Socialist Party on Technology

	Socialist Party on Technology Socialist Party Platform

Fund public transportation, high-speed rail

The Socialist Party calls for extensive public transportation in both urban and rural areas.

We call for the creation of a fully funded high-speed national rail system with fares set low enough to be a viable alternative to the use of the automobile. We call for an end to the expansion of the interstate highway system and the reduction of combustion engine/auto based transport.

Source: Socialist Party Platform at 2020-2021 PSL Convention , Aug 3, 2020

Replace automobile-based transport with public transit

The Socialist Party calls for extensive public transportation in both urban and rural areas.

We call for the creation of a fully funded high-speed national rail system with fares set low enough to be a viable alternative to the use of the automobile.
We call for an end to the expansion of the interstate highway system and the reduction of combustion engine/auto based transport.
We call for government subsidized programs to expand safe routes for foot and bicycle paths.
We call for pedestrian ways, accessible by mass transit, which exclude vehicles from the downtown area of cities and towns.
We support publicly funded development of renewable fuels.
We support federally funded auto insurance.
We call for public ownership and worker control of the airline industry.

Source: Socialist Party USA: 2013-2015 National Platform , Nov 4, 2014

Breakup large media companies; have government own airwaves

An ever-smaller band of huge corporations controls virtually all news and entertainment media. The Socialist Party stands for the right of ordinary people to express opinions and communicate freely by vastly extending the public sector of all forms of mass media.

We support the breakup of large media companies so that no one company owns more than one newspaper, radio or TV station. We call for the re-regulation of the communications industry (in particular, the assertion of public ownership rights over radio and television frequencies).
We call for government ownership of satellite and cable companies with revenues generated by these operations allocated to a publicly controlled fund to finance innovative visual and audio programming (including movies).
We oppose private ownership of the Internet backbone. We call for direct public ownership of at least 50% of the total bandwidth and for democratic ownership and control of the Internet domain naming system.

Source: Socialist Party USA: 2013-2015 National Platform , Nov 4, 2014

Massive federal investment in infrastructure

We support a program of massive federal investment in both urban and rural areas for infrastructure and economic development. It is important to direct technology toward scientific exploration, research and development. Source: Interview of Socialist nominee Brian Moore with OnTheIssues , Apr 3, 2008

Transfer interstate highway funding to high-speed rail

We call for a fully funded high-speed national rail system, an end to the expansion of the interstate highway system and reduction of combustion engine transport. We call for public ownership and worker control of the airline industry and the petroleum and gas industries until their use is no longer viable. Source: Interview of Socialist nominee Brian Moore with OnTheIssues , Apr 3, 2008

Restore & reconstruct 155,000 U.S. bridges

The highway and bridge infrastructure in the United States is in serious need of repair. More than 155,000 U.S. bridges need to be restored or reconstructed. The creation of hundreds of thousands of permanent, full-time union jobs could restore the infrastructure. Mass transit and high-speed national train systems also are needed to greatly reduce dependence on cars and to reduce global warming. Source: Party for Socialism and Liberation website, pslweb.org , Jan 16, 2008

Invest in rural infrastructure & public transportation

public transportation in urban and rural area such as rail systems, foot and bicycle paths, pedestrian ways, renewable fuels and control of the airline industry and its public ownership
support massive federal investment in urban and rural infrastructure reconstruction and economic development, and more

Source: Presidential Socialist nominee website, VoteBrianMoore.com , Dec 23, 2007

Sued cable TV company to pay city for damaging streets

[As mayor of Burlington], after a court battle, the utilities were forced to pay for the damage done when they tore up our streets for utility work. Following a heated battle with a cable TV company, and an effort on our part to create a municipally owned system, we managed to get substantial revenue from them and reduced rates for seniors. Source: Outsider in the House, "Socialism in One City," p. 62 , Jun 17, 1997

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