Socialist Party on Environment Socialist Party Platform

Support family farms that treat livestock humanely

The Socialist Party recognizes the rights of animals to live free from unnecessary pain and suffering. We support the spaying and neutering of pets to prevent the massive extermination resulting from overpopulation. We oppose entertainment that causes pain to animals. We call for the banning of the fur trade. We call for a ban on animal experimentation for product development, and for an oversight board to examine and limit the use of animals in scientific and medical research.

Support use of recycled materials in public projects

Public ownership of all our natural resources

• We call for public ownership and democratic control of all our natural resources in order to conserve resources, preserve our wilderness areas, and restore environmental quality.
• We call for placing full financial responsibility on private companies for prevention and clean up of their own toxic wastes and for full compensation of workers and residents adversely affected by environmental hazards.
• We oppose policies that target minority communities for placement of local landfills, toxic waste disposal sites, or incinerators.
• We call for strong, enforceable endangered species protection that focuses on habitat-centered protection for plants and animals.
• We support the recycling of glass, metals, plastic, paper, and chemicals and the use of recycled materials for public works projects.
• We call for shutting down waste incinerators and phasing out landfills.
• We oppose open-pit mining operations.
• We support large-scale environmental restoration efforts.

Recognize rights of animals

• We support the spaying and neutering of pets to prevent the massive extermination resulting from overpopulation.
• We oppose entertainment that causes pain to animals.
• We call for the banning of the fur trade.
• We support greater inclusion and enforcement of the Endangered Species Act.
• We call for a ban on animal experimentation for product development, and for an oversight board to examine and limit the use of animals in scientific and medical research.
• We oppose factory farming practices of overcrowding, drugging, and otherwise cruelly treating animals.

Require companies to clean up their own toxic waste

Rebuild black neighborhoods destroyed by Hurricane Katrina

Public ownership of all natural resources

Brian supports these summary positions from the Socialist Party Platform:
• Public ownership and democratic control of all natural resources to preserve wilderness areas and restore environmental quality.
• support large-scale environmental restoration efforts.
• support clean up of toxic wastes, and protect workers and communities from any harmful products.

Support sustainable organic agriculture & family farms

Brian supports these summary positions from the Socialist Party Platform:
• support system of ecologically based, sustainable, organic agriculture based on family farms and farming cooperatives guaranteeing full workers' rights, etc.