>the task of the day -- if socialists are to get involved in
>electoral politics at all -- is not to advocate Socialism Now since
>socialism is not yet supported by wide sectors of the working class
>and our allies but to support someone like Nader advancing the
>platform like Nader/Camejo's -- a platform most of whose planks are
>already actually desired by the majority of the working class.
Why can't you do both? I mean, how else do you expect to change the situation of socialism not being supported by wide sections of the working class? If even socialists won't advocate socialism, then who the bloody hell will?
Bill Bartlett Bracknell Tas