Brian Moore on Principles & Values

	Brian Moore on Principles & Values Socialist nominee for President

Keep God out of the public sphere

Q: Do you support or oppose the statement, "Keep God in the public sphere"?

A: I strongly oppose the merging of religion with government.ÿ As a practicing Catholic, and a former seminary student for five years in a Catholic Order (Franciscan) I strongly believe there should be a clear and definite separation of church and state.ÿ Plus, we should respect the rights of all citizens in our country to have freedom of religion, whether Christian, Mormon, Muslim, Jewish,ÿ

Source: OnTheIssues.org interview on 2022 Florida Gubernatorial race , Apr 14, 2022

Don’t have a chance in hell; goal is awareness of positions

Nearly all of third-party and independent candidates acknowledge they’re not going to win. Getting on the ballot and picking up a few percentage points are their goals. “We don’t have a chance in hell,” said Brian Moore, the Socialist Party’s presidential candidate. “I’d be lucky to get one-tenth of one percent. We’re running to raise awareness of our positions.” Source: 2008 Third Party debate, reported in The Valley Vindicator , Oct 19, 2008

We want a democratic society that is controlled by workers

While Moore said he’s as angry as other Americans about the state of the broken financial system, he believes it offers socialism a window to prove what it can do--if voters give socialism a chance. Moore said socialism has borne the stigma of being a political bogeyman for more than a century and has been unfairly tarred with the same brush as brutal Communist regimes. That’s not what socialism is all about, he said. “We want a democratic society that is controlled by the workers,” he said. Source: 2008 Third Party debate, in Lorain County Chronicle-Telegram , Oct 19, 2008

Abolition all forms of domination and exploitation

We believe in the abolition of every form of domination and exploitation. We are committed to the creation of a democratic society based on compassion, empathy and respect and an egalitarian approach based on cooperation, not competition nor greed. We are committed to achieve this through establishing new social structures and a new social and economic order in which workers and community members take responsibility for and control of their relationships, neighborhoods, local government and the production and distribution of all goods and services. Social ownership and democratic control will be the foundation of our society and we will participate to a fair share of society’s product, in accordance with individual needs. Our socialistic transformation will make radical demands on the existing system which will challenge the basic assumptions of a capitalist market economy. Source: Email interview on presidential race with OnTheIssues.org , Apr 3, 2008

35 Years of Civic Involvement

Chair & Co-Founder, Florida NatureCoast Coalition for Peace & Justice, 2002 to 2007
President of Good Government League, Hernando County, FL. 2003, 2004
President of Irish-American Society, Hernando County 2002, 2003
Advocate for small businesses and community’s civil rights in wake of riots; Wash. DC, 1991-92

Source: 2008 Presidential website, votebrianmoore.com, “Background” , Dec 23, 2007

Candidate for Mayor, 1998, and for Congress, 2004

Campaign Volunteer, Coordinator, Director for variety of congressional, senatorial, and presidential campaigns, mostly for the Democratic Party and third parties.
Independent Candidate, City Council and Mayor, Washington, DC, 1984-1998
U.S. Congressional Candidate, 5th District, Florida, 2002 & 2004
U.S. Senate Candidate, Florida, 2006