Bill of Rights
The Socialist Party is committed to the rights of free speech, free press, free assembly, freedom of religious choice through the separation of church and state, the freedom of personal privacy, and the right to a safe and healthy environment.
The Socialist Party recognizes the right of all people to equal treatment under the law, and to a humane criminal sanction system based on prevention, restitution, and rehabilitation rather than vengeance, forced labor, and profits for the prison-industrial complex.
Human Rights
Human Needs
Political Structure
Agriculture
Animal Rights
Environment
Labor
Economics
Civil Rights
"War on Terrorism"
Foreign Policy
The Socialist Party is committed to the rights of free speech, free press, free assembly, freedom of religious choice through the separation of church and state, the freedom of personal privacy, and the right to a safe and healthy environment.
- We call for the abolition of the covert operations of the Central Intelligence Agency and of the political activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- We oppose so-called anti-terrorist measures and criminal code reforms that restrict legitimate dissent.
- We call for an unconditional amnesty program for undocumented people who should be accorded the same civil rights that other members of society possess.
- We defend the rights of immigrants to housing, education, health care, jobs, and civil, legal, and political rights.
- We call for the abolition of the death penalty.
The Socialist Party recognizes the right of all people to equal treatment under the law, and to a humane criminal sanction system based on prevention, restitution, and rehabilitation rather than vengeance, forced labor, and profits for the prison-industrial complex.
- We call for free, quality, legal and court services with skilled and experienced attorneys of choice for all.
- We call for the prosecution of the criminal activities of politicians, corporate managers, and other privileged individuals rather than the over-enforcement of minor infractions by working class individuals.
- We call for the expansion of community release programs and other alternatives to prisons, and for a moratorium on new prison construction.
- We call for support services for prisoners and prisoners’ families to reduce ostracism, maintain family ties, and provide for non-degrading visitation policies.
- We call for Citizen Oversight Boards for police departments, with full investigative powers regarding police brutality.
- We call for community response services for crime victims.
- We support federal buyout programs for arms, federal safety standards and licensing for gun ownership, and prohibiting weapons whose sole purpose is not hunting or self-protection.
- We call for the decriminalization of victimless crimes including substance abuse, and the decriminalization of marijuana.
Human Rights
Human Needs
Political Structure
Agriculture
Animal Rights
Environment
Labor
Economics
Civil Rights
"War on Terrorism"
Foreign Policy