You’d be excused for believing that us here at Cambridgeshire Anarchists love to moan, and for the most part you’re probably right. However we do see, and strive to create, solutions to problems that effect us and attacks on our way of life – whether this is your local pub closing down or your employer giving you pay rises below inflation.

We like to rattle on about something that can be referred to as a ‘culture of resistance’- which is a wordy way of saying that working people (including the workers of the future, unemployed etc) should organise among themselves, as equals, to actively confront their problems head on (direct action)- to survive, resist and fight our own corner in a world organised to take away power from you and I.

People working collectively have a far better chance of succeeding in the struggle against the controllers of society. Through struggling together we can truly appreciate how each of our interests are interwoven into society- ‘an injury to one is an injury to all’, and we’ll develop confidence from seeing what can happen from pitching in and having a greater control over our lives. Plus, it’s always a bit of a laugh getting one up and opposing the rule of your bosses! This ‘culture of resistance’ would provide a safeguard for working people when times come hard and be the fighting spirit of the working population pushing for more and more concessions from the property owning class and their lackeys in government and local government, with the future aim of eventually taking the things necessary to providing a decent life for all and running then democratically- workers control.

However it is important to note that this culture cannot be imposed, it can only be created by people voluntarily associating to protect and further their wants and needs. We have a world to win, so we might as well start fighting now.

This is an individual’s perspective and does not necessarily represent the opinion of the whole group.