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Support the Peace and Freedom Party

California's socialist and feminist political party urges you to: Register to vote with the Peace and Freedom Party Become a supporting membe...

Los Angeles PFP in Downey Tenants Union protest

Los Angeles PFP in Downey Tenants Union protest

The Peace & Freedom Party of Los Angeles was invited by our friends at the Downey Tenants Union to protests a fundraiser for Downey mayor Blan...

PFP joins 1,000 UC workers in Oakland action

PFP joins 1,000 UC workers in Oakland action

Over one thousand University of California academic workers gathered in Oakland’s Snow Park on November 28, 2022, and marched to the office of the...

PFP Positions on Legislation, 2023-2024

PFP Positions on Legislation, 2023-2024

The Peace and Freedom Party has taken/will be taking positions for or against a number of bills in the 2023-2024 session of the California legisla...

Monterey Park, Half Moon Bay, Oakland: We stand with the marginalized

Monterey Park, Half Moon Bay, Oakland: We stand with the marginalized

The Peace and Freedom Party Sacramento County expresses our deepest condolences to the Asian-American and migrant farmworker communities directly ...

PFP Chair: Peace is the Immediate Need in Ukraine

PFP Chair: Peace is the Immediate Need in Ukraine

Since its foundation 54 years ago, the Peace and Freedom has advocated for removal of US troops from foreign countries, for an end to the transfer...

43rd annual Take Back the Night rally held in California capital

43rd annual Take Back the Night rally held in California capital

On the evening of October 15, 20 cosponsoring organizations, including the Peace & Freedom Party of Sacramento County central committee and fr...

On NATO expansion and funding war in Ukraine

On NATO expansion and funding war in Ukraine

On January 12, Sacramento played host to the NATO Expansion – NO! Peace in Ukraine – Yes! Community Forum co-sponsored by Peace Action, the Labor ...

What are the Prospects for World Peace? a Suds, Snacks & Socialism forum

What are the Prospects for World Peace? a Suds, Snacks & Socialism forum

Peace & Freedom Party’s co-sponsored Suds, Snacks & Socialism monthly forum series is back at Starry Plough Pub in Berkeley (3101 Shattuck...

Peace & Freedom Party wants you!

Peace & Freedom Party wants you!

Do you want to become an active member of the Peace and Freedom Party? Did you miss the chance to run for PFP Central Committee in the March 3, 20...

The Internationale

The Internationale

The Internationale is traditionally sung at the close of each meeting of the State Central Committee. Though there are many versions of this song ...

It’s Not Just Six Republicans: Abolish the Supreme Court!

It’s Not Just Six Republicans: Abolish the Supreme Court!

This article is an opinion piece written by a frequent Peace &Fr eedom Party voter. While many of us agree substantially with the content, the...

Elections & Campaigns

01-Nov-2022 By DavidL

Election 2022: PFP recommendations on ballot propositions

A number of ballot propositions will be voted upon by Californians in the upcoming state election in November. The Peace & Freedom Party recommends the following for voting on these propositions. For a more detailed description of PFP’s stand on each of these prop

Legislation

22-Mar-2023

PFP Positions on Legislation, 2023-2024

The Peace and Freedom Party has taken/will be taking positions for or against a number of bills in the 2023-2024 session of the California legislature; the party is also watching the progression of several other bills

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The Peace and Freedom Party, born from the civil rights and anti-war movements of the 1960s, is committed to socialism, democracy, ecology, feminism, racial equality, and internationalism.

The opening sentence of the Party platform has provoked questions such as, “Why are you for socialism?” or “What is socialism?” The answer is not simple, because the Peace and Freedom Party is a ‘multi-tendency’ party.” People from different organizations, as well as those without other affiliation, can be members of the Peace and Freedom Party.

We asked members of the PFP to provide their definition of socialism, both to answer the question and to illustrate the range of opinions within the party and the Socialist movement in general. Below runs part two in our continuing series, “What is Socialism?”

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Socialism, like capitalism, is an economic system. Unlike capitalism, socialism is to be run by the rank-and-file workers and people in general. Under capitalism, the major means of production and distribution, and capital, are owned, managed and controlled by the capitalists alone as dictators or as corporate oligarchies often referred to as boards of directors. Workers have little or no say about the operation, working conditions, wages, and benefits unless they have a strong labor organization. However, unions are now very weak and their density has decreased greatly.

In contrast, a socialist economic system is one in which the people as a whole own, democratically control, and manage the basic means of production, distribution, and financial institutions. Parties and organizations that support socialism organize for a better world where people will work and play collectively. Their dream is for free, high-quality education and health care; decent housing for everyone; a restored clean and healthy environment; clothing for the whole society; and enough good healthy food to go around.

This requires a revolutionary change in the way many of our friends view society.

–written by C.T. Weber

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15-Aug-2022 By DavidL

Resolution on FBI raid of African People’s Socialist Party

The following Peace and Freedom Party resolution was officially adopted at the August 2022 meeting of the State Central Committee. The Peace and Freedom Party condemns the rec

Statements from the PFP Party Chair

03-Dec-2022

PFP chair: POTUS, bipartisan support sell out railroad workers

The recent bipartisan vote on the railroad contract makes it crystal clear which side the “major” parties are on. On Thursday, December 1, 2022, the United States Congr

In California, voter registration is very important to political parties. The very existence of a political party as “ballot-qualified” is determined by the number of votes its statewide candidates receive or by the number of voters registered with the party. As the only feminist socialist political party on the California ballot, it is imperative that the Peace and Freedom Party continues as a qualified party.

Quite simply, the Peace and Freedom Party will not be able to provide Californians with candidates that will represent us unless we register and vote Peace and Freedom.

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