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This flag was flown by pacifists at Bennets Road and Route 25A in Setauket, NY on December 11, 2010.
The progressive liberals seem to have little regard for the exceptional country in which we live and prosper. They appear to believe that
war can be avoided and that everyone can live in peace and harmony under the United Nations banner.
Anyone who has seen a bully on the loose in school knows that there is no peace unless that person is restrained or disciplined.
The 2008 platform of the United States Pacifist Party is printed below. In order to make it work, there would have to be police or military on every block to make sure that people did what they were told so that all could be equal.
George Orwell described equality in a totalitarian state in his book, Animal Farm. He said, "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others" in describing living conditions on the farm.
It's a fascinating read and points out the flaws of socialism and communism. The Socialists with their distorted flag would want to be the animals in charge of the farm.
The photo below is a panoramic shot made from two photos that were stitched together. The group on the rightis the anti-war pacifist group and the group on the left is the North Country Patriots.
The conflict between the groups is political. The Conservative group on the left believes in the nobility of the Constitution and the prosperity generated by the Capitalist system. The Socialist group on the right promotes ObamaCare, one world government and peace above defense.
THE UNITED STATES PACIFIST PARTY
2008 platform (Ver. 021808)
The United States Pacifist Party (USPP) rejects military force as a means of resolving international disputes. USPP members believe that military force violates the moral principles of the world’s great humanitarian religions and philosophies, and is a “Faustian bargain,” that may achieve short range political objectives, but only at the cost of long-term catastrophe for the human species. They believe that nonviolent resistance, as developed by Mohandas Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and others, and massive economic aid programs to eliminate poverty worldwide, are appropriate and effective ways to resist aggression and tyranny. Major planks of the USPP’s 2008 plafform include:
International Relations
-Withdrawal of all military forces from Iraq.
-Preparation for nonviolent resistance against possible invasion and occupation attempts; This would include establishment of a national Department of Peace, and an unarmed service corps trained in strategic nonviolent defense and equipped for mobilization anywhere in the world;
-Deactivation of all nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons;
-Elimination of the Strategic Defense initiative;
-Abolition of all aspects of the Selective Service System;
-Complete disarmament, through negotiations and unilateral actions;
-An end to all overt and covert military aid and “intelligence” operations;
-Repeal of the Patriot Act;
-Reduction of the military budget toward zero;
-Immediate termination of all foreign military aid. Humanitarian foreign aid would be directed toward helping the poor meet their basic human needs and become self-sufficient. Aid to foreign governments generally would be contingent upon exemplary human rights records. When serious human rights violations are suspected, any aid given would be distributed by trustworthy agencies;
-Establishment of a massive economic aid program to abolish poverty, hunger, disease, homelessnesss and ignorance at home and worldwide. The aid would be administered by the United Nations;
-Normalization of relations with Cuba. Repeal of the Helms-burton Act, that permits lawsuits against individuals and firms who make use of land and facilities in Cuba that were nationalized by the Cuban government;
-Support for legitimate, nonviolent, social change movements that are struggling to advance human rights and political freedom;
-Support for one-person-one-vote democratic world government;
The Environment
-Inauguration of a crash program to stop and reverse global warming. This would emphasize creating a global solar power system that could provide sufficient electrical energy for everyone on earth. It would be based on passive and active solar power generating systems, associated with pumped water, compressed air, and battery storage systems, and, where possible, connected by high voltage, direct current, grids. It would make only limited and tightly controlled use of fossil fueled plants. Nuclear power plants would be shut down, and all nuclear and fusion energy research would be placed under international control. The humanitarian principle of such a system is that all people are entitled to free electrical power sufficient for their needs.
-Ending of private logging, grazing, and oil drilling on public lands;
-Special taxes on polluting industries to provide incentives for reducing pollution, and revenue for funding other
environmental protection programs;
Health Care
Creation of a Canadian-style, single-payer national health care system with universal access, comprehensive coverage, and freedom of choice in the selection of doctors, medical facilities, and methods of treatment;
Immigration
Unrestricted immigration. Health and educations needs of immigrants would be paid for from the hundreds of millions of dollars saved by shutting down the military “defense” system;
Domestic Economy
-Full employment through private enterprises, cooperatives, worker-controlled and managed industries, and federally administered public projects;
-A guaranteed minimum income for U.S. citizens through the establishment of a negative income tax (A negative income tax gives checks to people whose income lies below the poverty level);
Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
-Opposition to all forms of racial, sexual, and religious discrimination, and all unjust socio-economic barriers;
-Abolition of the death penalty;
-Ban on the manufacture, sale, and possession of handguns and assault weapons;
-Support for national and international family planning programs;
-Support for a Constitutional amendment banning discrimination on the basis of gender or sexual orientation;
-Opposition to any restrictions on the right to freedom of travel and migration across U.S. borders;
Election Reform
-Limitation of campaign spending. Establishment of fair and open ballot access laws. Establishment of public campaign financing and provision of equal access to public television and radio for all ballot-certified candidates;
-Support for the principle of proportional representation in national elections.
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For further information about the USPP:
UNITED STATES PACIFIST PARTY, 5729 S. Dorchester Ave.,Chicago, IL 60637; Tel: 773.324.0654;
Fax: 773.324.6426; Email: blyttle@igc.org; Website: www.uspacifistparty.org
