I suppose, Gek, this boils down to where we are trying to get to and how we think that will be achieved.
Personally I think I still believe in the idea of a revolution heralding a completely new world along the lines of what class struggle anarchists and marx etc were describing.
However I don't see this getting any closer. In fact the prospect seems increasingly unlikely as time passes.
There are all sorts of reasons for that but one of the main ones is the tremendous effort which has been put into making people feel hopeless and of obscuring the class antagonisms which underpin the current social order.
The alternatives options for people looking for a way out are a barking mad and quite unsuccessful left, or religion, or hedonism. Frankly the latter two offer a much better return on your investment than the former in most instances.
Most people associate "alternative" politics with headcases, students and naive dreamers. Even if you look beyond that it seems pretty clear that the left (in the UK) is more interested in the concerns of working class people in Iraq than it is in those on their own doorstep. Or with "big" issues like climate change, ID cards, etc. The left is very happy telling people what they should be concerned about.
I believe that struggles should arise out the actual needs and concerns of working class people - whatever they are. If anything is going to change it will be through people self-organising along those lines, not being bossed about by middle class tourists. This will mean taking the trouble to listen to them without imposing an agenda. It will be important for us to do what we say and say what we do - people have had enough bullshit.
I feel the best place is to start small, and avoid all the alienating grand showbiz of stuff like anti-war campaigns. (Which whilst impressive and indeed important, were a failure).
There are two ways to do this - in workplaces or in communities.
You have to go where people are. And by that I mean geographically, and psychologically.
I'm not sure what you think of this, or the quote from Solidarity above. But it's where I am at.
I don't pretend to have any easy answers but that is the sort of thing which informs my thinking at the moment.