2010 Platform

Table of Contents

Introduction

Democracy

Social Justice

Ecological Sustainability

Economic Justice & Sustainability

Committee Members | Documents | Platform as PDF

Green Party of the United States Platform 2010
as adopted by the Green National Committee

A Call to Action
Platform Preamble
10 Key Values

I. DEMOCRACY

A. Political Reform

B. Political Participation

C. Community

• Families and Children
• Alternative Community Service

D. Free Speech and Media Reform

E. Foreign Policy

• Peace and Disarmament
• A Real Road to Peace in the Middle East
• Trade
• Human Rights
• Women's Rights
• Puerto Rican Independence

F. Domestic Security

G. Demilitarization and Exploration of Space

II. SOCIAL JUSTICE

A. Civil Rights and Equal Rights

• Women's Rights
• Racial Discrimination
• Indigenous Peoples
• Justice for Native Hawaiians: Kanaka Maoli
• Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
• Rights of the Disabled
• Religious Freedom and Secular Equality
• Youth Rights
• GI and Veterans' Rights
• Consumer Protection

B. Environmental Justice

C. Economic Justice

D. Welfare: A Commitment to Ending Poverty

E. Education and the Arts

• Education
• The Arts

F. Health Care

• Universal Health Care
• AIDS / HIV

G. Labor

H. Criminal Justice

• Alternatives to Incarceration
• Prison Conditions, Prisoner Treatment and Parolees
• Criminal Justice Reform

I. Population

J. Immigration / Emigration

K. Housing and Homelessness

• Renters/Tenants' Rights
• Rent Control
• Preserve and Increase Affordable Housing Supply
• Fair Housing
• Measures to Address Homelessness

III. ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY

A. Climate Change

• Strong International Climate Treaty
• Economic Policy for a Safer Climate
• Repay Our Climate Debt
• More Efficiency and Conservation
• Clean, Green Energy and Jobs
• Clean, Green Agriculture

B. Energy

• Encourage Conservation and a Significant Decrease in our Energy Consumption, Institute National Energy Efficiency Standards
• Move Decisively to an Energy System Based on Solar, Wind, Geo-Thermal, Marine, and other Cleaner Renewable Energy Sources
• End the Use of Dirty and Dangerous Energy Sources
• Plan for Decentralized, Bio-Regional Electricity Generation and Distribution
• De-Carbonize and Re-Localize the Food System
• Electrify the Transportation Sysrtem
• Requirements for Eneergy Transistion

C. Nuclear Issues

D. Transportation

• Pedestrians and Bicyclists
• Mass Treansit
• Automobiles
• Air Travel
• Freight

E. Zero Waste, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

F. Clean Air / Greenhouse Effect / Ozone Depletion

G. Land Use

• Land Ownership and Property Rights
• Urban Land Use
• Rural Land Use
• Public Land Use

H. Water

I. Agriculture

J. Biological Diversity

K. Ethical Treatment of Animals

L. Forestry Practices

M. Ocean Protection

IV. ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY

A. Ecological Economics

B. Measuring Economic Progress - Economic Growth and the Steady-State Economy

C. Curbing Corporate Power

D. Livable Income

E. Fair Taxation

• Cut Taxes for Wage Workers
• Fair Taxes for Corporations and the Wealthy
• Eco-Taxes to Help Save the Planet
• Taxes for a Better, Healthier USA

F. Local Economic Development

G. Small Business and the Self-Employed

H. Work and Job Creation

I. Banking and Insurance Reform

• Banking Reform
• Monetary Reform (Greening the Dollar)
• Insurance Reform
• Broader Financial Industry Reforms

J. Pension Reform

K. Anti-trust Enforcement

L. Advanced Technology and Defense Conversion

• A peacetime technology-based economy
• Telecommunications
• Open Source Software
• Nanotechnology

M. National Debt

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