Department of Peace
The Green Party Peace Action Committee
“Our country's long wars and worldwide military presence are immoral and unsustainable. Our military budget must be cut dramatically.”
The Peace Action Committee (GPAX) of the Green Party of the United States (GPUS) exists to facilitate the planning and achievement of peace and justice action proposals adopted by GPUS, and to support and promote the Party’s Anti-War candidates and agenda.
The Green Party’s World Peace Platform
Some Important points from The Green Party that support the ENGAGE mission
1. Respecting the sovereignty of all countries
2. The abolition of nuclear weapons through legislative and diplomatic means.
3. Repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) which was passed by Congress in response to the attacks of September 11, 2001
4. Reduction of our Military and Intelligence Community budgets
5. Phasing out of all military bases and installations not specifically functioning under a U.N. resolution for peacekeeping and the bringing home of troops stationed abroad, except for troops assigned to protect U.S. embassies
6. Ending arms sales to foreign nations and the shifting of our export market to peaceful technology and services
7. The End of all covert actions against the governments of other nations
8. Release of all foreign political prisoners and those held without criminal charges or violent convictions.
9. Abolition of all U.S. unilateral coercive economic sanctions (Economic sanctions negatively impact one-third of humanity in 39 countries and cause death and devastation)
10. Release all immigration detainees that are not criminal fugitives
11. End foreign aid that is used covertly to wage regime change wars in non-compliant autonomous nation-states
12. CREATE A DEPARTMENT OF PEACE