Research consensus-based, non-hierarchic organizational structure
Peace and Freedom Party (PFP) should assign member(s) to research
consensus-based, non-hierarchic organizational forms and submit a report
and recommendations to central committee.
Recruitment Policy
Membership in PFP should be based on shared commitment to principles contained
in the mission statement and the party platform. Talents and training which
recruits bring to PFP should be discovered and recognized. This might be
conveniently accomplished by means of a sponsor or “case manager”--some PFP
member assigned to help the recruit interface with the organization so they
can effectively contribute to PFP life. A set number of hours of volunteering
is OK but the type of work involved and recognized should be worked out between
the assigned party rep and the recruit. The party rep and the recruit should
together formulate a plan of work that would maximize the fullest potential of
the recruit and enhance the strength of the party.
Building of an alternative social infrastructure
PFP should immediately assign resources and comrades to facilitate by means
of collectives the building of an alternative social infrastructure to provide
for the basic needs of the masses here and across the planet. This would
include but not be limited to food, clothing, housing, medical,
training/education, art/recreation, news/media, etc. Some of these kinds of
collectives are already in existence. We should assign comrades to work with
these groups in so far as these groups aligned with our mission statement and
party platform.
People's vanguard
Electoral politics should not be the primary focus of PFP. We should see
ourselves as the vanguard of the masses; anything short of this would leave
the party open to cooptation and/or reaction.
Research, planning, and cadre-training center
PFP should immediately establish a center for research, planning, and cadre
training. We suggest at least these three areas for study: 1) our struggle
against the opposition and the communication and decisions required meet this
struggle; 2) natural laws (truth) and sustainable economy;
and 3) social structures and manifestation of power/authority in the coming era.
Global focus
PFP should shift its focus from local to global—begin to think and act
globally. It should search out organizations around the globe that it can
join forces with in coalitions and united fronts. There is no alternative
to global unity in our struggle against what is rapidly shifting from
imperialism to fascism.
Communist not Socialist leadership
Finally we ask that PFP consider the difference between socialist and
socialism. I think PFP would agree that socialism means essentially you
get what you produce—under socialism exploitation by capital is eliminated.
But it is important to note that the socialist revolution was not accomplished
and run by socialists; it was accomplished and run by communists. Communists
or better, the vanguard of the masses, produce for society and seek only their
needs in return. Although socialism is a necessary step for society, it
nevertheless retains getting-for-self. Doctors and engineers and the
professional class under socialism, for example, produce much more than
street-sweepers and so may accumulate much more wealth than do street
sweepers. Communists or those who are in the vanguard, though they may
produce much more than the lowest producer, nevertheless take only what they
absolutely need. This is the higher development which we must expect from
all PFP members. Specifically it requires a shift not only in our thinking
but a shift in the way we dispose of our individual resources. We should
begin to figure out how we can operate collectively to share property and
monies (wages, pensions, government subsidies, savings etc). Although this
may sound drastic, we feel that any organization which fails to move in this
direction will degenerate into me-too-ism, stagnation, and either cooptation
or reaction. The new life that burgeoned in all socialist countries has been
collective life. We as political activists must begin to model and introduce
this life to the people. The opposition is now looking for collaborators and
opportunists, careerists, etc.--anyone they can bribe--to attain global hegemony.
Those who who refuse to share--to work collectively--will indeed be lost to
the opposition.
