SUMMARY PLATFORM OF THE AND FREEDOM PARTY

The Peace and Freedom Party, born from the civil rights and anti-war movements of the 1960s, is committed to , democracy, ecology, , racial equality, and internationalism. We organize toward a world where cooperation replaces competition, a world where all people are well fed, clothed and housed; where all women and men have equal status; where all individuals may freely endeavor to fulfill their own talents and desires; a world of freedom and peace where every community retains its cultural integrity and lives with all others in harmony. Our goals cannot be achieved by electoral means alone. We support mass organization, , a militant labor movement, and establishment of alternative institutions. We offer this summary of our immediate and long-range goals:

• Double the minimum wage, and index it • Self-determination for all nations and • Full free high quality public education to the cost of living. peoples of the world, including from pre-school through graduate • Guarantee the right of all workers to and all U. S. territories. school, with lifelong learning and retraining. Cancel existing student debt. organize and to strike; forbid striker • Defend and extend liberties guaranteed replacement. in the Bill of Rights. • Teach the history of workers' struggles and labor's creation of society's wealth and • Socially useful jobs for all at union pay • Repeal the Patriot Act. Dismantle the levels. Department of Homeland Security. progress. End high stakes testing. Abolish charter • Equal pay for equal work, and for work of • End Corporate Personhood: Corporations • comparable worth. are not people and money is not speech. schools and stop voucher schemes. • Free day care for all children. . • A 30-hour workweek with no cut in weekly • End discrimination based on race, sex, Restore and strengthen bilingual education. pay; longer paid vacations. age, sexual orientation, or disability. • • Uncensored government funding for A Universal Basic Income with full social • Restore affirmative action, guarantee full • ordinary people to create and enjoy art. benefits as a basic human right. education and employment rights for all. • Free high-quality health care for • Tax the income and assets of the rich to everyone, including birth control, meet human needs. abortion, pre-natal and childhood health • International trade agreements must care. No forced sterilizations. guarantee the protection of workers and • Scientific and technological research to the environment in all participating benefit ordinary people, not the capitalists. countries; abolish NAFTA, GATT and the • Legalize marijuana, decriminalize drug use, World Trade Organization (WTO). and make substance abuse treatment • End homelessness; abolish vagrancy laws; freely available. provide decent affordable housing for all. • Give special attention to preventing • Cancellation of all debts found to be epidemics of communicable diseases such illegitimate and unjust to the working class as AIDS. Guarantee the rights of people through an open and democratic process living with AIDS. not controlled by the creditors. • Support the right of working people to keep • Restore and protect air, water, land and • Social ownership and democratic control of and bear arms. ecosystems. industry, financial institutions, and natural • Protect digital freedom and privacy, and net • Outlaw destructive practices such as clear resources. neutrality. cutting, fracking, mountaintop removal, tar • The United States should take the • No prison labor for private profit. sands extraction, and offshore drilling. initiative toward global disarmament by • Abolish the death penalty. • Promote conservation and develop solar eliminating nuclear, chemical and • Abolish all torture in prisons. Uphold and other renewable energy to replace biological weapons. prisoner rights. nuclear power and fossil fuels. Full rights for all immigrant workers. No • End environmental racism: no toxic • Withdraw U. S. troops and weapons from • dumping in anyone's back yard. other countries, and reallocate the resulting human is illegal. Stop ICE raids. Stop "peace dividend" for social benefit. jailing and deporting immigrants. • Massive development of public • Democratic elections through proportional transportation available free or at nominal Abolish the CIA, NSA, AID and other • representation; full political, social and fares. agencies for interference in other countries' economic rights for resident non-citizens. • Promote an environmentally sound internal affairs. • Honor treaties with Native American agricultural system which meets human • No drones for killing or invasion of privacy. nations; recognize 's Native needs and protects farm workers' labor • Convert from a military to a peace oriented American nations. Defend and extend rights and standard of living. No genetically economy, with jobs for displaced workers. Native American rights and sovereignty. engineered organisms in food production. ______

To contact the Peace and Freedom Party, call: 510 465-9414, 916-422-5395, or 323-960-5036, Email: [email protected]. U.S. Mail: PO Box 24764, Oakland, CA 94623 Approved March, 2014. For the latest version of both the Summary and Full Platform, go to

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