Zero
military
budget;
Deactivation
of all nuclear,
biological,
and chemical
weapons;
Elimination
of the Strategic
Defense
Initiative;
Abolition
of all aspects
of the Selective
Service
System;
Complete
disarmament,
through
negotiations
and unilateral
actions;
An
end to all
overt and
covert military
aid and
intelligence
operations;
Massive
aid to abolish
hunger,
poverty,
and ignorance
at home
and worldwide.
The aid
would be
administered
by the United
Nations;
Preparation
for nonviolent
resistance
against
possible
invasion
and occupation
attempts;
Establishment
of an unarmed
service
corps trained
in strategic
nonviolent
defense
and equipped
for mobilization
anywhere
in the world.
This "Mercy
Force" might
be a new
branch of
the Department
of Defense
or the centerpiece
of a new
Department
of Nonviolent
Action;
Establishment
of a Multinational
Humanitarian
Alliance
to carry
out a wide
range of
Mercy Force
missions
including
nonviolent
defense
training,
peacekeeping
efforts,
nonviolent
intervention,
disaster
relief and
rescue operations,
and constructive
social and
ecological
projects;
Internationalization
of nuclear
and fusion
energy.
Shut-down
of plutonium
creating
reactors
until all
nuclear
weapons
and weapons
manufacturing
facilities
have been
deactivated,
and a democratic
world government
can appraise
nuclear
technology
in terms
of global
interests.
Promotion
of solar,
wind, oceanic
temperature
gradient,
and other
sources
of low pollution
energy;
Full
employment
through
revitalized
private
enterprises,
including
cooperatives,
and worker-
controlled
and managed
industries,
and federally
administered
public projects.
The USPP
recognizes
that most
violence
is the defensive
behavior
of those
protecting
property
and privilege,
in societies
and a world
in which
the loss
of dominance
and advantages
means poverty,
degradation,
oppression
and exploitation.
Where society
is divided
by different
social relations
to the means
of production,
distribution
and allocation
of goods
and services,
basic social
inequality
follows.
Having,
belonging,
and controlling
characterize
certain
social strata,
while dependency,
passivity,
insecurity
and propertylessness
characterize
others.
To reduce
the likelihood
of war,
the dominant
economic
institutions
of world
society
should be
democratically
controlled.
This implies
a high degree
of worker
control,
a vigorous
cooperative
movement,
and the
creation
of a democratic
world polity;
Termination
of all foreign
military
aid immediately.
Humanitarian
foreign
aid would
be directed
toward helping
the poor
meet their
basic human
needs and
become more
self-sufficient.
Aid to foreign
governments
would be
contingent
upon exemplary
human rights
records.
When that
is not the
case, any
aid given
would be
distributed
by trustworthy
agencies;
Support
for legitimate,
nonviolent
social change
movements
that are
struggling
to advance
human rights
and political
freedom;
Creation
of a Canadian-style
single-payer
national
health care
system with
universal
access,
comprehensive
coverage,
and freedom
of choice
in the selection
of doctors,
medical
facilities,
and methods
of treatment;
Reduction
of inflation
toward zero;
A guaranteed
minimum
income for
U.S. citizens
through
the establishment
of a negative
income tax;
Establishment
of a voluntary
national
service
program
for college
students
and the
unemployed;
Extensive
reduction
of federal
taxes. This
would be
made possible
primarily
through
the elimination
of the military
budget;
Opposition
to all forms
of racial,
sexual and
religious
discrimination,
and all
unjust socio-economic
barriers;
Abolition
of the death
penalty;
Ending
of the "war
on drugs."
The war
on drugs
is an infringement
of the right
of individual
liberty.
Drug abuse
would be
treated
as a health
problem
rather than
a crime.
Most illicit
drugs would
be relegalized,
and taxed
to pay for
drug abuse
prevention
and treatment
programs.
As poverty
and social
injustice
in the U.S.
was eliminated,
the use
of drugs
could be
expected
to drastically
decline;
Protection
of nonsmokers'
right to
breathe
clean air;
Enforcement
of tough
laws against
driving
under the
influence
of alcohol
or other
drugs;
Limitation
of agricultural
subsidies
to environmentally
sustainable
farming
practices;
Promotion
of steady-state
economic
principles
to develop
an environmentally
sustainable
economy;
Legislation
to end logging,
grazing,
and oil
drilling
on public
lands;
Ending
of subsidies
for nuclear
energy and
fossil fuels.
Placing
of pollution
taxes on
fossil fuels
and nuclear
power. Use
of the resulting
revenues
to fund
research
and development
of renewable
energy sources,
with particular
emphasis
on solar-hydrogen
energy.
Natural
gas might
serve as
a transitional
fuel source;
Placing
of appropriate
pollution
taxes on
other industries
to fund
environmental
protection
programs;
Ban on the
manufacture,
sale, and
possession
of handguns.
Illegalization
of assault
weapons;
Support
for the
right to
obtain a
safe and
legal abortion;
Support
for family
planning
programs
and international
efforts
to control
population
growth;
Support
for a constitutional
amendment
banning
discrimination
on the basis
of gender
or sexual
orientation;
Opposition
to any restrictions
on the right
to freedom
of travel
and migration
across U.S.
borders;
Normalization
of relations
with Cuba.
Repeal
of the Helms-Burton
Act, that
permits
lawsuits
against
individuals
and firms
who make
use of land
and facilities
in Cuba
that were
nationalized
by the Cuban
government;
Ending of
the travel
ban and
blanket
economic
sanctions
against
Iraq.
Inauguration
of a large-scale
aid program
to overcome
the malnutrition
and disease,
especially
among children,
that the
sanctions
have caused;
Support
for one-person-one-vote
democratic
world government.
Creation
of an open
party list
or mixed
member system
of proportional
representation
for electing
the U.S.
House of
Representatives
and the
U.S. Senate;
Elimination
of the electoral
college.
Carrying
out of presidential
elections
by national
majority
preference
voting;
Creation
of a national
initiative
and referendum
system;
Limitation
of campaign
spending.
Establishment
of fair
and open
ballot access
laws.
Establishment
of public
campaign
financing,
and provision
of equal
access to
public television
and radio
for all
ballot-
certified
candidates;
Requirement
that savings
and loans
industries,
and the
nuclear
industry,
provide
their own
insurance;
Encouragement
of intercommunication,
and the
free flow
of information
between
all peoples;
Respect
for cultural
diversity.
