Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives - New Jersey 7th Congressional District in 2018 New Jersey 2018 General Election.
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Get StartedThe Green Party unequivocally supports a woman's right to reproductive choice, no matter her marital status or age, and that contraception and safe, legal abortion procedures be available on demand and be included in all health insurance coverage in the U.S., as well as free of charge in any state where a woman's income falls below the poverty level. Learn more
Diane seeks to enact fundamental change and activate a real plan for long overdue racial justice. She adopts and utilizes the platform created by the Movement for Black Lives (https://policy.m4bl.org/platform/). This plan is a starting point to stop police brutality, end mass incarceration, and work towards healing hundreds of years of systemic, institutionalized racism with a plan for reparations. Learn more
Diane has been an activist and advocate for racial justice for most of her life. Whether it be Occupying the Department of Justice in DC to expose its racist policies, defending indigenous people’s rights at Standing Rock, or observing firsthand the oppressive apartheid conditions in Palestine, Diane stands up for marginalized people and is committed to fighting all forms of oppression. Learn more
She believes that it is possible to maintain a safe and secure existence for Americans without the need for wasteful, destructive policies that cause so much bloodshed and grief. Learn more
Diane demands an end to the culture of endless war. The interventionist polices currently practiced must cease. We should pursue diplomatic solutions through dialogue and mediation. We must demand an end to the exploitation of people and resources in the areas where our foreign military bases are located, and to take it a step further, we must demand the closure of our foreign military bases. Learn more
National defense does not justify the harm that excessive military spending and reckless foreign policies are doing to this country and countries around the world. Learn more
We need a government that will stand up to the fossil fuel industry and be brave enough to ban fracking and stop the constant construction of new pipelines. We will fight the environmental crisis. Millions are already displaced from their homes and lives due to climate change. Climate change denial isn't an option, and incremental change is not a solution. I am calling for a transition away from all fossil fuels by the year 2025. Learn more
The United States must become an agent for peace and work to honor and support the United Nations treaties and conventions we pledged to uphold. Rather than engage in a new nuclear arms race, we must actively pursue nuclear disarmament with other countries with nuclear weapons. Learn more
We must dismantle the US empire and its racist colonial policies that are causing such harm and devastation across the world. Learn more
Diane believes that the government’s current policies actually make us less safe. Diane calls on voters to have the courage of their convictions, to stand up and demand real change. Her vision is of a world where America might lead by example, establishing the foundation for a world order based on cooperation, justice, and respect for human rights. Learn more
As a Green Party candidate for the US House of Representatives, I support single-payer universal health care and preventive care for all. I believe that healthcare is a right, not a privilege. Learn more
Diane supports the abolishment of ICE and the demilitarization of our borders. The fearmongering and scapegoating have gone too far. We need sane, humane immigration policies and practices. Learn more
Diane also supports the complete abolishment of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE). Not the renaming of the agency to create a new acronym or slightly altering the duties of the agency, she supports the actual and complete abolishment. Learn more
Diane supports the immediate passage of a clean DREAM (Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors) Act, restoring and strengthening TPS (Temporary Protective Status), keeping families and communities together, and accessible pathways to citizenship. Learn more
Diane adheres to the Green Party platform that rejects both the capitalist system and the state-socialist system. Greens advocate for a decentralized system of eco-socialism rooted in worker run cooperatives that secure workers’ rights and prioritize environmentally sound practices to protect workers, local communities, and the planet. Learn more
Diane will fight for a government that works for the good of all the people and planet. She will be unrelenting in her pursuit of an eco-socialist economic system based on peace and justice, not war and exploitation. This cannot be achieved under the current system which relies on oppression, racism, deception, and corruption in order to survive. Learn more
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