End the War, Meet Workers' Needs: Peace and Freedom Party, Candidates Submit Statements : Indybay

End the War, Meet Workers' Needs:
Peace and Freedom Party, Candidates Submit Statements

The Peace and Freedom Party and six of its statewide candidates this week submitted brief statements to be included in the Voter Information Guide sent to all registered voters by the Secretary of State. The statements summarize key points of the party's program of ending the war in Iraq and transforming society to meet the needs of working people in California.

The party says that voting for its candidates "means voting to stop the killing now and end this stupid, brutal war", noting that it "saw through the lies and opposed this war from the beginning" and going on to call for "immediate withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan."

The Peace and Freedom Party's candidates for Lieutenant Governor, Controller and Treasurer give the highlights of the party’s economic program.

"Double the minimum wage", says Lieutenant Governor candidate Stewart Alexander, a salesman from Murrieta (Riverside County).

"Tax profits, not wages, to fund housing, education and health care for all", adds Treasurer candidate Gerald Sanders, an Oakland electrician.

Controller candidate Liz Barron, a retired teacher from San Jose, sums it up, "working people should control California."

Attorney General candidate Jack Harrison, an elected member of the Berkeley Rent Board, states the party’s approach to criminal justice issues, "abolish the death penalty, repeal '3 strikes,' legalize marijuana, and prosecute corporate criminals."

Secretary of State candidate Margie Akin, a Riverside anthropologist, calls for "fair elections", where all candidates have a chance to be heard, where votes are reliably and accurately counted, and where those voters' views are represented in proportion to their votes.

Insurance Commissioner candidate Tom Condit, a retired office worker from Berkeley, advocates "putting human need before insurance company profits", calling for "publicly funding and managing a single system of quality health care for all."

Other statewide candidates endorsed by the Peace and Freedom Party's State Central Committee are U.S. Senate candidate Marsha Feinland, recently retired from teaching in the Alameda school district, and Janice Jordan, a pre-law student from San Diego.

For more information about the party’s 2006 candidates, see the campaign website at "http://www.peaceandfreedom2006.org/".

Candidate Statements

Margie Akin (Secretary of State):: Fair elections, stop corruption.
Stewart A. Alexander (Lieutenant Governor):: Double the minimum wage.
Elizabeth Cervantes Barron (Controller):: I believe working people should control California.
Tom Condit (Insurance Commissioner):: I advocate putting human need before insurance company profits. Let's publicly fund and manage a single system of quality health care for all, a state basic auto liability plan, and a single workers' compensation fund. I will fight discrimination based on race, sex, age or geography.
Jack Harrison (Attorney General):: I will work to abolish the death penalty, repeal "3 strikes," legalize marijuana, and prosecute corporate criminals.
Gerald Sanders (Treasurer):: I'm for taxing profits, not wages, to fund housing, education and health care for all.

Party Statement

Voting for Peace and Freedom Party candidates means voting to stop the killing now and end this stupid, brutal war. Our party saw through the lies and opposed this war from the beginning. Vote for immediate withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan!

The Peace and Freedom Party works for the needs of working people, not the rich. Vote for decent jobs for all, for doubling the minimum wage, to end poverty and homelessness.

Vote for us to support taxing the wealthiest Americans and their corporations to provide a decent life for the working people who create all of America's wealth. We need free quality education from preschool to the university level. We need good medical care for everyone. We need to protect and restore the environment.

The Peace and Freedom Party actively fights discrimination, corruption, oppression and exploitation. We believe that working people should own and run the economy for everyone's benefit. Register and vote Peace and Freedom Party for a better California and a better world.

State Central Committee primary endorsements: Jordan (Governor), Alexander (Lieutenant Governor), Akin (Secretary of State), Barron (Controller), Sanders (Treasurer), Harrison (Attorney General), Condit (Insurance Commissioner), Feinland (Senate). Please check our websites for more information.