Peace & Freedom Party

Michael SegoviaJeff Calvao

Max NagelmannChris Hamburger

“Peace in Iraq, Justice in The U.S.”

San Francisco – March 21, 2009. Peace and Freedom Party contingent.

History

• The Peace and Freedom Party is a ballot-listed minor political party

• Founded June 23, 1967

• Party name was created by David Kolodney

• Peace and freedom party expanded due to unhappiness with Democratic Party’s support for the war in Vietnam

• Democratic Party’s failure to support the civil rights movement added to the peace and freedom party popularity.

Political Leaders

The Peace and Freedom Party endorsed Ralph Nader for President in

the 2008 U.S. Presidential election

Matt Gonzalez (above) ran for vice president as the running mate of candidate Ralph Nader (right).

Platform

• Education

• Taxes

• Energy / Environment

• Foreign Policy

• Women

• Healthcare

• Other Issues

Education

• Integrated and democratically-run schools• Multi-lingual and multi-cultural education at all

levels• A federal law requiring and funding equal

average per-pupil expenditures by every public school district

• Tuition-free higher education to all• Restore cutbacks in public education and library

services• No school voucher schemes

Taxes• Remove property taxes on modest owner-

occupied homes• Repeal the sales tax• Restore the renters’ credit tax• Tax unearned income at a higher rate than

earned income• Eliminate/reverse income tax on low and

moderate income families• Re-enact California's unitary tax on multi-

national corporations. • Tax the business activities of churches on the

same basis as other organizations.

Energy/Environment

• Create public open spaces in all communities• Tighter regulation of pesticides, herbicides,

industrial wastes, genetically modified foods to protect human food

• Multi-source energy system (solar technology and non polluting energy sources)

• Protect species habitat• Free public transportation• International trade agreements to protect the

environment in all participating countries• End environmental racism

Foreign Policy

• No U.S. intervention anywhere • Renounce nuclear first strike, to take the

first steps toward global disarmament• Stop all U.S. arms exports and trade• Dissolve all military pacts• Convert from military to peaceful

production• Abolish the Selective Service System• No weapons in space

Women

• Adoption of an equal rights amendment

• Equal pay for equal work, work of comparable worth

• Enforce non-discrimination in hiring

• Free abortion on demand! Along with no forced abortions or sterilizations

• Safe prenatal care

• End violence against women

Health Care• Free, high quality health care for everyone• Eliminate for-profit health care• Medical facilities to provide services and

education in low-income neighborhoods• More research into diseases and disorders

caused by man-made substances • Special attention to

preventing epidemics of communicable diseases, such as AIDS

Other Issues• Socialism will make production

meet the human need

• Scientific and technological

is needed to benefit ordinary

people

Solar Panels

Other Issues continued

• Legalize marijuana, decriminalize drug use, and make substance abuse treatment freely available.

• End homelessness

Peace and Freedom Party in Power

• Working class would have greater representation

• Cooperation replaces competition

• http://peaceandfreedom.org/home/index.php/contact-us