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A New Green Program

The G/GPUSA Green Congress this year has two goals with respect to the Green Program:
  1. A comprehensive re-write of the Green Program, most of which was adopted in 1990 and much of which is outdated.

Submissions should be sent to the office address at the top of this page.

Submissions can be detailed drafts of program language designed to fit the proposed format or simply comments and suggestions.

We also encourage suggestions of people who we should solicit contributions from for particular issues.

The rest of this call outlines:
  • The conceptual outline of the program.
  • How the Green Program Working Group will facilitate the program drafting process.
  • A topical outline of the areas the program should cover.

Green Program:

An introductory section will include:
  • Explanation of the role of the Green Program in our organization.
  • An analysis of the roots of social injustice and ecological crisis.
  • Perspectives on our strategy of social change.
  • Our general vision of a democratic, just, and ecological society.

Then each topical section will include:

  • An analysis of the issue.
  • The Green vision for this issue.
  • A list of our immediate policy demands.

Program working Group:

  • Will call for submissions from the G/GPUSA membership.
  • Invite activists on particular issues to make submissions.
  • Work the substance of submissions into a draft with a consistent style.
  • Complete its work according to the following timeline:

Topical Outline

This is a first draft outline of topics we propose to address. Submissions on other topics are welcome. The actual order and titles will develop around the material as it is submitted. The draft of the revised program is available here.

Introduction/Preamble

  • What's wrong?
    • Economic inequality.
    • Ecological destruction.
    • Erosion of civil liberties.
    • Militarism, etc.;
  • Democratic administration's role.
  • Democratic and Republican bi-partisanship on behalf of corporate rule.
  • The roots of social injustice and ecological crisis.
  • Strategies for Social Change.
  • Independent politics.
  • Combining electoral and direct action.
  • People's power vs. corporate power.
  • The Green Vision - freedom, equality, community, peace, sustanability...

Grassroots Democracy

  • Constitutional Reforms
  • Citizens Assemblies
  • Community Federalism and Decentralization
  • Election Reforms
    • Fair Ballot Access
    • Proportional Representation
    • Public Campaign Financing
    • Party Democracy

Economic Bill of Rights

  • The Right to a Guaranteed Adequate Income.
  • The Right to a Job.
  • The Right to a Living Wage.
  • The Right to Affordable Housing.
  • The Right to Health Care.
  • The Right to Child Care.
  • The Right to Education.
  • The Right to Recreation.
  • The Right to Competent Legal Representation.
  • The Right to Organize Labor Unions.
  • The Right to Organize Democratic Enterprises.
  • The Right to a Citizens Dividend.

Economic Justice

  • Citizens Dividend
  • Comparable Worth
  • Progressive Fiscal Policies
  • Progressive Monetary Policies
  • Price Stability Incentives
  • Fair Trade through Social Tariffs
  • International Capital Flow Controls
  • Worker Control of Pension Funds

Progressive Tax Reform

  • Fiscal Federalism: Revenue Sharing for State and Local Tax Relief
  • Income Tax Simplicity and Progressivity
  • Maximum Income
  • End Corporate Welfare
  • Eliminate Regressive Payroll Taxes
  • Wealth Tax
  • Inheritance Tax
  • Stock and Bond Transfer Tax
  • Currency Speculation Tax
  • Eco-Taxes

Economic Democracy

  • Anti-Trust Enforcement
  • Enterprise Democracy
  • Cooperatives
  • Consumer Organization
  • Democratize the Federal Reserve System
  • Democratize Economic Planning

Labor

  • Workers' Bill of Rights
  • Labor Law Reform
  • Fair Labor Standards

Affordable Housing

Universal Health Care

Good Public Education and Child Care

Sustainable Agriculture

  • Fair Price Supports
  • End Agribusiness Subsidies
  • Technical Assistance for Family Farmers, Farmworkers, and Sustainable
  • Agriculture
  • Agricultural Cooperatives
  • Farmworkers
  • A New Homestead Act
  • Subsidize Converstion to Organic Agriculture
  • Ban Transgenic Organisms and Patents on Life Forms

Environmental Protection

  • Air
  • Animal Welfare
  • Biodiversity
  • Forests
  • Genetic Engineering
  • Global Warming
  • Oceans
  • Water

Sustainable Technologies

  • Agriculture
  • Chemicals
  • Energy
  • Manufacturing
  • Tranportation
  • Waste

Social Justice

  • Affirmative Action
  • Civil Liberties
  • Civil Rights
  • Fair Immigration Policies

Human Rights

  • American Indian and Chicano Treaty Rights
  • Gay Marriage
  • Reparations for African Americans
  • Reproductive Freedom CRIMINAL JUSTICE
  • Abolish the Death Penalty
  • Citizen Review Boards
  • End the War on Drugs
  • Crackdown on White Collar Crime Legal Aid

Cultural Democracy

  • Arts
  • Media

    International Solidarity

  • Funding Basic Needs
  • Foreign Policy
  • Peace Conversion

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