Green-Rainbow Party of Massachusetts

Oppose political parties and politicians who polarize the American people, demonize Communities of Color and the poor, and create scapegoats to avoid solving our nation’s real economic and social problems
Promote public financing of elections and the elimination of big money political campaigns
Promote and pass laws to help non-traditional parties get on the ballot

Strengthen civil rights, affirmative action, and anti- discrimination legislation and programs
Develop policies to combat institutionalized racism
Work for equality in the workplace, the home, and society
Work to protect reproductive rights and end violence and harassment of women
Support laws mandating the enforcement of civil rights and job benefits for all people regardless of sexual orientation
Ensure that immigrants have equal civil, legal, educational, and political rights
Promote and encourage an early investment in our children

Ensure that quality food, childcare, healthcare, and education are available for every member of society
Pass and enforce laws, policies, and programs that make affordable housing a reality for Massachusetts residents

Nourish the mind, soul, and body by supporting the arts in schools and in the community
Promote a spiritual dialogue on the value of the arts
Work to foster people’s creative energies

Establish guaranteed living-wage employment for anyone able to work
Provide job training and opportunities
Pass and enforce laws that prohibit permanent replacement workers
Protect the right of workers to organize
Institute a 30-hour workweek so people can provide for and have adequate time to nurture their families and communities

Advocate for reduced military spending
Work to dismantle all nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons
Strengthen enforcement of laws against corporate crime
Eliminate subsidies and tax breaks that benefit America’s wealthiest corporations and households at the expense of working people
Work to transform this country’s militaristic approach to foreign policy and to eliminate policies and bodies that promote the exploitation of the work force and the environment

Pass laws and provide funds to protect our natural environment from toxic waste and excessive demands, thus preserving it for future generations

Transform the current criminal justice system into one that gives priority to expenditures for prevention and emphasizes rehabilitation and personal development, particularly before incarceration
Abolish the death penalty
Treat drug abuse as a health problem, not a criminal problem
Insist on fair and humane treatment of all people within the criminal justice system, regardless of race, class, gender