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The following is a list and brief overview of over 25 alternative political parties that may reflect your personal values, although a number of the platforms range from the ridiculous to the sublime. Note that the platforms of the plutocracy, the Democratic and Republican Parties, are not included in the list |
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Party Platform (platform
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American First Party |
“The central focus of the America First Party is to put America and all Americans First. We will elect candidates who will restore morality, ethics, and common sense to public service. We will return our Constitution to its proper place in our Republic.” |
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America Founding Fathers Partners
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“If you are fed up with the way your political party is acting (not acting might be the better term); if you are fed up with the way your government is behaving; if you believe in Freedom and the Constitution but no longer fit in anywhere politically, you have come to the right place. The AFFP offers a proven but forgotten solution to all of these problems.” |
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American Heritage Party |
The party’s platform includes: “A political party
that adopts the Bible as its political textbook and is unashamed to be
explicitly Christian! A political party that holds its members, leaders and officers
accountable to its principles and platform! A political party that forever alters the American political debate
by transforming politics as usual into a contest of underlying belief
systems: the sovereignty of God vs. the autonomy of man! A political party that is unafraid to attack socialism at its
secular, unbelieving, religious roots! A political party that won't barter away the lives, earnings and
futures of unborn generations to achieve political power today! A political party dedicated not to winning political power today, but
to the founding of a long-term multigenerational movement! A political party that recognizes it is God alone who prospers a
nation, and seeks to be faithful, relying on prayer and His Sovereignty in
all its efforts!” |
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American Independent Party |
“The
American Independent Party, California Affiliate of the Constitution Party,
believes in redeeming our country, by restoring the tenets of our U.S.
Constitution and supports: ·
The
sanctity of innocent human life, including the lives of the unborn; ·
Protection
of American jobs from unfair foreign competition; repeal of NAFTA, GATT/WTO; ·
Limits on
legal immigration, and an end to illegal immigration; no tax funded benefits
to illegals; ·
Excellence
in education, and right of parents to choose public schools, private schools,
or home schooling; ·
Control of
crime; capital punishment for the most aggravated offenses; ·
Right of
Citizens to keep and bear arms as provided by the Bill of Rights; ·
Ending the
personal income tax, and abolition of the IRS; ·
A debt
free money system; ·
A
non-interventionist foreign policy, and a strong national defense free of
waste; ·
Protection
of consumers’ rights in utility rates, insurance, health care, and housing; ·
Consideration
of human needs in environmental concerns; ·
We oppose
any revision of the California Constitution to limit the right to vote,
impair the people’s right of initiative, overturn voter approved term limits,
make it easier for government to tax and spend, or
create bureaucratic regional governments. We oppose both government speculation with Social Security
funds, and affirmative action programs which substitute racial favoritism for
individual ability.” |
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American Party |
“Why the American Party?” “Americanism
- So few seem to remember the true meaning and the result has been a creeping
chaos into every church, every school, and every home in our nation. Let's
look at a few examples: Shortages,
the outcome of government intervention in the market place by way of business
harassment and wage and price controls are plaguing the country. Inflation,
forced upon the people through the expansion in the supply of unbacked currency, is the effect of unending deficit
spending of government and the prime cause of the wage-price spiral. Taxes,
both hidden and open, rise daily to help finance the growing bureaucratic
machine that continues wasteful spending at a mind boggling rate. Murder,
under the trade name of Abortion, is now legalized by the Supreme Court
because it is deemed a violation of one person's right that another might
live. Crime,
unchecked by legally hand crafted local police, is overflowing in the cities
and spilling into the rural communities. Good people, fearing for their
lives, families, and property, scream for "law and order" and are
being offered gun controls and a national police force as the ultimate in
solutions. The
cry for change is being heard far and wide, but the only change being offered
by the two nationally known political parties is a change in approach and not
in goals. On the one hand we are offered open socialism and on the other a
more subtle socialism, but the goal is always the same; an increase in the
power of a centralized government. No super
government has ever been able to solve these problems and no super government
ever will. It can only add to the chaos as it always has and most surely
will, for tyranny is the end result and that is the biggest problem of them
all. The best solution, tried and tested, is very simple; a return to Americanism. Not a tax burdened, welfare riddled, socialist dominated philosophy but true Americanism. A return to the free market system, a return to the true intentions of the Constitution as explained by Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton, and Jay; a return to the simple purpose of government, the protection of life and property, where punishment is due the criminal and not the honest citizen. “ |
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American Reform Party |
The party’s platform includes: · “Restore trust and integrity in government · Reduce government spending and size · Increase disposable income for families · Institute long-term fiscal policies to insure intergenerational equity · Pay down the $5.7 trillion national debt. · Eliminate federal deficits without using excess funds from Social Security, Medicare, Highway, and other trusts. · Require a balanced budget discipline, or pass a balanced budget amendment. · Reduce the size, costs, and numbers of federal agencies by consolidating functions, purchasing, accounting. · Bring congressional and federal pensions in line with those in the private sector. · Simplify the tax code, shift to a national sales tax or a graduated flat tax, and reduce the size and negative impact of the IRS. · Develop long-term programs to protect Social Security, but do not put the nation in greater debt or pass the burden on to the next generation. Improve delivery of Medicare and Medicaid programs and benefits. · Reduce the influence of money and special interests in campaigns. · Establish public funding options for clean elections and shorten election cycles. · Eliminate soft money from corporations, unions, and wealthy individuals. · Prompt Internet disclosure of campaign contributions and voting records. · Lobbyists provide information, not money. · States must grant fair ballot access for third party candidates and independents. · TV and Radio debates and forums must include ballot-qualified third-party and independent candidates. · Publish uniform statewide voters guides. · Term limits for elected officials, legislative leaders, committee chairs. · Proportional representation; require courts, not political parties, to construct equal legislative voting districts. · Open primaries: a single unified ballot so voters can choose candidates of any party. · Cumulative voting options, instant runoff. · NOTA (None of the Above) on the ballot line as a voter's choice. · Recall vote to remove legislators. · Replace electoral college with popular vote. · Citizen initiative and referendum laws in all states, and also as national advisories. · Keep our United Nations dues current, meet international obligations and humanitarian needs, and stay engaged in world affairs as the political and economic leader of the free world. · Restore normal diplomatic and trade relations with Cuba. · Eliminate the trade deficit, pursue fair-trade policies, and reestablish the nation's creditor status. · End fast-track passage of trade agreements and require congressional accountability. · Require trading partners to meet standards in human rights, workers rights, labor laws, and environmental laws. · Retain U.S. manufacturing capacity and keep high-paying technical jobs at home. · Establish a firm cap of 200,000 immigrants per year. · Limit family reunification to spouses and minor children of legal immigrants. · Ban future amnesties for illegal immigrants and review political asylum claims. · Enforce job eligibility verification as well as all immigration laws and regulations. · Establish a universal, single-payer health program across the states and the nation. · It is the responsibility of the American people to be stewards of the earth down to the seventh generation. We therefore support policies for clean air, clean water, endangered species, land and water conservation, and stabilization of U.S. and world population growth. · Support fair crop-dairy-livestock prices and a living wage for family farmers. · Make the transfer of family farms equitable from one generation to the next · Conserve arable farmland and curtail urban sprawl. To renew democracy, our mission is to stimulate citizen participation
in the political process, break the two-party monopoly, and guarantee free
elections. “
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Communist Party USA |
“The Communist
Party USA is an organization of activists in labor and all the people's
movements with three main political aims: 1.
Defeating the right-wing agenda of the Bush Administration. 2.
Winning a wide-ranging program of reforms that put the well
being of the people before private profits.
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Conservative Party of
New York State |
“The
Conservative Party was formed in 1962 to restore a meaningful choice to the
voters of New York State. At that time, the three existing political parties
espoused the doctrinaire liberal philosophy of the welfare state at home and
the collectivist ideology abroad. In just three short decades, the party has
grown from a small band of conservative-minded men and women to a statewide
organization of almost 170,000 individuals dedicated to the traditional
American values of individual freedom, individual responsibility and
individual effort.” |
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Constitution Party |
“The mission of the Constitution Party is to secure the blessings of liberty
to ourselves and our posterity through the election, at all levels of
government, of Constitution Party candidates who will uphold the principles
of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States.
It is our goal to limit the Federal government to its delegated, enumerated,
Constitutional functions and to restore American jurisprudence to its
original Biblical common-law foundations.” |
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Constitutional Action Party |
“The Constitution Action Party (CAP) is a new political party arising
out of the ashes of the two major parties. Democrats are increasingly
alienated from the values of most Americans and have forgotten how best to
represent the economic interests of their main constituency, working
families. Republicans generally do a better job of reflecting traditional
American values (that's why they are gaining strength at the expense of the
Democrats), but they never did have any real interest in promoting the
economic well-being of working families. And Republicans will eventually
crack in two over the issue of abortion. CAP intends to become the new majority party in this country by
uniting traditional values with a well-thought-out program of economic
populism.” |
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Freedom Socialist Party |
“THE FREEDOM SOCIALIST PARTY IS a revolutionary, socialist feminist organization, dedicated to the replacement of capitalist rule by a genuine workers' democracy that will guarantee full economic, social, political, and legal equality to women, people of color, gays, and all who are exploited, oppressed, and repelled by the profit system and its offshoot -- imperialism.” |
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Green Party of the United States |
“The Green Party Platform is an
evolving document, a living work-in-progress that expresses our commitment to
creating meaningful and enduring change in the political process. Our Party’s
first priority is to value-based politics, in contrast to a system extolling
exploitation, consumption, and non-sustainable competition. We believe in an alternative,
independent politics and active, responsible government. We
believe in empowering citizens and communities. We offer hope and a call to
action. |
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Independence Party |
The party’s platform includes: “1) Preserving
our democratic process 2) Justice 3) Social
inclusiveness 4) Fiscal
responsibility 5) Curtailing
government intrusion into our personal lives 6) An
educated citizenry 7) Personal
responsibility 8) Pro-active
leadership 9) Protecting our environment |
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Labor Party
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“The
Labor Party is a new political party of, by and for working people. It was
founded in June 1996 at a convention of 1,400 delegates from hundreds of
local and international unions as well as individual activists. We believe
that on issues most important to working people – trade, health care, and the
rights to organize, bargain and strike – both the Democrats and Republicans
have failed working people. |
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Libertarian |
“Libertarians
believe the answer to America’s political problems is the same commitment to
freedom that earned America its greatness: a free-market economy and the abundance
and prosperity it brings; a dedication to civil liberties and personal
freedom that marks this country above all others; and a foreign policy of
non-intervention, peace, and free trade as prescribed by America’s founders.” |
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Light Party |
“THE LIGHT PARTY a synthesis of the
Republican, Democratic, Libertarian and Green Parties,
is a PROACTIVEE holistic, educational, empowerment party.... We have
formulated a practical, synergistic, 7-point WIN-WIN program which serves to
successfully resolve our current socio- economic and ecological
challenges...” |
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Natural Law |
The party’s platform includes the following issues: · Health · Economy · Abortion · Defense · Revitalizing Our Inner Cities · Upholding the Rights of Minorities · Government Supported by Natural Law For more information, click on one of
the above issues. |
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New Party
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“The New Party is an umbrella organization for grassroots political groups working to break the stranglehold that corporate money and corporate media have over our political process.” Our current work and long-term
strategy is to change states' election rules to allow fusion voting - a
method of voting that allows minor parties to have their own ballot line with
which they can either endorse their own candidates or endorse the candidates
of other parties. Through fusion, minor parties don't have to always compete
in the winner-take-all two party system and can avoid "spoiling" -
throwing an election to the most conservative candidate by splitting the
votes that might go to two more progressive candidates (ours and another
party's). |
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New Union Party |
“The New Union Party shares with all Socialist
organizations a theoretical foundation in the writings of Karl Marx and
Friedrich Engels. Our specific ideological roots lie in the revolutionary
labor movement of the United States of approximately 1890 to 1914, as
expounded by the editor of the Socialist Labor Party's periodicals, Daniel DeLeon. Although we advocate political and social
revolution, we are committed to lawful activities to overthrow the capitalist
economic system.” |
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Party X |
“It's not the Republicans against the Democrats, it's the politicians against the people. No reasonable mind can deny that America's political path is heading downhill--and fast. If the voters of this great nation cannot come together soon, our grandchildren will not have much of a country left. Every one of the ills of this country that we see today can be cured. We intend to make the first move toward curing them. It is a very bold move but we will no longer sit back and watch corruption rule our lives and take our liberties and property. Politics was never meant to be a full time career. Full
time politicians have lost touch with us, the American people, our goals, our
dreams, and our love of freedom. They have traded our countries ideals for
money and power. There are millions that feel just like you and I. It's our
time to speak and be heard. The Republicans and Democrats have had over 100
years to do nothing but sell us out. Now we, the American people, are going
to change it all. The two political parties running our country DO NOT
represent the interest of its citizens. They have one purpose, to make money
through the seizure of power by advancing their party. They will do this at
the expense of the people they are supposed to represent with no regret of
actions or consequences. This is a call to all Americans who want to be the
vanguard which begins returning the nation back to its constitutional
principles.” |
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Peace and Freedom Party |
“The
Peace and Freedom Party was founded on June 23, 1967, by people who wanted to
vote for something they could support. The Democrats were leading the nation in
the war against Vietnam. As the military drained the domestic economy,
Republicans and Democrats called for "law and order" to repress
Americans who wished to improve their own lives. Black militants were rising
up angrily in the cities, while Filipino and Latino farm workers were
organizing labor unions in the fields. Women were agitating for full equality
with men. These forces of discontent united to create an electoral arm of
"The Movement." A massive voter registration drive placed the Peace
and Freedom Party on the California ballot in January 1968. On both the state
and national level, we have shown a willingness to work with other like
minded groups, trying to build a mass based socialist party throughout the
country. What positions
does Peace and Freedom Party take? The PFP from the very beginning has been a strong advocate for the
protection of the environment from pollution and nuclear waste. We honor all
treaties with Native Americans. We support the right of all people to self
determination. We recognize each person's right to determine her or his own
sexual preferences. We respect the right of all individuals to control their
own bodies, including free abortion on demand. We call for free access to a
full education for every person at any point in life. We fight for each
person's right to be well clothed, well housed, and well fed. We want free
high equality health care as a right, not a privilege. The PFP envisions a
full employment economy based on peacetime production to provide for the needs
of all people. Since 1974 the Peace and Freedom Party platform has been
feminist and socialist. We want a socialist economy, one where industries,
financial institutions, and natural resources are owned by the people as a
whole and democratically managed by the people who work in them and use them.
This would be a big change from the present corporate capitalist economy. The
richest 1% of the population has half of all privately © owned stock in U.S.
corporations and controls most of the institutional stock. They control the
policies of business, government, and the media. The capitalist economy
starts out with competition for personal profit and ends up with huge
monopolies which waste resources. They don't care if they endanger the planet
by making useless or even harmful products, so long as they make money. Under
capitalism, millions of people are jobless, homeless, often hungry, and
without proper medical care. Even those with decent jobs live with the fear
of war, nuclear destruction, and environmental pollution of our food, air and
water. As a feminist party, the Peace and Freedom Party actively supports
the struggle to eliminate oppression and discrimination based on sex or
sexual orientation. Sexual oppression, abuse, and violence in our personal lives
are intimately related to authoritarianism and hierarchical institutions,
oppression and abuse on the job, and to the violence of war. The struggle
against sexism and the struggle for democratic and nonviolent human relations
cannot be delayed but must be pursued actively at the same time as the
struggle to eliminate oppression and discrimination based on class, race or
nationality, age, or hysical disability.“ |
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Prohibition Party |
“MORAL
ISSUES For Right to Life Against Commercial Gambling Against the Homosexual
Agenda Against Commercial
Pornography For the Right to Prayer and
Bible Reading in the Public Schools Against Commercial Sale of Alcohol
and Other Harmful Drugs DOMESTIC ISSUES
Tax Reforms Judicial Reforms Ballot Law Reform Against Judicial Activism Campaign Finance Reform Balanced Federal Budget Local Control of Schools Restore State and Local
Rights Uphold Genuine
Constitutional Rights FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Preserve U.S.
Sovereignty
Concerns About the Role of
the United Nations Concerns
About International Trade Agreements” |
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Reform Party |
“Set
the highest ethical standards for the White House and Congress ·
Balance
the Budget ·
Campaign
Reform ·
Term
Limits ·
Create a
new tax system ·
Carefully
putting together plans to deal with Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security ·
Promote
jobs in the USA ·
Lobbying
Reform.” |
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Southern Independence Party of
Tennessee |
“It is the purpose of The Southern Independence Party of
Tennessee to secure and defend the liberties of the people of Tennessee. |
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Southern Party of Georgia |
“A grass roots effort to restore Good Government for the People of Georgia” |
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Socialist Party |
“The Socialist Party USA strives to establish a radical democracy that places people’s lives under their own control – a non-racist, classless, feminist, socialistic society in which people cooperate at work, at home, and in the community. Socialism is not mere government
ownership, a welfare state, or a repressive bureaucracy. Socialism is a new social and economic
order in which workers and consumers control production and community
residents control their neighborhoods, homes and schools.” |
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Socialist Labor Party of America |
“The SLP's goal is a classless society based on collective ownership
and control of the industries and social services, these to be administered
in the interests of all society through a Socialist Industrial Union
government composed of democratically elected representatives from all the
industries and services of the land. Production would be carried on for use
instead of profit. The SLP program for achieving this revolutionary change
from capitalism to socialism is based on the Marxist tenet that socialism can
be achieved only through the class conscious action "of the working
class itself." The core of the
SLP program points up the need for classwide
political and economic organizations. A primary role of the political
organization is to challenge the political apparatus of the capitalist class
and its monopoly of state power, while promoting worker class consciousness
and emphasizing the need for organizing working-class strength on the
economic field. The objective of economic organization is to unite the
workers at the point of production so as to render them capable of taking
control of the entire productive process and democratically administering and
operating it in society's collective interests.“ |
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The Unity Party |
The Unity Party of
America was founded on November 4, 2004, the day after that year's
Presidential election, and now has a membership in 33 states. The Unity Party of
America believes that through hard work and cooperation, Americans will be
better able to preserve the promise of liberty and equality. The Unity Party Platform
offers common sense solutions to today's most fundamental challenges. |
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United States Pacifist Party |
“United States Pacifist Party (USPP)
is designed to give expression within a democratic, electoral context to the
belief that military power profoundly contradicts many religious and
philosophic principles, and is a practical mistake in our time. It sees military
traditions and institutions as the key obstacle to the solution of major
social evils, such as war, the arms race, poverty, and political oppression.” |
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We the People Party |
“We The People is a new citizens movement
dedicated to a rebirth of democracy all across America. Campaign Finance
Reform is one of the most important means for achieving a rebirth of
democracy in our country. Therefore, We The
People is promoting a public awareness and educational campaign in favor of
Clean Money and Clean Elections in the State of New Hampshire and at the
Federal level. “ |
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Workers World Party |
“Workers World is more than a newspaper. It reflects the views of
Workers World Party, which was formed in 1959. We're for
socialism. We think that ownership of the tremendous productive wealth built
up by hundreds of millions of workers can't remain in the hands of a
privileged few. The capitalist
profit system is unplanned and irrational. It's wrecking the world. Improved
technology brings layoffs and poverty, not comfort and lighter work. Booms
lead to busts. The competition
for markets produces devastating wars and environmental destruction. Fabulous
wealth alongside deep poverty poisons all human relations, stimulating racism
and other blame-the-victim ideologies. We put our ideas into practice. We are in the student movement, the
labor movement, the women's movement, the lesbian/gay/bi/trans movement, the anti-war and anti-racist movements. We fight hard for
a better life right now, but we know that nothing is secure--not our jobs,
our homes, our health care, our pensions, our civil rights and liberties--as
long as capitalism exists. So our goal is a society run by the workers, not
just as pawns in a capitalist political game but as collective owners of the
social wealth.” |
Unusual Political Parties
There are also a few parties
that cater to select individuals. In our
review of these parties, it is sometimes difficult to determine if these
parties have a serious purpose or were just thrown together as a mild form of
humorous protest; however, a few of the parties advocate some ideas that may
appeal to you.
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Political Party |
Party Platform
(platform extracted from the party’s web site) |
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American Beer Drinker’s Party |
" America's premium political party, committed to the ideology founded on the simple logic, developed when men (& women) sit down, talk, and have a beer." |
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American Pagan Party of
Massachusetts |
“APPMA is working hard to defend the Massachusetts Constitution by making sure that a proposed Amendment banning same-sex marriage, does not pass! The APPMA and APP are Defenders of GLBT (Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transsexual) Rights!” |
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Knights Party (Ku Klux Klan) |
“Love the Diversity of God's Creation · Practice Racial Integrity · Don't Race Mix · Imagine the world with only one race - only one culture - Is that really what you want? ...Because that WILL be the End result.” |
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Pansexual Peace Party |
“The Pansexual Peace Party (PPP) is a
grass-roots political party
based in the United States of America.
The principal premise of the PPP is that peace is possible. The primary purpose of the PPP pages is to
promote positive political progress and the partnership
paradigm through prurient propaganda. The specifics of public
policy which the PPP advocates are complex, and are outlined below.
The basic underlying ethic is maximization of peace, freedom, creative expression,
and the glorification of human sexuality. This
of course entails the minimization of violence,
authority, indoctrination,
and sexual repression.
The motto of the PPP is the Wiccan Rede,
and the PPP aligns itself with all political and social organizations
which are working to reduce the harm that human beings inflict on
one another as well as on the rest of the earth. The political philosophy of
the PPP is rooted in many diverse philosophical and spiritual traditions.” “This website contains nothing particularly titilating; however it does offer frank discussion of
issues that some folks may consider taboo. If you are under eighteen (18)
years of age, we suggest that you get your parents' permission before
following any of the links on this page.” |
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Romantic Transcendentalist Party |
“The Romantic Transcendentalist Party of the United
States was started in 2001. Our party is based on the 17th and 18th Century
transcendental and romantic beliefs of William Blake, Ralph Waldo Emerson,
Henry David Thoreau, etc. |
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Scorched Earth Party |
“Here at the Scorched Earth Party, we are dedicated to a few simple principles: · that the concept of "life is sacred" is the best joke we've heard this year. · that nothing satisfies like clubbing some moron to death with a lead pipe. · that you can never get laid enough. · that the world will continue to deteriorate until 90% of its population is eliminated. True
happiness will never be yours unless you rise up with us. Join the 10% with
the lead pipes. Help save the world through random, messy violence, and then
wallow in carnal pleasure among the ruins.” |
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U. S. Marijuana Party |
“What you will find on this website is a formula that you can use to CHANGE THE MARIJUANA LAWS IN YOUR STATE. It has been tested and is offered for your approval and use. The civil rights of Americans have been compromised by the war on drugs. Because the vast majority of citizens who use any illegal substance use only marijuana, the war on drugs is basically a war on marijuana. If you can pull the plug on the war on marijuana, you end the war on drugs as we know it. You shut down the prison industrial complex, and you restore the liberties that have been eroded because of this futile war on marijuana.” U.S. Marijuana Party of New Jersey states: “The Colonists in 1776 actually had less
justifiable reason to revolt than non-establishment Americans have today.
When laws become insufferable instruments of plunder, revolution is justified.“ |
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