real freedom cannot exist where people are dependent on wage labor for survival. The task is to unite knowledge and labor, thought and practice, until social production serves human needs rather than private gain. That is the horizon I move toward each day, with others who refuse to bow to the illusion that capitalism is permanent.
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