Ideology
The PPL platform calls for, among other things,
- the consolidation of national independence, including political and economic independence
- the abolition of repressive laws and decrees;
- protection of freedom of thought, freedom of political organization, freedom of association, freedom of expression, freedom of the press, and the right to strike;
- an end to impunity for past human rights violations;
- a national plan for economic development directed by the state;
- wide-ranging agrarian reform;
- a national plan for health, education, and housing;
- the eradication of all forms of discrimination and oppression;
- full participation of women in the political, economic, and social spheres;
- special attention to the needs of children, seniors, and the disabled;
- the preservation of the environment and wise exploitation of natural resources;
- and the eventual political and economic integration of Latin America based on socialist principles.
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“Xenophobia looks like becoming the mass ideology of the 20th-century fin-de-siècle. What holds humanity together today is the denial of what the human race has in common.”
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