The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-03
CHANGE
THE
WORLD!
BY MICHAEL GOLD

l-- BY MICHAEL GOLD ---l
ONE of the best why every victim of American
capitalism should vote Communist in the coming cleo
ton is that vote for any other party is vote wasted
1t is safe to say that there are over million sympa-
tzers with the Communist program in this country Why
has the Communist vote been slight in proportion in past elections?
many reasons captains
bourgeois democracy deem defense of their democracy steal
votes possible Communist votes have always wholesale
to these racketeers in patriotism
Also sympathizers
mun Under the Constitution assured that secret ballot
prevails and that every American even Negro vote
practice do1a-pariots The of Rights
and the Constitution only quaint the business
OF Tammany Hall and Hoovers Republican Party
They machinery for spng the way man votes
and have on occasion prosecuted Communist voters.
Many might Communist disanchised
Millions of Americans voted permitted
Negroes South migratory many
unemployed workers there is po-tax
which must have order to vote Immigrants do
though they good
industries
this democracy brag
there distinction the By
another the most in the nation numbering
million, may estimate Many
these votes would be Communist
Another light past
has been fault We not learned elections
riouy prejudice the liberal paramentas
still strong technique
airy paramentarim We regard the elections with jaded
pecn nothing of them Our campaigns have routine character
yet regard these campaigns a
which millions of American workers intensely where
temporarily
shapened to political ideas listen twice readily such
ideas in the periods between elections.
great boldly
and Enthusiastically
same manner that caught the attention Of America with our campaign
for unemployment for the rights
Always Lesser Evil'
VET remains ympathzers
Communist despite all these fail They
shaved by the familiar often repeated by
pariots-"Dont waste your vote"
to these voters that would you wasting
you vote for Of the old Democrat Republican
Socialist
every election parties always
to be lesser evil to for That to Upton Sinclair
promise to Mooney while
for example
candidate
may promise the peoples friend (e) and stand on platform
phrases while opponent eactonary.
Or there even the where the workers of city will turn to
the Socialist Party its candidates carry
the pledges Of the platform, and help the people
always practical thing Why your
the
chance of getting liberal Socialist half-oaf?
good argument
it possible elect Communists all the halfoafe
could be rallied to vote they really believe
also certainly experience
Of haaf voting This theory had plenty Of time which
demonstrate itself Liberals like Sinclair
elected Office so have governors and Socialist
What have they given the people who voted for them?
Nothing Exactly than nothing N. A. the
great election theory Has
the condition America? leading them
where but into trap Of and fascm The yet
entirely clear many Roosevelt,
that down. prices corporation profits unemployment
the farmers the states the Famerabor rules
better of than their neghb in states ruled the conservatives?
ask themselves this simple question truth
fully time voting people
who promise all and do nothng2
Socialist cities the unemployed less relief than
city ruled by frankly capitalist parties Recently Bridgeport
have the nauseatng spectacle Of Socialist inviting Na
propagandist to City while outside his police
tally clubbing Socialist workers
ing against their bood-stain enemy, the Naz
Vote Communist!
VOTES for these people always wasted plain
only that American workers blinded
lions of the haf-loaf liars, this
must tell them again open
wake them from their hypnotic trance which the
them. We must prove to them
Communism way getting
for those at the bottom OF the social pyramid.
vote for Communism multiplied
fear throw into the the capitalists
give up anything except through
for Communism helps build permanent party
fighting until this land this prged
erty, and ignorance.
vote for Communism the most practical pushing
pubcans carrying
dennagogic election promises to the
srcha is