Peace and Freedom Party
The Peace and Freedom Party (PFP) is a left-wing political party with ballot status in California. Its first candidates appeared on the 1966 New York ballot. The Peace and Freedom Party of California was organized in early 1967, gathering over 103,000 registrants which qualified its ballot status in January 1968 under the California Secretary of State Report of Registration.
Peace and Freedom Party | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Central Committee |
| Founded | June 23, 1967 |
| Membership (2024) | 133,914 |
| Ideology | Eco-socialism Feminism Pro-peace politics Socialism Anti-Zionism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Colors | Green |
| Website | |
| peaceandfreedom | |
The party has appeared in other states as an antiwar and pro-civil rights organization opposed to the Vietnam War and supporting black liberation, farm-worker organizing, women's liberation, and the gay rights movement. Its presidential candidates were Leonard Peltier in 2004, Ralph Nader in 2008, Roseanne Barr in 2012 and Gloria La Riva in 2016 and 2020.
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