Do we need leaders? Most people think we do. Even the Green Party, reputed to be one of the most ‘horizontal’ in their organisation, are currently locked in a leadership struggle between different candidates. This is a symptom of the almost universal notion that positive change can only happen if certain exceptional individuals hold power – even though reality has shown us time and time again that this is an illusion.
The kind of society the Socialist Party works for is borderless, wageless and moneyless – and entirely leaderless. It will come about when most people’s sense of powerlessness has given way to a recognition of the need for a society of entirely democratic organisation and decision-making – with no leaders and no followers.