Adopted by the 34th SAC Congress in 2025

1. The workers of the world are exploited by capitalism, a system in which a few people enrich themselves at the cost of others. The vast majority have no economic influence and are forced to sell their labor power. These are the conditions the class struggle emerges from.

2. Syndicalism is a militant tradition among workers. We are driven by our desire for freedom and socialism. We have a dream that one day we will see the end of wage slavery. By building working-class organizations we can mitigate the effects of exploitation by capital and coercion by the state.

3. Even if the working class today is – as it has been throughout history – stratified and divided, for example along the lines of industry, trade, wage, employment, title, legal status, gender, gender identity and gender expression, ethnicity, age, and ability, the SAC believes that all workers share common interests. This is why the SAC organizes workers across all industries. By the way we organize, we oppose divisions within the working class and gather collective strength.

4. The exploitation of the working class is expressed in different ways, and workers are positioned differently within the hierarchy of labor relations. This affects relationships at the workplace, and creates tensions within the class. The interests of super-exploited workers must be central in our struggle. No forms of discrimination or submission can be tolerated. The SAC is a feminist and antiracist organization.

5. In the SAC, we believe in the working class’s strength and competence. We do not require the blessing of leaders to give legitimacy to our struggle or to justify our existence. Organizing is not possible if we do not believe in our own abilities. The SAC believes that workers must organize free from all exterior demands, as expressed by the power of the state and the bosses. The SAC is an antiauthoritarian organization that believes in direct action as the means to change society and our living and working conditions.

6. Our power is based on the way we organize. To reach our full potential, we need to be organized as a federation, which implies self-determination in matters that concern specific groups and collaboration in matters that concern all of us. Authoritarian forms of organization weaken the labor struggle. Our strength derives from the principle that those who will be affected by a decision are the ones who shall make the decision, and that all elected representatives can be removed directly.

7. Producing goods and services gives workers the power to change society. The workplace is the main arena of organizing, but since the labor market frames the conditions of the struggle at the workplace, it is an important arena of our struggle, too.

8. Workers do not have a fatherland, and their fate is tied to the fate of workers around the globe. Global solidarity is a precondition for the liberation of the working class. The SAC opposes all violence by national and transnational institutions as well as paramilitary groups trying to uphold the current order. The SAC believes that workers always have the right to defend themselves against such violence.

9. The ultimate goal of the SAC is libertarian socialism, that is, a society based on self-management and federalism, free from state coercion, and no longer knowing of distinctions between rulers and ruled and exploiters and exploited.