MPP Peace Agenda

I. Dismantle the infrastructure that encourages militaristic response to conflicts:

1. Decrease investment in military bases and weapons systems:

● Develop and implement a plan to significantly reduce our military spending

● Stop production of unnecessary weapons systems

● Reduce the number of permanent U.S. foreign military bases

● Cancel the missile defense system project

● Abandon any plans for the militarization of space

2. Ensure complete transparency of the costs of war by complete, accurate reporting of:

● The financial costs of weapons systems and armaments, troop and privatecontractor deployments, and all support systems

● The financial costs resulting from the destruction of the cities, villages, and infrastructures of countries we invade and bomb

● The financial costs of long-term care for the physical and psychological needs of veterans of war

● The loss of lives of both U.S. soldiers/contractors and civilians in countries where we engage in conflicts

● Recognition of the human costs on the military and their families resulting from repeated deployments

3. Reaffirm U.S. commitment to the Geneva Conventions:

● Carefully monitor enforcement of U.S. policies prohibiting all forms of torture

● Prohibit the manufacture, sale and use of munitions that cause indiscriminate harm to civilians

● Cease guerilla military training activities such as those employed at the “School of the Americas” (WHINSEC)

4. Disavow policies that justify militarization based on perceived U.S. needs for the natural resources of other nations

II. Build an infrastructure of peace and prosperity:

1. Participate in agreements and institutions that foster a more peaceful world:

● Commit the United States to strengthening the United Nations; respect international law, nonintervention, and the human rights of all people

● Work with other nations to systematically reduce and eliminate nuclear weapons in all nations

● Fully participate in international agreements that focus on alleviating climate change

2. Develop and strengthen alternatives to military force:

● Create alternative institutions, such as a Cabinet-level Department of Peace, committed to the deployment of resources such as civilian peacekeeping forces and effective mediation and conflict-resolution capabilities

● Significantly strengthen our diplomatic corps

● Support and strengthen USAID and further deliver economic development resources through qualified NGOs – according to the priorities of local populations

3. Commit to just and sustainable economic development strategies:

● Strongly support national security through significant investment in U.S. domestic infrastructure

● Disentangle U.S. foreign policies from the imposition of failed economic policies and flawed trade agreements

● Address the economically devastating effects of the debt burdens of developing countries

III. Address current conflicts through multilateral diplomacy:

III. Address current conflicts through multilateral diplomacy (cont.):

1. Commit to resolving the Israel-Palestine conflict through determined, balanced diplomacy

2. Initiate troop withdrawal from Afghanistan and promote regional and long-term stability for Afghanistan through increased diplomatic efforts that include all affected regional parties

3. Withdraw all military personnel and contractors from Iraq as scheduled

4. Develop diplomatic solutions to outstanding issues with Iran

5. Improve relations with Latin American nations, including normalizing relations with Cuba