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Green Party of the United States
Platform 2004
As adopted at the National Nominating Convention
Milwaukee, Wisconsin - June, 2004
Table of Contents
About the Green Party
INTRODUCTION
A Call to Action
Platform Preamble
10 KEY VALUES
I. DEMOCRACY
A. Political Reform
B. Political Participation
C. Community
D. Foreign Policy
1. Foreign Policy - Peace and Disarmament
2. A Real Road to Peace in the Middle East
3. Foreign Policy - Trade
E. Domestic Security
F. Demilitarization and Exploration of Space
II. SOCIAL JUSTICE
A. Civil Rights and Equal Rights
1. Women's Rights
2. Racial Discrimination
3. Indigenous Peoples
4. Justice for Native Hawaiians: Kanaka Maoli
5. Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
6. Rights of the Disabled
7. Religious Freedom and Secular Equality
8. Youth Rights
9. Veterans' Rights
10. Consumer Protection
11. War on Terrorism
B. Environmental Justice
C. Economic Justice / Social Safety Net
D. Welfare: A Commitment to Ending Poverty
E. Education and the Arts
1. Education
2. The Arts
F. Health Care
1. Universal Health Care
2. AIDS / HIV
G. Labor
H. Criminal Justice
I. Population
J. Free Speech and Media Reform
K. Immigration / Emigration
L. Housing and Homelessness
III. ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY
A. Energy
B. Nuclear Issues
C. Transportation
D. Waste Management
E. Clean Air / Greenhouse Effect / Ozone Depletion
F. Land Use and Sustainable Cities
1. Land Ownership and Property Rights
2. Urban Land Use
3. Natural Resource Management
G. Water
H. Agriculture
I. Biological Diversity
J. Ethical Treatment of Animals
K. Forestry Practices
L. Ocean Protection
IV. ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY
A. Ecological Economics
B. Measuring Economic Progress - Economic Growth and the Steady-State Economy
C. Citizen Control Over Corporations
D. Livable Income
E. True Cost Pricing and Tax Fairness
1. True Cost Pricing
2. Fair Taxation
F. Community Economic Involvement
G. Small Business and the Self-Employed
H. Work and Job Creation
I. Banking and Insurance Reform
J. Pension Reform
K. Anti-trust Enforcement
L. Advanced Technology and Defense Conversion
M. National Debt
Index