On November 12th, the Executive Committee of Socialist Alternative fully analyzed the present Constitutional crisis and the impact of the Nader campaign. A synthesis of the discussions on these issues can be found in the articles in this issue of Justice. Socialist Alternative also discussed how to advance the gains of the Nader campaign by intervening in the present crisis of the political system.

That's why Socialist Alternative now calls on Ralph Nader; the Green Party; the unions that supported Nader like the California Nurses Association, the United Electrical Workers, Teamsters Local 174 (Seattle), AFSCME 1108 (Los Angeles); the Labor for Nader formation; the Labor Party leaders and activists; student and community organizations involved in the campaign; and the socialist left who endorsed and supported Nader (Socialist Alternative, the ISO, etc.) to convene local, regional and a national conferences to discuss:

1.  A program to intervene in the present crisis of the bipartisan system. Socialist Alternative proposes for discussion the program published on page 7 of this issue ("Program for a Movement to End the Bipartisan System"). The now readily apparent contradictions inherent in the bipartisan system will be less obvious when an agreement is reached as to who the President of the US should be. 2.  Launching local, independent, left wing, working class electoral campaigns in 2001 and 2002 against Democrats and Republicans and preparing the groundwork for the Federal Elections in 2002. 3.   Immediately launching a drive to create a mass workers' party in the US with the intervention and contribution of all the forces named above and all those who would agree to such a proposal.