A week since the London meeting to plan the anarchist general election campaign and we’ve hit the ground running. Cameron posters all over the country have been defaced so much so that Tory central office is starting to order their removal! Anarchists 1 Tories 0. Congratulations to all our spray can guerrillas and especially the WAG and Hereford contributions.The Fuck Off Back to Eton one was alleged by Diane Abbott on ‘The politics show’ firstly not to be a ‘real poster’ and then to be the work of Banksy!! Soon billboard sites will be sprouting posters for the other parties so the battle of the billboards is one we can win – using their own advertising to ridicule them!
The ‘Politician alert’ phone tree actually worked as the comrades in Hackney spotted Boris Johnson and a WAG flying column rushed to the scene.This needs to be replicated throughout the coutry – maybe ourYorkshire comrades meeting in Bradford this Saturday could sort a Yorkshire one out? In London Freedom Bookshop will act as the hub for incoming alerts.
The really big development came yesterday at the G20 Meltdown election meeting in Shoreditch where it was agreed to support the planned events from last Sunday’s meeting. BUT……It was also agreed that on Mayday – probably the Saturday before the election – the anarchist march from Clerkenwell Green will continue on to Parliament Square where a gallows will be constructed, effigies of the party leaders strung up under the slogan ‘All out for a hung parliament’. This could be really big similar to the G20 turn out and is being supported by a broad coalition of groups.
We now have pllans for a concerted and effective campaign – we’re off to a flyer comrades. Send in repors of actions round the country and I’ll post them up here. Here’s some more Cameron posters to cheer you up.
Ian Bone 
the idea i like the best in terms of a mass campaign and one that could involve the most amount of people is a massive ‘none of the above/they are all wankers’ write on/spoilt ballot campaign.
This is something anyone can do and would allow a joint campaign were ‘donl’ vote’ campaigns have not worked. And tbh ‘Don’t vote’ campaigns can not be judged after – a low turnout is always ignored/smoothed away in a way a massive amount of spoilt ballots could not be.
Potentially we could cause a situation where in a significant number of seats the ‘spoilt ballot’ wins! Thereby delegitimising the winners ( though not sure they arn’t already but hey ho)
( p.s idea nicked from the the essex boy)
The gauntlet has been thrown down:
ELECTION MELTDOWN MEETING REPORT BACK
Two days of productive meetings and discussion this weekend. A brief report of main ideas so far and points of action:-
the meeting split down into three groups,
1) direct actions for the election
2) People’s Assembly liaison
3) Media and Communications
The Direct Action group came up with these proposals for a calendar of events:
March 31, 3 p.m. Trafalgar Sq, riotous reenactment of the Poll Tax demo on 20th anniversary, called by Class War
Day of first public TV debate stage Zombie debate (zombie Brown, Cameron, Clegg plus zombie Robin Day?) outside TV centre
Main action to be Mayday sham election Carnival, to ornament and decorate Parliament Square with the corpses of politicians chosen by popular demand — and then to plant beautiful flowers and a People’s Tree.
Government of the Dead have offered to send the Four Horsemen galloping back from four corners, dragging the carcasses of the main party leaders from their party HQs. Plan is Griffin’s carcass will be dragged all the way from Clerkenwell Green by the resurrected Black Horse of Anarchy. The carcasses will be put on trial, hanged drawn and quartered by popular demand and generally disposed of.
When we have got rid of that lot we can start to beautify the Parliament Square environment, planting a People’s Tree or Hometree where a People’s Assembly can convene. After Death, new Life!
Meltdown intends to hold the space for a basecamp throughout the sham election period to liaise with other groups intent on dictatorship against the rich and restoration of the people’s democratic freedoms!
Day of the election (assume May 6 at this point) various proposals for locally based interventions, town halls etc. (all of which needs to be made more concrete)
Day after the election (May 7?) assuming tories get in, hold first Tories Out demonstration first thing in the morning, Downing Street.
2) the People’s Asembly liaison group have constituted themselves, but are inviting others to join. More concrete proposals for setting this up
3) Media and Communications constituting themselves for websites, outreach, leaflets, posters etc.
Next meeting on Saturday Feb 13, 3 p.m. at The Foundry, Gt Eastern St, nr Old Street tube, all welcome to help Election Meltdown.