That's how it always happens. Maybe we should have a new posting guideling...no posting before the first cup coffee. LOL!
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Posted on 12/11/2003 4:27:09 AM PST by Jaysun
I took some time to examine the stance taken by the Democratic Party on a variety of issues in comparison to the stance taken by the Socialist Party USA. I was looking for a confirmation to what most of us already believe - what I found sent chills down my spine. I’ve listed the issues separately below so as to avoid being monotonous to those who may only be interested in select issues. The direct link to each individual statement is also provided. Also note the Communist Party USA goals at the end of this article.
ABORTION - Socialist Party USA The Socialist Party recognizes that a struggle against habitual male dominance and patriarchy must go hand in hand with any struggle against capitalism. Therefore, we pledge our opposition to all forms of sexism, and demand equality for women in all aspects of life. We support the rights of all women to birth control information and supplies, and to all reproductive health services -- including abortion. http://sp-usa.org/statements/20021116-roevwade.html
ANTI-WAR (Iraq) - Socialist Party USA They cynically expect that you will put your morals aside and let war crimes be committed in your name. They think you're scared and ignorant enough to go along with anti-Arab racism. They think you can be hoodwinked into giving up your Constitutional rights for the illusion of security. Prove them wrong. Join us in resisting the war. http://sp-usa.org/statements/20020921-iraq.html
ANTI-WAR (Afghanistan) - Socialist Party USA The Socialist Party USA stands in complete outrage at the actions of the U.S. Government to bomb Kabul and other cities and towns in Afghanistan. This retribution is not and cannot be just. Instead this military aggression will only lead to more violence; endless cycles of retribution and war will again be in all our lives; innocent people will die; and we will be no better than the September 11 hijackers. Never in history has peace been obtained through war. We join socialists, anti-war and peace organizations, labor unions and all others worldwide in declaring our firm and passionate opposition to policies and actions that lead to war. The people of Afghanistan have never been, and will never be, our enemy. http://sp-usa.org/statements/20011007-afghanistan.html
DEATH PENELTY - Socialist Party USA The death penalty is wrong. It is no less wrong, now that convicted terrorist Timothy McVeigh is about to be executed. The Socialist Party USA stands against the death penalty, no matter to whom it is applied. This is not a new position. http://sp-usa.org/statements/20010417-mcveigh.html
MIDDLE EAST (against Israel) - Socialist Party USA The new wave of bloodshed in the Middle East has its starting point in Israel's occupation of Palestinian lands. The Socialist Party calls for the immediate cessation of all aid to Israel, including the sale of military equipment of any kind. U.S. aid has been used by Israel to fashion one of the most powerful military machines in the world. The U.S. government's complicity with the Israeli occupations should end now. http://sp-usa.org/statements/20001022-middleeast.html
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS - Socialist Party USA WHEREAS in the same document our party states clearly that “We defend the rights of immigrants to housing, education, health care, jobs, and civil, legal, and political rights. http://sp-usa.org/statements/20030817-iwfr.html
HEALTH CARE - Socialist Party USA The Socialist Party stands for socialized medicine-- a health care system based on universal coverage, salaried doctors and health care workers, and revenues derived from a graduated income tax. http://www.votesocialist.org/platform/plat2.html
HOUSING - Socialist Party USA The Socialist Party recognizes the right of all people to high quality, low cost housing. We call for large scale public investment in the construction of low cost, scattered site, community-based, high-quality housing. We call for rent control for all rental units, and the right of tenants to organize. We support the formation of housing cooperatives and nonprofit land trusts, the adoption of advanced and cost-cutting technology in building, and the rehabilitation and weatherization of existing housing. http://www.votesocialist.org/platform/plat2.html
PUBLIC EDUCATION - Socialist Party USA The Socialist Party recognizes the right of students of all ages to a free, quality education in a safe and supportive environment, and of all school employees to good wages, benefits, and working conditions. We call for full and equal funding of public education, for free tuition at the post-secondary level, and for an end to all public funding and subsidizing of private schools. We call for fewer students per teacher. We call for vigorous affirmative action programs so that each public institution of higher education reflects the community at large in terms of race/ethnicity, gender, and economic background. http://www.votesocialist.org/platform/plat2.html
ENVIRONMENT - Socialist Party USA The Socialist Party recognizes that the mechanisms in capitalism that oppress and alienate humans are the same mechanisms that destroy the environment. We support a policy of no clear cutting in commercial forestry, a ban on commercial cutting in old-growth forests, and an environmentally sound timber policy that takes into account the historical ecology of the region. We oppose nuclear power projects and call for the immediate decommissioning of all nuclear power plants, a ban on the export of nuclear technology, and any efforts to use nuclear technology in space. http://sp-usa.org/about/platform/environment.html
ANIMAL RIGHTS - Socialist Party USA We call for the banning of the fur trade. We support greater inclusion and enforcement of the Endangered Species Act. We call for a ban on animal experimentation for product development, and support products that are not tested on animals. We oppose factory-farming practices of over-crowding, drugging, and otherwise cruelly treating animals, practices that are inhumane and that impair the quality of the food thus produced. http://sp-usa.org/about/platform/animal-rights.html
LABOR UNIONS - Socialist Party USA We support efforts to organize all workers, particularly workers in the service industries, enlisted personnel in the Armed Forces, and the difficult to organize (including students, home workers, homeless people, prison inmates, and the unemployed). We support militant, united labor action including secondary strikes and boycotts. We support the right of first-time and part-time workers to full benefits. We call for the repeal of all repressive labor legislation such as the Hatch Act, the Taft-Hartley Act, the Landrum-Griffin Act, and all the so-called "right-to-work" laws. http://sp-usa.org/about/platform/labor.html
ECONOMICS - We oppose balancing the federal budget at the expense of funding basic human services. We call for a National Pension Authority to hold the assets of private pension funds, and a levy against corporate assets for any pension fund deficits. We call for increased unemployment compensation. We support a program of massive federal investment in both urban and rural areas for infrastructure reconstruction and economic development. We call for the elimination of subsidies and tax breaks that benefit corporations and wealthy households at the expense of working people. We support the use of any federal budget surplus on human services rather than tax cuts that will only benefit the rich. (one of my personal favorites). http://sp-usa.org/about/platform/economics.html
COMMUNIST PARTY USA. I’d like to end with some of the stated goals of the Communist Party USA. Once again, the Communist and the Democrats are virtually impossible to tell apart: *Raise the minimum wage to $12 an hour. *No privatization of Social Security. Increase benefits. *Universal health care system. *Restore social safety net. Welfare reform that includes job training, supports and living wages. *Full funding for equal, quality, bi-lingual public education. No vouchers. *Repeal tax cuts to the rich and corporations. *Strong regulation of financial industry. *Prosecute corporate polluters. Public works program to clean our air, water and land. *Aid to cities and states. Federally funded infrastructure repair and social service programs. *No to war with Iraq - End military interventions. *Cut military budget and fund human needs. *End racial profiling. *Repeal the death penalty. *Enforce civil rights laws and affirmative action. *Repeal USA Patriot Act. *Legalization and protection of immigrant’s rights. http://www.cpusa.org/article/static/511/#question29
I won’t bore you with a lot of unsolicited commentary about what I’ve just posted. However, I will say that I am literally astounded at how the Democrats mirror the Socialist on every single issue that comes to mind. This further enforces why we must eliminate the current agenda of the Democratic Party. Let us return to debating reasonable things with reasonable people - and not debating on issues that decide whether or not America and freedom will even continue to exist. Please feel free to distribute this as you wish. Thanks - Jaysun
Illbay? Is that you?
One more and I'll give it a rest ...I suspect that MoveOn.org is a front for the Communist Party USA since the CPUSA [used to] link MoveOn.org's website at the TOP LEFT of their home page. They have since removed that link. However, I see now that CPUSA links to MoveOn.org here:
CPUSA/MoveOn.org Anti-war Activism.
Here are the CPUSA and MoveOn.org links, and other related stories/links:Communist Party USA
MoveOn.org
09-19-2003
The Communist Party Is Alive and Well -
Cheering Democrat Legislators On MoveOn.Org08-26-2003
MoveOn.org Aiding Fugitive Texas Democrats (Update!)
08-25-2003
Costs for Democrat exiles may hit $400,000 -
MoveOn.org, DNC, Texas 'RAT Party raise funds for them
08-21-2003
MoveOn.Org Supporting the Texas Chicken D's -
Letter from Senator Rodney Ellis
And while it may be a political move, Bush has said he will renew the "assault weapons" ban, which puts the head of the GOP in favor of gun control.
And the GOP has passed the largest spending bills in the last two years that have ever passed.
And they expanded Big Government by creatinhg a whole new federal department that wasn't needed.
$15 billion promised to pay for AIDS treatments in Africa.
The Kennedy Education bill.
Don't get me wrong - I enjoy the meager tax cuts they've approved. Temporary meager tax breaks.
But there's not much separating them from the jackasses on the other side of the aisle.
LOL ! ...
Thank you, sir ! I certainly will ! ...
It's TIME some others caught on!
Oh! BTW. Welcome aboard!
Except when used against innocent infants and disabled adults. Oh yeah, and if you had the misfortune of being born to a mother or father who couldn't help themselves when they killed you.
Education: Bush let's Ted Kennedy write the Education Bill
Health Care: Bush signs Medicare Prescription Drug Bill
Immigration: Tom Ridge just announced his support for legalizing illegal immigration.
Enviroment: Bush signs ban on drilling offshore Florida and there is still no drilling in ANWR.
Read: "“We defend the rights of immigrants believe that criminal aliens should be given the right to invade our borders and be provided to with housing, education, health care,and jobs, all at the expense of the evil American taxpayer and those who horde American jobs for themselves and that civil, legal, and political rights criminal aliens should have the right to sue any American who inconveniences them in any way."
Oh just what we need....panhandlers' and criminals' unions. Yeah, that'll work.
That's how it always happens. Maybe we should have a new posting guideling...no posting before the first cup coffee. LOL!
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