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Jill Stein | |
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| Born | May 14, 1950 Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Nationality | Statesian |
| Political orientation | Democratic centralism Anti-imperialism Anti-Zionism |
| Political party | Green |
Jill Ellen Stein (born May 14, 1950) is a Statesian political activist and presidential candidate. She is running for president as the Green Party nominee for the 2024 presidential election.
Political positions
Domestic policy
Stein supports medicare for all, including mental health care and dental care, and free higher education.[1]
Stein supports free public education through college and graduate school, the abolishing of student debt, increased and equal funding for public schools and an end to the privatization of public schools.[2]
She is in favor of increased taxes on the wealthy and the closing of loopholes which allow the wealthy to not pay taxes, while also advocating for lower taxes on working people.[2]
She advocates for the creation of public banks and public ownership of the four largest banks in the United States.[2]
She is in favor of a 25 dollar minimum wage and a guaranteed livable income in addition to the closing of loopholes which allow employees to be paid below minimum wage.[2]
She supports worker-owned cooperatives and unionization, including among "gig" workers, as well as worker representation on corporate boards.[2]
She pushes for an end to homelessness and housing insecurity and the funding of social housing. In addition to this she supports the Tenants Bill of Rights, universal rent control and the treatment of housing as a human right. She promises to direct the department of labor to establish a National Tenants Union.[2]
Foreign policy
Stein is an anti-Zionist and argues that equating Judaism with Zionism is antisemitic.[1]
In September 2024 Stein sold out to imperialism, presumably in hope of gaining more votes, by condemning Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad, declaring them "war criminals" and putting them at the same level as imperialist war criminals such as Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Donald Trump.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson (2024-04-20). "Challenging the duopoly: Jill Stein on why she’s running for US president as Green Party candidate" Geopolitical Economy Report. Archived from the original on 2024-05-26.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Jill Stein 2024 Platform". Jill Stein 2024.
- ↑ "Statement on war criminals and diplomacy to prevent WWIII" (2024-09-19). Jill Stein 2024. Archived from the original on 2024-09-21.