Four Areas of Struggle
For Economic Justice: We stand in favor of community-based development versus corporate globalization and privatization. We believe a just society is oriented toward meeting the needs and supporting the sufficiency of its own people, not toward creating vast inequality and mega-profits for those at the top at the expense of the many. We oppose neoliberal economics and its m
anifestations as Free Trade Agreements and austerity programs imposed on other countries via “aid” programs that encourage privatization, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and various other institutions. Militarism: We recognize that at their roots, militarism and modern wars result from coercive force and violent oppression waged in favor of economic and political systems that seek to concentrate wealth, power and resources in the hands of a privileged few. Spending about as much as the rest of the world combined on military expenditures, the U.S. war machine has become global Capital’s “insurance company,” fighting to open, secure, protect and guard the interests of transnational corporations via U.S. For Real Democracy: We work for participatory democracy and against false democratic forms that reinforce inequality and undermine communities. We denounce electoral processes that give enormous and undue influence to wealthy corporations while marginalizing the decision-making capabilities of our own communities. We consider to be a major part of our international solidarity work the task of exposing and opposing U.S. interference in other countries via the mis-named National Endowment for Democracy and other components of U.S. For Ecological Integrity: We advocate for ecological sustainability, threatened worldwide because of the consumptive excesses of wealthy nations and their constant search for new resources to exploit. Global warming is a direct result of this excess and the drive to put profits before the planet’s own health. Another result is the ongoing effort by private, multinational corporations to gain control over natural resources. The communities that live in and are part of an ecosystem should have a direct voice in deciding how its resources will be used and managed, over and above corporate and foreign interests.
