The Revolutionary Communist Party of the USA has released their proposed constitution for the New Socialist Republic in North America.
Unveiled: Constitution for New Socialist North America
http://www.revcom.us/socialistconstitution/SocialistConstitution-en.pdf
Here are some gems.
Unveiled: Constitution for New Socialist North America
http://www.revcom.us/socialistconstitution/SocialistConstitution-en.pdf
Here are some gems.
Page 3: Calls itself a dictatorship.
Page 31: Free education.The New Socialist Republic in North America is, like all states, a form of dictatorship–the dictatorship of the proletariat–which means that, in its essential character and its basic principles, structures, institutions and political processes, it must give expression to and serve the fundamental interests of the proletariat, a class whose exploitation is the engine of the accumulation of capitalist wealth and the functioning of capitalist society and whose emancipation from its exploited condition can only be brought about through the communist revolution, with its goal of abolishing all relations of exploitation and oppression and achieving the emancipation of humanity as a whole.
Page 36: Free health care.Education providing not only for literacy and other basic skills and abilities but also for a grounding in the natural and social sciences, as well as art and culture and other spheres, and in the ability to work with ideas in general, shall be provided, at government expense, and shall be compulsory for all youth (both citizens and residents) within the New Socialist Republic in North America, in accordance with policy and guidelines that shall be adopted by the appropriate government bodies for this purpose. Advanced education, combining specialization with the continuance of overall, well-rounded learning, shall also be provided at government expense for those who meet the criteria and standards for this more advanced education, as set forth in policy and guidelines developed by the appropriate government bodies, in accordance with the principles and objectives embodied in this Constitution.
Page 37: State-run media1. The goal of the New Socialist Republic in North America with regard to health and medicine is to promote the all-around health and well-being of the people and, as one key dimension of this, to provide the people in society as a whole with access to medical care–at low cost and eventually free of cost–and to continually develop and improve this medical care. The government of this Republic also acts to ensure that the food and nutritional needs of the population are met.
Page 69: Codified Gun Control1. In line with the socialist orientation and principles regarding the development of the economy–and with the orientation and principles set forth in this Constitution as a whole–the ownership and use of the major media in the New Socialist Republic in North America shall be in the hands of the government and under its ultimate direction, and specifically that of the Executive Council of the central government.
Page 80: Private Businesses confiscatedD. Individuals 18 years or older may own firearms for personal use, so long as this is in conformity with regulations that are established in this regard, and other laws that are established, in accordance with this Constitution. The use by others, less than 18 years, of firearms must be under the supervision of someone 18 years or older and in conformity with what is set forth here, and elsewhere in this Constitution.
Page 81: State ownership of resourcesMeans of production, and other private capital and wealth of the former capitalist-imperialist ruling class of the United States of America, shall be expropriated, without compensation, and converted into state/public property (or other forms of property which are in accordance with state planning and the development of the economy along socialist lines).
Page 84: Right to employment3. Land, waters, forests, minerals, and other natural resources are protected and managed as “public goods.” They fall within the scope of public-state ownership. Socialist-state ownership recognizes its responsibility to preserve the “commons”–the atmosphere, oceans, wildlife, and so forth–for all of humanity and for the future.
Page 89: Redistributing wealth1. The right to employment and income is guaranteed. The socialist economy enables individuals of diverse capabilities and inclinations to contribute to the development of a liberating society, and to gain in knowledge and capability.
2. In communist society, the enslaving subordination of the individual to the division of labor will be overcome; commodity production and exchange through money will be replaced with the direct distribution of social products, on the basis of overall planning; the principle of “from each according to his/her abilities, to each according to his/her needs” will guide distribution on the basis of a leap in the material and ideological development of society; and a higher form of social ownership and planning, no longer requiring the mediation of a state, will be achieved.