The
Peace and Freedom
Party. . . is committed
to socialism, democracy,
ecology, feminism
and racial equality.
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.
We
offer this summary
of our immediate and
long-range goals:
•
Double the minimum
wage, and index it
to the cost of living.
• Guarantee the
right of all workers
to organize and to
strike; forbid striker
replacement.
• Socially useful
jobs for all at union
pay levels. Equal
pay for equal work,
and for work of comparable
worth.
• A 30-hour work
week with no cut in
weekly pay; longer
paid vacations.
• Guaranteed
dignified income for
those who cannot work.
• Tax the income
and assets of the
rich to meet human
needs.
• International
trade agreements must
guarantee the protection
of workers and the
environment in all
participating countries;
abolish NAFTA and
GATT.
• End homelessness;
abolish vagrancy laws;
provide decent affordable
housing for all.
• Social ownership
and democratic control
of industry, financial
institutions and natural
resources.
•
The United States
should take the initiative
toward global disarmament
by eliminating nuclear,
chemical and biological
weapons. Withdraw
U. S . troops and
weapons from other
countries, and reallocate
the resulting "peace
dividend" for social
benefit.
• Abolish the
CIA, NSA, AID and
other agencies for
interference in other
countries' internal
affairs.
• Convert from
a military to a peace-oriented
economy, with jobs
for displaced workers.
• Self-determination
for all nations and
peoples of the world,
including Puerto Rico
and all U.S territories.
•
Defend and extend
liberties guaranteed
in the Bill of Rights.
• End discrimination
based on race, sex,
age, sexual orientation,
or disability.
• Restore and
extend affirmative
action, guarantee
full education and
employment rights
for all.
• Provide full
free quality public
education through
university level;
Teach the history
of workers' struggles
and labor's creation
of society's wealth
and progress.
• Restore and
expand bilingual education.
•
Abolish the death
penalty.
• No prison labor
for private profit.
• Stop all new
prison construction.
Shut down the Security
Housing Units.
•
Support the right
of working people
(not just the rich)
to keep and bear arms.
• Democratic
elections through
proportional representation;
full political, social
and economic rights
for resident non-citizens.
• Honor treaties
with Native American
nations, recognize
California's Native
American nations.
Defend and extend
Native American rights
and sovereignty.
•
Free, high-quality
health care for everyone,
including birth control,
abortion, pre-natal
and childhood health
care; no forced sterilizations.
• Legalize marijuana,
decriminalize drug
use, and make substance
abuse treatment freely
available.
• Give special
attention to previnting
epidemics of deadly
diseases such as AIDS;
Guarantee the rights
of people living with
AIDS.
•
Restore and protect
air, water, land and
ecosystems.
• Promote conservation
and develop solar
and other renewable
energy to replace
nuclear power and
fossil fuels.
• End environmental
racism-- No dumping
of toxins in anyone's
back yard.
• Massive development
of public transportation
available free or
at nominal fares.
• Outlaw
clearcutting and protect
remaining old-growth
forests.
