[Platform] I remain without Elie's pieces , some planks so far

[Yarden]

Grace,
Deepest apologies, and thank you for needed reminder:
Here they are.

1.  Education

The sole concern of human education is the growth of individual 
consciousness and thus the freedom to be who one is in creating with 
others.   Education designed to reproduce existing social conditions is 
oppressive to persons and destructive to the earth.

2.  Respect fo the environment

Responsibility for all consequences must be assumed  whenever 
deliberate human activity disturbs existing ecological balances.  
Profits that derive from the looting of irreplaceable physical must be 
returned.  The economics of a steady state must replace the need bigger 
growth -- smart or otherwise.  In Massachusetts, let's begin to use our 
wealth to repair the environment; natural and man-made.

	(accompanying statement on genome engineering.)
Self-replicating life forms, however fabricated remain in nature, and 
are not property, intellectual or other.  Every imposition of life 
forms manufactured by recombinant genetic technology shall  require the 
informed consent of all who may have to deal with the ecological 
consequences.

3.  Equal marriage rights

Privileges limited by the government to a selected group of persons, 
once extended to all persons cannot be withdrawn by any electoral 
majority without the consent of those affected.  The status and 
privileges conferred by marriage must be available to all.  Marriage is 
a social institution.

Peace,
Elie



On Sunday, February 19, 2006, at 12:09 PM, Gracegrnrnbw at aol.com wrote:

> hi, everyone -
>
> I want to apologize for not getting this done by Saturday as promised. 
>   I
> remain without Elie's peices so I waited (Elie -please type up and 
> send ASAP).
>
> I have merged and somewhat editted most of the planks.   I have three 
> more to
> go.   The ones that I got as far as I think I promised are posted 
> below.
> Education is clearly still too long.   Good editors out there can 
> perhaps cut
> back others as well without loosing content?
>
> Thanks, Grace (others to follow tonight hopefully!)
>
> Done for Now
> * Healthcare is a right. The Green-Rainbow Party supports universal
> single-payer healthcare including dental care, abortions, all 
> medications, and
> non-mainstream therapies.   Medical decisions should be made by 
> patients and
> practitioners not by bureaucrats, and money should go to treatment not 
> to corporate
> profit.
>
> * The Green-Rainbow Party is part of a movement to abolish poverty in
> Massachusetts and worldwide. We support economic human rights 
> including living wages
> for all jobs and a guaranteed minimum income.
>
> * The Green-Rainbow Party strongly supports equal marriage rights for 
> same
> sex couples.   Gays, lesbians, bi-sexual, and transgendered people 
> should not be
> discriminated against in any area.   The Green-Rainbow Party supports
> economic human rights, open immigration, and the legalization of 
> communal households
> so that people won't be trapped into marriages by financial or legal
> necessity.
>
> * Government should be more democratic, responsive to the concerns of
> minorities and to people of diverse backgrounds, less centralized and 
> bureaucratic,
> and should not be controlled by corporate interests. Green-Rainbow 
> Party
> supports government-funded clean elections, best choice/instant runoff 
> voting,
> proportional representation and a multi-party system.
>
> * The tax system should be used to reduce wealth inequality and to 
> make sure
> that everyone's basic economic needs are met. The Green-Rainbow Party 
> seeks to
> establish a truly progressive and comprehensive income tax or wealth 
> tax,
> while phasing out regressive taxes (such as property taxes on humble 
> residences
> and sales taxes), fees and the lottery as sources of public funding.
>
> * Housing is a right, The Green-Rainbow Party supports all programs 
> that
> would make decent housing a reality for all people.   We support rent 
> control,
> appropriation of unused buildings to be used for housing, sufficient 
> funding for
> universal affordable while phasing out shelters.
>
> * The Green-Rainbow Party supports workers rights including the right 
> to
> organize, living wages for all, and a shorter work-week.   We support 
> policies
> that increase worker-run businesses and non-profit businesses that 
> function based
> on a broader social view rather than providing corporate profits to 
> the few
> at the expense of the rest of us.
>
> * The Green-Rainbow Party supports immediate full implementation of 
> equal
> rights for all immigrants in Massachusetts regardless of citizenship 
> or visa
> status. They should have the right to vote and to enjoy all benefits, 
> rights and
> privileges that native-born citizens are entitled to, including 
> accessing
> public programs, drivers' licenses and higher education.
>
> * Free public education should be available to everyone at every 
> educational
> level; it should be funded on an equal per-student basis, except 
> low-income
> communities should receive additional affirmative action funding, 
> through a
> system of statewide progressive taxation.   At the same time 
> democratic local
> control of curriculum and standards should be maintained and 
> strengthened.
> Green-Rainbow Party opposes mandated graduation requirements including 
> standardized
> testing such as the MCAS which discriminate against children with 
> disabilities,
> low-income children, children of color, especially immigrant children.
>
> * The Green-Rainbow Party supports greatly expanded public 
> transportation
> which is more frequent, free or with lower fares, and runs as much as 
> possible on
> non-petroleum fuels; government subsidies for the oil industry, 
> building of
> roads over public transportation and private automobiles should be 
> phased out,
> so that low-income people as well as everyone else will be able to 
> travel as
> needed and we reduce our society's reliance on highly-polluting and r
> esource-using private automobiles.
>
>
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