How Our Party Is Different
This party is independent but can also work as an organized caucus within the established parties.
This party is independent but can also work as an organized caucus within the established parties.
There is precedent for such dual-party affiliation. For example, Ron Paul once ran for president as the candidate of the Libertarian Party, yet he also served several terms in Congress as a member of the Republican Party – all while remaining true to his core principles.
To the extent that there remains a true Conservative movement within the Republican Party that stands up for peace, civil liberties, opposition to censorship, and opposition to corporate capture of regulatory agencies, our party acts as a force within the Republican Party (like the "Tea Party" movement of 2009-2016) and as an independent body. Similarly, to the extent that "old school" Democratic Party liberals – those who believe in peace, free speech, support for working people and opposition to corporate corruption – may still be found in the Democratic Party, our party also works within that party.
This party is based on a firm set of principles, to guard against corruption.
The party we promote is different in kind from the Democratic and Republican parties. Firmly grounded on a set of principles, it prevents the forms of corruption and betrayal that have marked American politics for generations. We have all seen it many times before: Candidates make various promises to voters to get elected but betray those promises once in office. They instead do the bidding of their corporate donors, PACS, super-PACs, and the army of lobbyists who have turned our representative democracy into a plutocracy, or rule by a small wealthy elite.
To break this pattern we built a party in which a pledge of support and loyalty to core principles is a requirement of membership and a requirement for serving as a candidate for public office. Members and candidates must be held accountable for their actions and subject to sanction or removal if they betray those principles. In this party, the will of the people controls the actions of our office-holders, and not the other way around. This party truly holds its office-holders accountable and ensures they act with integrity, and do not sell out their constituents to the highest bidders without penalty.
The set of principles which organize our party are limited in scope. We have selected certain central and core positions that were at the heart of the Kennedy campaign and built out acceptable, negotiated statements the membership can all adhere to.
