[Nyclocal] SPUSA platform: International Policy

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http://socialistparty-usa.org/platform/

SPUSA platform: International Policy

2008-2009
Platform: International Policy


                  
                
              
            
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            The United States is
the sole remaining global superpower.  The
U.S. government uses its overwhelming military power to consolidate its
strategic hold over the entire world and to defend and advance the
interests of U.S. owned corporations as they exploit the working people
and natural resources of the entire planet.  We stand in total
opposition to U.S. imperialism and the current “war on terror” which is
just another subterfuge for U.S. imperialism.

            

1. We call for the closing of all U.S. military facilities at home and
abroad that train foreign military and paramilitary personnel.  

2. We call for the United States to immediately and unconditionally
withdraw its forces from Iraq and Afghanistan.

3. We call for an end to the U.S. occupation of the province of
Guantanamo, Cuba.

4. We call for an end to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank-East
Jerusalem and Gaza, and an end to all U.S. aid to Israel, as a
precondition for peace.  

5. We support an immediate cutoff of all U.S. military aid to Colombia,
and all other recipients.

6. We call for the abolition of the Central Intelligence Agency, the
National Security Agency, and all other institutions of covert warfare.

7. We stand for unconditional disarmament by the United States.

8. We call for an international treaty outlawing all weapons of mass
destruction, including the use of depleted uranium in conventional
weapons.

9. We call for an immediate 50% cut in the military budget, followed by
additional cuts, with the aim of rapidly reducing the military budget
to less than 10% of its current level, with the "peace dividend"
directed to essential social services and to the cost of cleaning up
contaminated military sites.

10. We call for the disbanding of NATO and all other aggressive
military alliances, and the closing of all overseas bases.

11. We call for an end to U.S. arms sales throughout the world.

12. We call for the U.S. to pay off its debts to the United Nations, an
end to veto power in the UN, and an end to permanent membership on the
UN Security Council.

13.  We call for a constitutional amendment requiring a binding
vote of the people on all issues of war or military intervention.

14. We support the right of soldiers to form unions to represent their
views and interests.

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