Substantially decrease the number of juvenile's assigned to each judge and caseworker to oversee each juvenile's placement and progress in the juvenile justice system. Allocate adequate funding to support community-based programs that provide out-patient medical services, case management services and counseling programs. The differently abled should participate fully in the allocation decisions of state rehabilitation departments' funds. We will work to restore lands stolen through a variety of tactics including: violence, terrorism and the discriminatory access to operating capital that together has robbed black farmers and the broader community of their lands. It is essential that the option of a safe, legal abortion remains available. Increase teacher training in regard to the needs of differently abled students. Our members across the country are demanding that Congress enact sensible gun control legislation that will help safeguard people from mindless mass killings. Encourage voter registration and voter participation among homeless people. Instead of further victimizing the victims of corporate globalization, create real opportunities and raise labor standards for all! Young people should have input into the direction and pace of their own education, including input into the operation of their educational institutions. Prohibit the widespread practice of price gouging against women and the poor. Instead of providing funding to increase affordable housing, amount of funds dedicated to this purpose is decreasing. There are similar differences among people in different types of communities in views of allowing teachers and school officials to carry guns in K-12 schools. Diversity in arts education in the schools including age-specific hands-on activities and appreciative theoretical approaches, exposure to the arts of various cultures and stylistic traditions, and experiences with a variety of media, techniques and contents. We further believe that the dangerous burden of fighting the unnecessary wars in the Middle East, due to the administration's overly narrow and militaristic response to terrorism is disproportionately borne by families of lesser means. The Green Party demands justice for Kanaka Maoli. Even fewer Americans support shortening waiting periods for buying guns legally (36%). About eight-in-ten Black adults (82%) say gun violence is a very big problem - by far the largest share of any racial or ethnic group. Creation of a repository for the latest peer reviewed theories, studies, and findings, and to facilitate sharing among research laboratories, schools and universities, medical centers, and public health facilities that would be accessible for common good rather than kept proprietary for profit. PO Box 75075, Washington, DC 20013[emailprotected]202.319.7191. Free all non-violent incarcerated prisoners of the drug war. Economists estimate that legalization of the undocumented immigrant population would increase the immigrants earnings and consumption considerably, and increase U.S. gross domestic product. Our law enforcement priorities place too much emphasis on drug-related and petty, non-violent crimes, and not enough on prosecution of corporate, white collar, and environmental crime. The only mention of gun control in the Green Party platform, which is 65 pages long, is this: Thoughtful, carefully considered gun control such as is contained in the Brady Bill (1993). There is also the economic side effect due to the high cost of these life-saving medications. Today, Americas public school system faces a different set of challenges. A call for open dialogue among all residents of Hawai'i on the sovereignty option of full independence. This will further intensify the human rights disaster our immigration policy has become, as well as seriously harm border ecosystems. Junk food is defined as food or beverages that are relatively high in saturated or trans fat, added sugars or salt, and relatively low in vitamins, minerals, protein and fiber. Ban the use of mandatory arbitration clauses in consumer contracts, which companies use to shunt consumers into anti-consumer and unfair dispute resolution processes. The Green Party has zero tolerance for the illegal international trafficking in humans. Expand the application of the precautionary principle from chemicals and health to land use, waste, energy, food policy and local economic development. Enact and enforce strong penalties for landlords who violate these rights. These horrific attacks show that our communities are too vulnerable to this type of senseless violence. All human beings have the right to a life that will let them achieve their full potential. Greens oppose the increasingly widespread privatization of prisons. When funds are spent in other areas, immigrants are being deprived of benefits that they earn as productive workers in their communities. Support increased funding for additional clinics to provide services which now are too often delayed or denied throughout the Veterans Affairs system because of over crowding and budget constraints. Funds must be allocated for expanded scientific research into safer and more effective birth control techniques and devices. Conduct racial and ethnic disparity impact studies for new and existing categories of offenses. Thoughtful, carefully considered gun control such as is contained in the Brady Bill (1993). The Green Party stands firmly for social justice for all living in this country regardless of immigration status. Gun owners and non-gun owners hold different views about who should be able to legally own guns, where guns should legally be permitted, and what types of guns should be legally available. Roll Call, Mar. We advocate an end to employer sanctions, which have been shown to hurt not only undocumented workers but also U.S.-born workers (especially those of color). However, we believe that this freedom should not be used to perpetuate oppression and abuse. Increased public education in transmission prevention which includes funding for the purchase and distribution of condoms, gloves, dams, and needles & syringes. Uphold the precautionary principle, requiring polluters to bear the burden of proof in demonstrating the safety of their practices. Implement and fully-fund restorative justice programs as an alternative to suspension and police referral. I agree, but gun control isn't directly related to the Green movement, and you don't change hearts and minds with 30 years of less than 3% support. The Green Party shall strive to secure universal and effective recognition and observance of the principles and spirit expressed in the United National Universal Declaration of Human Rights as an international standard that all nations must meet. We support legal, political, and grassroots efforts by, and on behalf of, Native Americans to protect their traditions, rights, livelihoods, and sacred spaces. The share saying almost all types of guns should be legally available (36%) is higher among gun owners as well. must end. Teach non-violent conflict resolution and humane education at all levels of education. Employers have a responsibility to protect workers from those hazards. Instead, the focus on employers must be to vigorously enforce our wage and labor laws. The Green Party believes that this failure to invest in research for a cure is because mainstream society has the belief that contracting HIV is self-inflicted by "sinful" or "illegal" behavior. Decrease the student-teacher ratio in classrooms and increase the number of counselors, nurses, librarians and social workers. Labor's right to stock ownership and oversight of the investment of its own funds in the company where it works. More than 50 million Americans have no medical insurance coverage. Green Party adopts sensible gun control policy Zac Kurylyk in Politics on May 10, 2022 Canada's federal Green Party seems poised to move towards sensible, evidence-based firearms regulations, with the party recently approving the "Safe and Accountable Firearms Ownership and Usage" policy proposal. Promote programs, policies, and legislation that build the capacity to identify disproportionate or discriminatory siting of polluting or toxic facilities. Millions of lives will be saved or lost depending on the strength of our consumer protection laws. Our public schools, from kindergarten through college, are forced to cut back countless programs and services. Legalize possession, sale, and cultivation of cannabis/marijuana. Instead, the focus on employers must be to vigorously enforce our wage and labor laws. When communities are stressed by poverty, violence and despair, our ability to meet the challenges of the post industrial age are critically impaired. We emphasize that when guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have them. We stand with whistleblowers, who are often the public's best protection against corporate crime, fraud and waste. Due to current laws millions of adults that were adopted as children are now being denied access to vital records regarding their births. U.S. Defend and expand cities' right to enact local rent control laws, including vacancy control/recontrol, that fit the needs of their communities. Every citizen must have the leverage necessary to become a productive member of the economy and the society in which we live. We support the full enforcement of the Americans with Disabilities Act to enable all people with disabilities to achieve independence and function at the highest possible level. No mandated testing. This gap increases further among gun owners: About as many gun owners who want less strict laws (19%) have contacted officials in the last year as owners who want stricter laws have ever contacted officials (20%). We support the release of all political prisoners held by the USA. More commonly, the greatest lives that are at stake are those of our black, brown, LGBTQIA?+ and disabled, including those with mental health issues when it comes to crimes against persons at the hands of the police. Today, nearly one out of ten workers involved in union organizing drives is illegally fired by employers who wage a campaign of fear, threats, and slick propaganda to keep workers from exercising a genuinely free choice. To ensure a livable income for all people, we support additional measures such as implementing a universal basic income [see Chapter IV, Section D, of this platform for more information]. The federal minimum wage for all workers should be indexed to inflation and adjusted regularly to ensure all workers nationwide continue to receive a living wage. Reduce wait lists and make the system work more efficiently: current numeric caps on immigrant visas must be increased. By Marcie Young. Establish elected or appointed independent civilian re-view boards with subpoena power to investigate complaints about prison guard and community police behavior. Incentivize "grow your own teacher" programs in oppressed communities with targeted recruitment during high school, federal grants and loan forgiveness and mentoring. The Green Party is opposed to efforts to force undocumented youth into becoming cannon fodder for the U.S. military as the price for legal status. No person should be permitted to sign away eight years of their life to the armed forces, without full written disclosure of what is expected of them and what they can expect in return from the government. Anything less would be inconsistent with our Green Values, and with our nations values.The Green Party strives for a world in which persons can freely choose to live in and work in any country they desire. Establishment of a National Health Trust Fund that would channel all current Federal payments for health care programs directly into the Fund, in addition to employees' health premium payments. Americans also differ about who should be able to own guns, where guns should be legally permitted and what types of guns should be legally available. Undocumented immigrants boost Americas economic growth and raise the general productivity of American workers by providing much-needed skills. But when interaction with the government is limited to the English speaking, persons are put at additional risk of exploitation. The Green Party recognizes that our nation's ostensibly color-blind systems of law enforcement and crime control, from police practices to prosecutorial prerogatives, to mandatory sentencing and zero-tolerance have effectively constituted an ubiquitous national policy of racially selective mass incarceration, a successor to Jim Crow as a means of social control, a policy that must be publicly discussed, widely recognized, and ultimately reversed. The bottom 20% of American senior citizens get roughly 80% of their income from Social Security, and without Social Security, nearly 70% of black elderly and 60% of Latino elderly households would be in poverty. Consider forms of restitution to victims. We must recognize that there cannot be any true solutions to the conflicts created by immigration until we are able to organize globally to overcome the power of multinational corporations, which are engaged in an unending campaign to drive down workers living standards everywhere. E.) that will provide for those who nurture the next generation work that is of incalculable importance to our society. We oppose our government's habit of cutting family planning funds when those funds go to agencies in foreign countries that give out contraceptive devices, offer advice on abortion, and perform abortions. The Green Party strives for a world in which persons can freely choose to live in and work in any country they desire. A majority of Americans (64%) say most people should be able to legally own guns, but some people should not. Establish a panel of independent medical doctors to examine and oversee the military policies regarding forced vaccinations and shots, especially with experimental drugs. to creating expanded access to music, arts, sciences and languages as mandatory, academic subjects. Reduce wait lists and make the system work more efficiently: current numeric caps on immigrant visas must be increased. The New Democratic Party barely mentions gun control in its 2021 platform. Increase compensation for jurors and provide childcare for those serving jury duty. We condemn the stance of secrecy taken by the Atomic Energy Commission during this era and its subsequent claim of government immunity, taken knowingly and immorally at the expense of Native people. Agricultural and other excluded workers must be covered by federal labor laws, except where existing state laws offer more protection. The current system of quotas and preferences has to be thoroughly and realistically reformed. On several issues, there are wide differences between Republican and Democratic gun owners and even larger differences between members of both parties who do not own guns. No permanent replacement of striking workers. International cooperation and solidarity among labor organizations, to advance the rights of labor and raise such living standards globally, are essential to combat this trend. We also call for the immediate dismantling of the border wall. The Green Party strongly believes that quality of life is determined not only by material aspects that can be measured and counted, but also by elements that cannot be quantified. Regimes of high-stakes standardized testing and the wholesale diversion of resources away from public schools are provoking crises for which the bipartisan corporate consensus recommends school closings, dissolution of entire school districts and replacement by unaccountable, profit-based charter schools. Additionally, the partys platform seeks an extension of background checks to all private sales of firearms. Insist that the military halt the practice of testing experimental medicines and inoculations on service members without their consent. Does the Green Party . As the richest nation in history, we should not condemn millions of children to a life of poverty, while corporate welfare is increased to historic highs. Local policing functions should be totally separate from immigration enforcement. Prisons should be the sentence of last resort, reserved for violent criminals. Minimize isolation of prisoners from staff and one another only as needed for safety. New union members' right to submit a first contract to binding arbitration at the request of the union. Provide better care for the wounded, sick and injured soldiers. Restore full federal health funding for persons living with HIV. Since, nationally, women earn only 77% of men's wages for equal work, despite outnumbering men in the workforce and despite the U.S. 1963 Equal Pay Act, we support intensified effort to see this unfair gap closed, including support for the Paycheck Fairness Act and similar legislation, and greater effort at enforcement. Less than half of those in suburbs (45%) and urban areas (38%) support increased concealed carry. No more than about half of gun owners support any of these policies. Restore full funding for veterans' health programs. Wait times for processing and resolving immigration benefit applications should be reduced to no more than six months. The arts can only perform their social function if they are completely free from outside control. Undocumented immigrants boost Americas economic growth and raise the general productivity of American workers by providing much-needed skills. Corporations receiving public subsidies must provide jobs that pay a living wage, observe basic workers' rights, and agree to affirmative action policies. We recognize that reparations are a debt (not charity) that is owed by our own and other nations and by the corporate institutions chartered under our laws to a collective of people. With various states implementing anti-immigrant legislation, setting up detention centers has been an easy contractual agreement with the incentive that they must meet 80% to 100% fill capacity for payment. However the supply of affordable housing is not meeting the need, while in an era of increasing deregulation, many tenants are losing important legal protections. This Act authorizes funding for the prevention of trade in human beings and for protecting victims. Fund in-home support services to allow the differently abled to hire personal care attendants while remaining at home. (Jan 2014) Young people's creative potential should be encouraged to the greatest extent possible. It is critical that the public protections of Social Security are not privatized and subjected to increased risk. We believe that federal, state, and local governments must remain neutral regarding religion. Immigration policies such as separating families at the border, kids in cages, and the Title 42 program which allows the United States Border Patrol and U.S. Customs to prohibit the entry of persons who potentially pose a health risk (a racist policy to fast track deportations and prohibit refugees to seek asylum on U.S. soil) must immediately cease.The Green Party must consider immigration issues from an international standpoint, taking into account international labor and environmental standards, and human rights.The following proposals may not yield perfect answers, but they provide better answers than the status quo. The Green Party supports equal access to high-quality education, and sharp increases in financial aid for college students. Children are increasingly shaped by an "electronic childhood" with little direct experience of nature and free play. We are committed to establishing relationships that honor diversity; that support the self-definition and self-determination of all people; that consciously confront the barriers of racism, sexism, homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, class oppression, ageism, and ableism, and the many ways that our culture and laws separate us from working together. Persons should only be excluded if their background check presents a clear and present danger. 1, 2019, Nearly 40,000 People Died From Guns in U.S. Last Year, Highest in 50 YearsMervosh, Sarah. We must prioritize family reunification for the sake of safety. We have a special responsibility to the health and wellbeing of the young. What critics say about gun control. We believe that the ill-advised and illegal actions of the U.S. administration have unnecessarily put our troops in harm's way. Continue the education of juveniles while in custody. We affirm the right of choosing non-binary and gender fluid identification. The Libertarian Stance on 'Gun Control': A Beginner's Guide. We oppose the militarization of our borders, (mis)using the National Guard as border police, and building a wall between the U.S. and Mexico. No species, especially on the upper end of the food chain, can have unchecked exponential growth without depleting the Earth's carrying capacity human population expands at the expense of other species.
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