Sunday, July 31, 2016

Re: [blind-democracy] Some Green Party positions

Thanks for sending this Green Party Platform information.
Given the choice of a violent revolution to rid the Working Class from
the oppressive Corporate Capitalism that is strangling us, and a
positive redesign of the political system, with a goal of phasing out
Corporate Capitalism, I definitely support the latter effort.
I'm not sure if the leaders in the Green Party would say that
eventually Corporate Capitalism must be removed from the face of the
Earth, but so long as they can effectively move in that direction,
life for the working class and lower classes will be improved. This
would be a great improvement over the, "go slow" proposed by Hillary
Clinton, or the, "return to our former greatness" proposed by Donald
Trump.
Of course this is all speculation because the Establishment will trash
any organization that it perceives as a threat to its total control.
Still, I think that if enough of us supported the Green Party, it
would enhance a process of collapse that is already underway.

Carl Jarvis

On 7/30/16, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@optonline.net> wrote:
> I started looking through the material on the Green Party platform and I've
> copied some of it so you can get an idea of what the party stands for. I
> haven't found anything in there that supports socialism per se, which is
> interesting because Chris Hedges, who rights in positive terms about
> socialism all the time, is supporting Jill Stein and the Green Party. For
> those of us who aren't committed to a specific ideology, (I think of myself
> as an anarchist), there's a lot to like in this material, and I haven't
> copied the huge amount that is available in the platform link.
>
> Here are the 10 key principles of the Green Party.
>
> The Ten Key Values
> The Ten Key Values came about at a marathon session at the first Green
> meeting in 1984, facilitated by then Los Angeles-based and later Eugene,
> OR
> activist Jeff Land, with primary contributions by Charlene Spretnak and
> Murray Bookchin of the New England Institute for Social Ecology.
> According to Mark Satin, a journalist invited to cover the meeting, "About
> 50 of us were trying to think of a project that could help define us and
> put
> us on the political map. Everyone sensed that something important could
> come out of [the workshop designed to come up with the document]. A
> "collective brain" seemed to take hold, and we began working together as
> one."
>
> Eventually a committee of Spretnak, Satin and Eleanor LeCain (coordinator
> of
> the Peace and Environmental Coalition) were charged with writing a draft
> Values Statement from the notes, and reporting that back for approval.
>
> The eventual set of Ten Key Values they submitted was approved by consensus
> in late 1984, and became a foundational basis for U.S. Greens going
> forward.
>
> Yet it would not be long before the Left Green Network (LGN), formed in
> 1988, issued their own, this time with 14 Values. Over time, Greens in
> different states would adopt their own versions of the Ten Key Values, most
> often modifying Post-patriarchal Values into Feminism and/or Gender Equity;
> Personal and Social Responsibility as Social Justice, and Future Focus to
> include Sustainability.
> 1. Grassroots Democracy
> Every human being deserves a say in the decisions that affect his or her
> life and should not be subject to the will of another. Therefore, we will
> work to increase public participation at every level of government and to
> ensure that our public representatives are fully accountable to the people
> who elect them. We will also work to create new types of political
> organizations which expand the process of participatory democracy by
> directly including citizens in the decision-making process.
> 2. Social Justice and Equal Opportunity
> All persons should have the rights and opportunity to benefit equally from
> the resources afforded us by society and the environment. We must
> consciously confront in ourselves, our organizations, and society at large,
> barriers such as racism and class oppression, sexism and homophobia, ageism
> and disability, which act to deny fair treatment and equal justice under
> the
> law.
> 3. Ecological Wisdom
> Human societies must operate with the understanding that we are part of
> nature, not separate from nature. We must maintain an ecological balance
> and
> live within the ecological and resource limits of our communities and our
> planet. We support a sustainable society which utilizes resources in such a
> way that future generations will benefit and not suffer from the practices
> of our generation. To this end we must practice agriculture which
> replenishes the soil; move to an energy efficient economy; and live in ways
> that respect the integrity of natural systems.
> 4. Non-Violence
> It is essential that we develop effective alternatives to society's current
> patterns of violence. We will work to demilitarize, and eliminate weapons
> of
> mass destruction, without being naive about the intentions of other
> governments. We recognize the need for self-defense and the defense of
> others who are in help- less situations. We promote non-violent methods to
> oppose practices and policies with which we disagree, and will guide our
> actions toward lasting personal, community and global peace.
> 5. Decentralization
> Centralization of wealth and power contributes to social and economic
> injustice, environmental destruction, and militarization. Therefore, we
> support a restructuring of social, political and economic institutions away
> from a system which is controlled by and mostly benefits the powerful few,
> to a democratic, less bureaucratic system. Decision-making should, as much
> as possible, remain at the individual and local level, while assuring that
> civil rights are protected for all citizens.
> 6. Community Based Economics
> Redesign our work structures to encourage employee ownership and workplace
> democracy. Develop new economic activities and institutions that will allow
> us to use our new technologies in ways that are humane, freeing, ecological
> and accountable, and responsive to communities. Establish some form of
> basic
> economic security, open to all. Move beyond the narrow "job ethic" to new
> definitions of "work," jobs" and "income" that reflect the changing
> economy.
> Restructure our patterns of income distribution to reflect the wealth
> created by those outside the formal monetary economy: those who take
> responsibility for parenting, housekeeping, home gardens, community
> volunteer work, etc. Restrict the size and concentrated power of
> corporations with- out discouraging superior efficiency or technological
> innovation.
> 7. Feminism and Gender Equity
> We have inherited a social system based on male domination of politics and
> economics. We call for the replacement of the cultural ethics of domination
> and control with more cooperative ways of interacting that respect
> differences of opinion and gender. Human values such as equity between the
> sexes, interpersonal responsibility, and honesty must be developed with
> moral conscience. We should remember that the process that determines our
> decisions and actions is just as important as achieving the outcome we
> want.
> 8. Respect for Diversity
> We believe it is important to value cultural, ethnic, racial, sexual,
> religious and spiritual diversity, and to promote the development of
> respectful relationships across these lines. We believe that the many
> diverse elements of society should be reflected in our organizations and
> decision-making bodies, and we support the leadership of people who have
> been traditionally closed out of leadership roles. We acknowledge and
> encourage respect for other life forms than our own and the preservation of
> biodiversity.
> 9. Personal and Global Responsibility
> We encourage individuals to act to improve their personal well- being and,
> at the same time, to enhance ecological balance and social harmony. We seek
> to join with people and organizations around the world to foster peace,
> economic justice, and the health of the planet.
> 10. Future Focus And Sustainability
> Our actions and policies should be motivated by long-term goals. We seek to
> protect valuable natural resources, safely disposing of or "unmaking" all
> waste we create, while developing a sustainable economics that does not
> depend on continual expansion for survival. We must counterbalance the
> drive
> for short-term profits by assuring that economic development, new
> technologies, and fiscal policies are responsible to future generations who
> will inherit the results of our actions. Make the quality of life, rather
> than open-ended economic growth, the focus of future thinking.
> The wording of the Four Pillars has varied slightly as different local
> Green
> Parties have adapted them.
>
>
> GREEN SOLUTIONS
>
> 1. Electoral reform
> a.Enact proportional representation voting systems for legislative seats on
> municipal, county, state and federal levels. Proportional representation
> systems provide that people are represented in the proportion their views
> are held in society and are based on dividing seats proportionally within
> multi-seat districts, compared to the standard U.S. single-seat,
> winner-take
> all districts. Forms of proportional representation include choice voting
> (candidate-based), party list (party-based) and mixed member voting
> (combines proportional representation with district representation).
>
>
> b.Enact Instant Run-off Voting (IRV) for chief executive offices like
> mayor,
> governor and president and other single-seat elections. Under IRV, voters
> can rank candidates in their order of preference (1,2,3, etc.) IRV ensures
> that the eventual winner has majority support and allows voters to express
> their preferences knowing that supporting their favorite candidate will not
> inadvertently help their least favored candidate. IRV thus frees voters
> from
> being forced to choose between the lesser of two evils, and saves money by
> eliminating unnecessary run-off elections.
>
>
> c.Provide full public financing of federal, state and local elections,
> including free and equal radio and television time on the public airwaves
> for all ballot-qualified candidates and parties.
>
>
> d.Prohibit corporations from spending to influence elections, preferably by
> constitutional amendment abolishing corporate personhood, or as a condition
> of receipt of a corporate charter by federal chartering of corporations.
>
>
> e.Eliminate all ballot access laws and rules that discriminate against
> smaller parties and independents, and otherwise place undue burden on the
> right of citizens to run for office.
>
>
> f.Abolish the Electoral College and provide for the direct national
> election
> of the president by Instant Runoff Voting. As a step in that direction,
> support National Popular Vote legislation which would guarantee the
> Presidency to the presidential candidate who receives the most popular
> votes
> in all 50 states (and the District of Columbia), which would take effect
> only when enacted, in identical form, by states possessing a majority of
> the
> electoral votes-that is, enough electoral votes to elect a President (270
> of
> 538).
>
>
> g.Create a new publicly-funded People's Commission on Presidential Debates,
> and open its presidential debates to all candidates who appear on at least
> as many ballots as would represent a majority of the Electoral College and
> who raise enough funds to otherwise qualify for general election public
> financing. Any candidate who refuses to participate in such debates would
> lose general election public financing for their candidacy. Amend federal
> law to remove the non-profit tax exemption status that allows corporations
> to fund the existing Commission on Presidential Debates and other such
> exclusive privately controlled debate entities.
>
>
> h.Amend the Federal Election Campaign Act to change the percentage of the
> presidential popular vote required for a new party's candidate to receive
> first time General Election public funding from 5% in the previous General
> Election to 1%; and change the percentage of the presidential popular vote
> required for a new party to receive public presidential convention funding
> from 5% for its candidate in the previous general election to 1%.
>
>
> i.Include the option to vote for a binding None of the Above (NOTA) on all
> party primary and general election ballots.
>
>
> j.Support the right to initiative, referendum and recall at all levels of
> government. Enact signature gathering standards that empower volunteer
> collection efforts and financial disclosure requirements that identify the
> sources of funding behind paid signature efforts.
>
>
> k.Enact a national "right to vote" law or constitutional amendment to
> guarantee universal, automatic, permanent voter registration, along with
> fail-safe voting procedures, so that eligible voters whose names are not on
> the voter rolls or whose information is out-of-date can correct the rolls
> and vote on the same day.
>
>
> l.Enact statehood for the District of Columbia. Ensure that residents of
> the
> District of Columbia have the same rights and representation as all other
> U.S. citizens.
>
>
> m.Restore full citizenship rights to felons upon completion of their
> sentence, including the right to vote and to run for elected office. Enable
> greater enfranchisement of overseas voters.
>
>
> n.Support strong enforcement of the Federal Voting Rights Act and, where
> applicable, state voting rights acts like the California Voting Rights Act.
>
>
> o.Make Election Day a national holiday and/or have weekend elections.
>
>
> p.Amend the U.S. Constitution to require that all vacancies in the U.S.
> Senate be filled by election rather than appointment.
>
> The Green Party strongly believes that quality of life is determined not
> only by material aspects that can be measured and counted, but also by
> elements that cannot be quantified. We firmly support the separation of
> church and state, but we also acknowledge the spiritual dimension of life,
> and we honor the cultivation of various types of spiritual experience in
> our
> diverse society.
>
> We believe that artistic expression and a thriving structure of art
> institutions are key to community well-being. We believe that a deep and
> broad embrace of nonviolence is the only effective way to stop cycles of
> violence, from the home to the streets to the international level. We
> advocate a diverse system of education that would introduce children early
> to the wonders of the Great School (Nature), and would cultivate the wisdom
> of eco-education, eco-economics, eco-politics, and eco-culture. We seek to
> protect our children from the corrosive effects of mass culture that trains
> them to regard themselves first and foremost as consumers.
>
> We support the shift in modern medicine to include healing through
> complementary therapies and engagement with the Great Hospital (Nature). We
> seek, in short, to facilitate the healthy unfolding of the person within
> the
> unfolding story of the family, community, bioregion, state, nation, and
> Earth community.
>
>
>
> A. Civil Rights and Equal Rights
>
> The foundation of any democratic society is the guarantee that each member
> of society has equal rights. Respect for our constitutionally protected
> rights is our best defense against discrimination and the abuse of power.
> Also, we recognize an intimate connection between our rights as individuals
> and our responsibilities to our neighbors and the planet. The Green Party
> shall strive to secure universal and effective recognition and observance
> of
> the principles and spirit expressed in the United National Universal
> Declaration of Human Rights as an international standard that all nations
> must meet.
>
> One of our key values is respect for diversity. We are committed to
> establishing relationships that honor diversity; that support the
> self-definition and self-determination of all people; and that consciously
> confront the barriers of racism, sexism, homophobia, class oppression,
> ageism, and the many ways our culture separates us from working together.
> We
> support affirmative action to remedy discrimination, to protect
> constitutional rights and to provide equal opportunity under the law.
>
> 1. Women's Rights
>
> Since the beginning of what we call civilization, when men's dominance over
> women was firmly established, until the present day, our history has been
> marred with oppression of and brutality to women. The Green Party deplores
> this system of male domination, known as patriarchy, in all its forms, both
> subtle and overt - from oppression, inequality, and discrimination to all
> forms of violence against women and girls including rape, trafficking,
> forced sex which is also rape, slavery, prostitution and violence against
> women within marriage and relationships and in all institutions. The change
> the world is crying for cannot occur unless women's voices are heard.
> Democracy cannot work without equality for women, which provides equal
> participation and representation. It took an extraordinary and ongoing
> fight
> over 72 years for women to win the right to vote. However, the Equal Rights
> Amendment, first introduced in 1923, has still not been ratified by 2012,
> representing a continuous struggle of 87 years with no victory in sight. We
> believe that equality should be a given, and that all Greens must work
> toward that end. We are committed to increasing participation of women in
> politics, government and leadership so they can change laws, make
> decisions,
> and create policy solutions that affect and will improve women's lives, and
> we are building our party so that Greens can be elected to office to do
> this. In July 2002 the National Women's Caucus of the Green Party of the
> United States was founded to carry out the Party's commitment to women.
>
> We also support, and call on others to support, the many existing and
> ongoing efforts for women:
>
> Social Equality
> a.We support the equal application of the Constitution of the United States
> of America to all citizens, and therefore call for passage of the Equal
> Rights Amendment (ERA). We urge accelerated ratification by three or more
> of
> the remaining 15 states that are required to pass ERA into law and into the
> Constitution. We urge renewed efforts and campaigns to ratify the ERA. We
> support the Equal Rights Amendment reintroduced in the U.S. Congress, and
> support using the precedent of a three-state strategy for ratification.
>
>
> b.We call for equal representation of women in Congress instead of the
> current 17% in 2012.
>
>
> c.The Green Party calls for U.S. passage of CEDAW, the Convention on the
> Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women, which was adopted
> in 1979 by the U.N. General Assembly and ratified by 173 countries. The
> U.S.
> is one of the very few countries, and the only industrialized nation, that
> have not ratified it.
>
>
> d.The Equal Employment Opportunities Commission should actively investigate
> and prosecute sexual harassment complaints. Women who file complaints must
> not be persecuted and should be protected under federal and state law. We
> must enshrine in law the basic principle that women have the same rights as
> men, and promote gender equality and fairness in the work force to ensure
> that women receive equal pay for jobs of equal worth.
>
>
> e.We support the inclusion of an equal number of women and men in peace
> talks and negotiations, not only because these efforts directly affect
> their
> lives and those of their husbands, children and families, but also because
> when women are involved, the negotiations are more successful.
>
>
>
> Reproductive Rights
>
> Women's rights must be protected and expanded to guarantee each woman's
> right as a full participant in society, free from sexual harassment, job
> discrimination or interference in the intensely personal choice about
> whether to have a child.
>
> Women's right to control their bodies is non-negotiable. It is essential
> that the option of a safe, legal abortion remains available. The
> "morning-after" pill must be affordable and easily accessible without a
> prescription, together with a government-sponsored public relations
> campaign
> to educate women about this form of con-
>
> traception. Clinics must be accessible and must offer advice on
> contraception and the means for contraception; consultation about abortion
> and the performance of abortions, and; abortion regardless of age or
> marital
> status.
>
> We endorse women's right to use contraception and, when they choose, to
> have
> an abortion. This right cannot be limited to women's age or marital status.
> Contraception and abortion must be included in all health insurance
> policies
> in the U.S., and any state government must be able to legally offer these
> services free of charge to women at the poverty level. Public health
> agencies operating abroad should be allowed to offer family planning,
> contraception, and abortion in all countries that ask for those services.
> We
> oppose our government's habit of cutting family planning funds when those
> funds go to agencies in foreign countries that give out contraceptive
> devices, offer advice on abortion, and perform abortions.
>
> We encourage women and men to prevent unwanted pregnancies. It is the
> inalienable right and duty of every woman to learn about her body and to be
> aware of the phases of her menstrual cycle, and it is the duty for every
> man
> to be aware of the functions and health of his and his partner's bodies.
> This information is necessary for self-determination, to make informed
> decisions, and to prevent unintended consequences. Unplanned conception
> takes control away from individuals and makes them subject to external
> controls. The "morning-after" pill and option of a safe and legal abortion
> need to remain available.
>
> Economic Equality
>
> Since, nationally, women earn only 77% of men's wages for equal work,
> despite outnumbering men in the workforce and despite the U.S. 1963 Equal
> Pay Act, we support intensified effort to see this unfair gap closed,
> including support for the Paycheck Fairness Act and similar legislation,
> and
> greater effort at enforcement.
>
> Single mothers are the largest and most severely impoverished group in the
> United States, which explains why 22% of the children in our country live
> below the poverty line. Welfare reform has forced mothers to abandon their
> children while they travel to work at minimum wage jobs. With the extreme
> pay inequity, single mothers cannot afford child care, nurture their
> children, and move out of poverty.
>
> The Green Party supports real reforms to end poverty and return dignity and
> opportunity to all mothers. We call for implementing innovative programs
> that work with the particular and special needs of motherhood. We also
> support other programs such as a universal
>
> basic income (known also as a guaranteed income or Citizen Dividend, as
> described in True Cost Pricing and Tax Fairness, IV. E.) that will provide
> for those who nurture the next generation - work that is of incalculable
> importance to our society.
>
> Violence and Oppression
>
> Language is often used as a weapon by those with power, and women have
> traditionally borne the brunt of inflicted injuries. Freedom of speech is
> vital to democracy. However, we believe that this freedom should not be
> used
> to perpetuate oppression and abuse.
>
> Violence against women is increasing nationwide. We must address the root
> cause of all violence even as we specifically address violence to women. We
> support stronger legislation, programs and enforcement. We also call for
> new
> dialog and re-thinking that can lead to better language, ideas and
> solutions. We urge that the term "domestic violence" be replaced by the
> term
> "violence," because "domestic violence" is not perceived as real violence,
> which leads to it not being treated legally and practically for the
> violence
> that it is. We urge that the term "sex work" not be used in relation to
> prostitution. With the increasing conflation of trafficking (the violent
> and
> illegal trafficking in women and girls for forced sex) with prostitution,
> it
> is impossible to know which is which, and what violence the term "sex work"
> is masking. No source in existence knows which forms of prostitution
> comprise forced sex and which comprise free will or choice prostitution.
> Forced sex is rape, and it is a crime. An increasing number of experts
> think
> the percentage of choice prostitution is very small, leaving the larger
> number of women exposed to serious and often fatal violence. Much of what
> is
> commonly called prostitution is actually sex trafficking by definition. The
> Green Party calls for a safer world for women and girls.
>
> The Green Party has zero tolerance for the illegal international
> trafficking
> in humans. Of the millions of humans trafficked worldwide, the large
> majority are women and children who are bought and sold as slaves. They are
> kept captive and in debt-bondage that can never be paid off. Most are sold
> over and over again for forced sex prostitution. Forced sex is rape and a
> serious crime. Some are forced to labor in agriculture, sweat shops,
> hotels,
> restaurants, domestic service and other forms of servitude. According to
> Human Rights Watch, in all cases coercive tactics - including deception,
> fraud, intimidation, isolation, threat and use of physical force, or debt
> bondage - are used to control women. Estimates of human trafficking in the
> U.S. vary greatly from 18,000 to 50,000 to over 100,000 with a worldwide
> estimate of 12.5 million, mostly women and children.
>
> The Green Party calls for new U.S. legislation relating to prostitution
> modeled on the Swedish law passed in 1999, now adopted by other countries
> and being considered by more, that has drastically reduced human
> trafficking
> and prostitution in Sweden. That law criminalizes the purchase of services
> from prostitutes, pimps and brothel keepers instead of criminalizing the
> prostitutes. The Green Party urges the U.S. to open dialogs and visit with
> Sweden as a step toward introducing legislation in the U.S. Congress to
> address the exploitation, violence and harm to women through prostitution.
>
> The Green Party supports all efforts to eradicate this extreme abuse of
> human rights, including but not limited to enforcement of existing laws and
> passage of tough new ones, punishing traffickers, aiding victims,
> increasing
> public awareness, reforming immigration laws, supporting existing programs
> and creating new ones.
>
> We support the State Department's annual Trafficking in Persons Report as
> an
> important document to begin to combat this abuse. We support and urge
> enforcement of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act (HR
> 3244) signed into law on October 28, 2000. This Act authorizes funding for
> the prevention of trade in human beings and for protecting victims. It
> gives
> the State Department a historic opportunity to create an office with the
> exclusive responsibility of ending traffic in humans and protecting the
> victims of this worldwide trade. We urge committed political support to
> achieve the cooperation of all different levels of government.
>
> The Green Party urges a more thorough dialog and understanding of violence
> against women and girls, including from prostitution and trafficking, that
> causes health and injury damage that seriously degrades their lives, even
> to
> death or premature death including from HIV, syphilis and many other
> diseases, as well as causing severe economic hardships. We call for
> solutions to this enormous problem that can result in awareness and the
> introduction of legislation in the U.S. Congress to address it.
>
> 2. Racial Discrimination
> a.The development of the United States has been marked by conflict over
> questions of race. Our nation was formed only after Native Americans were
> displaced. The institution of slavery had as its underpinnings the belief
> in
> white supremacy, which we as Greens condemn. In slavery's aftermath, people
> of color have borne the brunt of violence and discrimination. The Green
> Party unequivocally condemns these evils, which continue to be a social
> problem of paramount significance.
>
>
> b.The community of people of African ancestry whose family members were
> held
> in chattel slavery in what is now the United States of America have
> legitimate claims to reparations including monetary compensation for
> centuries of human rights violations, including the Transatlantic slave
> trade now recognized by the United Nations as a "crime against humanity."
> As
> our Nation has done in the past with respect to the Choctaw, the Lakota,
> the
> Lambuth, and more recently for Japanese Americans and the European Jewish
> community, reparations are now due to address the debt still owed to
> descendants of enslaved Africans.
>
>
> c.We commit to full and complete reparations to the African American
> community of this nation for the past four hundred plus years of genocide,
> slavery, land-loss, destruction of original identity and the stark
> disparities which haunt the present evidenced in unemployment statistics,
> substandard and inadequate education, higher levels of mortality including
> infant and maternal mortality and the practice of mass incarceration. We
> recognize that reparations are a debt (not charity) that is owed by our own
> and other nations and by the corporate institutions chartered under our
> laws
> to a collective of people. We believe that the leadership on the question
> of
> what our nation owes to this process of right ought to come from the
> African
> American community, whose right to self-determination and autonomy to chart
> the path to healing we fully recognize.
>
>
> d.We understand that until significant steps are taken to reverse the
> ongoing abuses; to end the criminalization of the Black and Brown
> communities, to eradicate poverty, to invest in education, health care and
> the restoration and protection of human rights, that it will be impossible
> to repair the continuing damage wrought by the ideology of white supremacy
> which permeates the governing institutions of our nation.
>
>
> e.While consensus is still evolving on what would constitute full and
> complete reparations, we support the following initial steps: We support
> the
> creation of a claim of action and a right to recover inherited wealth and
> other profits accumulated from the slave trade for the benefit of a
> reparations trust fund. We will initiate the repeal of the slave clauses
> that survive today in the U.S. Constitution. We will work to restore lands
> stolen through a variety of tactics including: violence, terrorism and the
> discriminatory access to operating capital that together has robbed black
> farmers and the broader community of their lands. We support the release of
> all political prisoners held by the USA. It is time that the political
> frame-ups, the prosecutorial misconduct and the racist application of
> police
> power that pass for justice in our country be buried and those victimized
> by
> these abuses of state power be given their lives back. We will support
> existing Historically Black Colleges and Universities, as well as new and
> existing Education and Development Funds.
>
>
> f.We support efforts to overcome the effects of over 200 years of racial
> discrimination.
>
>
> g.We call for an end to official support for any remaining symbols of
> slavery and specifically call for the removal of the Confederate battle
> flag
> from all government buildings.
>
>
> h.We condemn the practice of racial profiling by law enforcement agencies,
> which are guilty of stopping m torists, harassing individuals, or using
> unwarranted violence against suspects with no other justification than race
> or ethnic background.
>
>
> i.We favor strong measures to combat official racism in the forms of police
> brutality directed against people of color.
>
>
> j.We support effective enforcement of the Voting Rights Act, including
> language access to voting.
>
>
> k.We oppose discriminatory English-only pressure groups. We call for a
> national language policy that would encourage all citizens to be fluent in
> at least two languages. [See section K. Immigration / Emigration in this
> chapter]
>
>
> l.We strongly support the vigorous enforcement of civil-rights laws, the
> aggressive prosecution of hate crimes, and the strengthening of legal
> services for the poor.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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