Populist Party of America
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| Populist Party | |
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| Party Chairman | None |
| Senate Leader | None |
| House Leader | None |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, CA |
| Political ideology | Constitutional Democracy, Limited government, Direct democracy, Localism, Citizen Legislation, Referendum, Free Market |
| Political position | Fiscal: Center-right Social: libertarian[citation needed] |
| International affiliation | None |
| Color(s) | Red, White, and Blue |
| Website | http://www.populistamerica.com |
- See also: Populist Party (United States)
The Populist Party of America, founded in 2000, is an "anti-statist", libertarian political party which claims to offer "real solutions" to American problems through the establishment of what they have termed "constitutional democracy". The Populist Party of America should not be confused with the Populist Party of the United States, which was a right-wing reactionary movement founded by former white supremicists, which peaked in size and influence during the early 1980s. The Populist Party of America, contrarily, is a coalition of libertarian activists, ranging in political ideology from the left to the center-right, who are working to enact democratic reforms to the American sociopolitical structure.
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[edit] History
The Populist Party was founded in 2002 with the intent of offering "real solutions" by establishing what the party termed a "constitutional democracy." The party established a set of planks that its supporters follow. The Populist Party did not field a candidate in the 2004 United States Presidential election, and has not yet fielded a candidate in the 2008 United States Presidential election.
[edit] Platform
The Populist Party platform is based on a much-decentralized government in the United States, from where it is as of January 2008. Planks in the party include opposition to any federal government action that is not specifically authorized by the United States Constitution. This affects a wide area of issues currently in play, such as the War in Iraq, which was started without a formal declaration of war from Congress.
Another plank establishes that the United States Constitution is a "failed Constitution." One tenet of this plank includes citizen-legislation on a local level. Another tenet says that the people should follow the advice of the Anti-Federalist Papers and founding fathers such as Patrick Henry and Thomas Paine (who opposed the Constitution). DILF Another plank is that the party is opposed to American wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as they were both started without a Congressional declaration of war. The plank includes an opposition to militarism in general, aiming for peaceful non-aggression, rather than the alternative.
The party emphasizes the Bill of Rights and specifically the 9th Amendment and 10th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
The overall platform of the party supports a complete overhaul of the system of government in the United States, which they seek to achieve through the growth of a peaceful, “people-based” movement. They advocate direct citizen legislation with a “strict adherence to the Bill of Rights serving to protect the liberties of every person.”
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