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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Thu Jan 14, 2016, 03:48 PM Jan 2016

Looks like Kamala has some competition after all

from Green candidate Shamako Noble. (Disclaimer: I met Shamako when he was organizing the US Social Forum in San Jose last year. He is the truth!)

http://shamako4senate.com/

Education
1.1: We call for state constitutional amendments and/or federal legislation mandating equal funding and resources. We call for parity spending in all public school districts—suburban, urban, and rural alike. We demand transparency in school budgets and for the creation of committees that include community members and officials to ensure that education moneys are spent for their proper purposes and are audited yearly. We call for the restoration and preservation of community control of schools, and for independent community-based commissions to assess and evaluate the quality of community ownership of schools. We demand monies be used for the recruitment and training of teachers that are residents of the district. We reject the idea that vouchers are a viable solution to the disparities in education. We support access for undocumented immigrants to higher education and support the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act (DREAM Act)....

2. Economic Justice
2.4: We demand full employment at living wages that help develop and empower our communities and individuals, with equal pay and advancement opportunities for women and men. We call for a Federal minimum wage with cost-of-living adjustment. We oppose all forms of economic violence. We call for the abolition of job discrimination, and the end of punitive welfare and foster care policies....

3. Criminal Justice
3.1: We demand the reinstatement and protection of all civil and human rights, including voting, employment, education, and economic opportunities for all individuals who have been accused and/or convicted through the criminal justice system. We call for the permanent and complete separation of all individuals under 18 from the adult prison system. We demand the end of adult sentencing for individuals under 18....

4. Health
4.1: We demand federal legislation that would institute free universal holistic healthcare, including affordable prescription drugs and equal access to hospitals for indigent communities.
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