Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
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Peace and Freedom Party
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| Founded | June 23, 1967 |
| Ideology |
Pro-peace politics Feminism Eco-socialism Democratic Socialism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Seats in the Senate |
0 / 100
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| Seats in the House |
0 / 435
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| Governorships |
0 / 50
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| State Upper Houses |
0 / 1,921
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| State Lower Houses |
0 / 5,410
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| www.peaceandfreedom.org | |
The Peace and Freedom Party (PFP) is a nationally organized left-wingpolitical party, with affiliates in more than a dozen American states, including California, Florida, Colorado, and Hawaii. Its first candidates appeared on the ballot in 1966; but the Peace and Freedom Party of California was founded on June 23, 1967, when it began its registration drive at the anti-war demonstration against Lyndon Johnson's appearance at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, and qualified for the ballot in January 1968.
The Peace and Freedom Party went national in 1968 as a left-wing organization opposed to the Vietnam War.
In 2004, 2008, and 2012, the party's presidential candidates were Leonard Peltier,Ralph Nader, and Roseanne Barr, respectively.
According to its main website, PFP "is committed to socialism, democracy, ecology, feminism and racial equality" and tries "to build a mass based socialist party throughout the country." It is a strong advocate of environmentalism, aboriginal rights, rights to sexuality, health care, abortion, education, housing, employment and a socialist-run economy.
The Peace and Freedom Party grew out of unhappiness with the Democratic Party's support for the war in Vietnam and failure to effectively support the civil rights movement.
In 1966, three men ran for the U.S. House using the Peace and Freedom Party label. Herbert Aptheker received 3,562 votes in New York's 12th Congressional District; Robert B. Shaw received 1,974 votes in Washington's 7th Congressional District; and Frank L. Patterson received 1,105 votes in Washington's 2nd Congressional District.
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