Re Phil Carlson, who agrees with Todd Jones of voting for Gore by
saying:"that's the game we're playing."
How about changing the game? We who were Communists in the
thirties were able to win welfare, unemployment insurance, social
security, and legalization of the right of labor to organize, although
we started with only ten thousand members and never rose to over ten
time that. There was no magic involved. There was fear that our
proposal to change the rules of the game fundamentally endangered
things as they were, under the conditions of mass despair then
prevailing. So significant concessions were made that continue to this
day.
Nader is no ideologue (and neither am I anymore). But he has
proved capable of rallying a large proportion of those dissatisfied
with things as they are, behind a program that addresses some of the
fundamental issues of our day. So a vote to establish the Greens as a
federal-funds-entitled party is a vote to build a movement for
significant change. That's what counts.
Bill Mandel
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