[ssf] 16th Febr: ID campaigners offer participation

[Chris Malins]

I understood that there was an exciting variety of left and right wing 
types involved with no2ID. That Guy Taylor has been sent in is a clear 
sign that the SWP are eying it up to expand their influence, but that he 
is only Local Groups coordinator may be a good sign. I don't know about 
the others on the committee.

I think that this is an important campaign, and if anything too 
important to allow the SWP to hijack and destroy. THere are only four 
ways to deal with this: 1) build a string independent local network of 
id campaigners around the country who are able to break away from the 
leadership when the coup happens. This is non-ideal.
2)Get ourselves onto the organising committee and turn it inot an SSF 
front. This may not be easy.
3)Create a new anti-ID cards campaign without a London based command 
structure, again with string local support.
4) Blow up the SWP national conference. This is my preferred option.

Seriously, I don't think that there's too much we can do. Ironically, 
the best way to maintain campaign independence would be to strengthen 
the links with libertarians and small-governemnt proponents in the Tory 
party and the rest of the relative right to ensure that the overall 
no2id message stays centrist (and thus may appeal best to the 
mainstream, and actually ahieve a victory rather than recruit people and 
sell papers). All of this revolves to a great extent though around 
London, and the public face nad statements of the movemnet. If the SWP 
decide to act to prevent popular involvement in these decisions, there 
is an uphill struggle ahead of us.

Chris

Dan wrote:
> On no2id - there are some rumours circulating that it's another bl**dy 
> SWP front, so we may have to tread a little carefully.
> 
> (And hopefully the rumours are wrong...)
> 
> Dan
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> Amparo wrote:
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>> Yesterday Tuesday three of us including myself in our individual
>> capacity met Phil, no2id campaigner from London, on the road from
>> Manchester to Bradford...
>> He has facilitated our meeting other anti-ID campaigners from Sheffield
>> (we are waiting for their reply)
>> and offered to participate in big meeting on February, if not 
>> individually
>> through other campaigner(s) ... plenty of flyers
>> and what is more, the anti-ID campaign since its beginning a few 
>> months ago
>> has been growing at the rate of 1,000 supporters each WEEK. So right
>> now an estimated 1,000,000 persons are active supporters, throughout the
>> country, making it into an unprecedented silent revolution indeed,
>> including
>> persons from most different backgrounds and political parties and all
>> kinds of movements.
>> If people agree, i will scan an antiID flyer and post it on the wiki. OK?
>>
>> amp
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