A Platform for Liberation
Pink Triangle Revolutionaries
We’ve updated PTR’s Platform for Liberation!
Below, you’ll find a detailed breakdown of each point, where we outline its purpose, and actionable goals that we believe will move us closer toward liberation.
1. Freedom and Self-Determination for All Oppressed Peoples
We’re fighting for the liberation of all oppressed peoples, especially Black, Queer, and Palestinian individuals, to tackle systemic racism, queerphobia, and xenophobia head-on.
Goals:
• Empower marginalized groups to challenge systemic oppression and work towards liberation.
• Center Queer, Black, & Palestinian liberation as foundational to dismantling global oppression.
• Implement policies/programs supporting marginalized communities’ autonomy, community empowerment, and equitable access to resources
• Challenge systems perpetuating inequality, and using Critical Race Theory and Anti-Zionism as a framework to identify and challenge racial and ethnic oppression.
2. Economic Justice and Labor Solidarity
We demand full employment, strong unions, and reparations while breaking down capitalist structures that exploit workers and communities.
Goals:
• Build a just economy that prioritizes workers’ rights and community empowerment.
• Guarantee full employment and strengthen labor unions.
• Create worker-led cooperatives and community wealth-building initiatives.
• Provide reparations to address historical economic harm to Black and Indigenous communities due to oppressive labor practices.
3. Free Education for Liberation
We demand free education that teaches the true history of oppression and builds critical thinking rooted in intersectionality.
Goals:
• Provide universal access to free education, including higher education.
• Establish an education system that empowers and informs.
• Teach the true history of systemic oppression and resistance, incorporating Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality.
• Expand access to STEM, vocational training, and digital literacy programs for all.
4. Free Healthcare and Housing for All
Healthcare and housing are basic human rights. We demand guaranteed universal healthcare and housing to eliminate homelessness and state-inflicted health disparities
Goals:
• Recognize housing and healthcare as fundamental human rights.
• Guarantee comprehensive, free healthcare for all, including mental health and reproductive care.
• Eliminate homelessness by providing universal access to guaranteed housing.
5. End Police and State Violence
We demand an end to police brutality and state violence, by replacing them with community-led safety initiatives and restorative justice.
Goals:
• Defund and demilitarize police forces.
• Replace punitive systems of state violence with community-driven safety measures.
• Develop restorative justice practices to address harm within communities.
• End state-sponsored surveillance and harassment of marginalized groups.
6. Prison Abolition and Justice Reform
Abolish prisons and replacing them with restorative justice systems, release non-violent offenders, and ensure truly fair trials for all.
Goals:
• Abolish the current prison system and replace it with restorative justice frameworks.
• Dismantle the Prison Industrial Complex.
• Create a justice system focused on restoration and fairness.
• Release non-violent offenders and review all cases of injustice.
• Ensure fair trials with juries representative of defendants’ community and peers.
7. Peace and Non-Aggression
Oppose imperialism, occupation and acts of aggression while supporting individuals’ right to self-defense.
Goals:
• Oppose imperialism and prioritize non-aggressive methods of conflict resolution.
• Advocate for the end of all wars and acts of aggression, militaristic expansion, and crimes against humanity.
• Support every individuals’ right to self-defense against oppression - while rejecting random acts of violence, organized crime and war.
8. Refuge and Safety for Marginalized Groups
We demand safe havens for all oppressed people fleeing violence and oppressive laws, states and governments (foreign and domestic).
Goals:
• Guarantee refuge and safety for individuals escaping government and/or state-sponsored violence and discrimination.
• Build networks to create safe havens and community support systems.
• Provide safe havens for those fleeing oppressive environments.
9. Centering Disabled People and Religious Minorities
We center and protect Disabled people and religious minorities who are targets of systemic oppression.
Goals:
• Protect groups targeted by systemic oppression and build inclusive communities.
• Advocate for accessibility in all public spaces, education, and healthcare.
• Protect disabled people from discrimination, systemic ableism and repression.
• Protect religious minorities from hate crimes and systemic repression.
10. Environmental and Climate Justice
We demand clean air, water, and renewable energy for all, addressing the disproportionate environmental harm faced by marginalized and oppressed people.
Goals:
• Build a sustainable future centered on equity and environmental protection.
• Ensure access to clean air, water, and renewable energy for all communities.
• Develop community-led sustainable energy projects and climate adaptation initiatives.
11. Digital Rights and Technology Justice
We call for an end to the digital divide, to regulate biased AI, and protect privacy from invasive surveillance and malicious attacks.
Goals:
• Ensure equitable access to technology and prevent its misuse.
• Provide universal internet access and affordable digital tools.
• Regulate AI for transparency and fairness, preventing discrimination.
• Protect individuals from invasive surveillance and data exploitation.
12. Solidarity with Radical and Intersectional Movements
We stand in solidarity with other radical, intersectional groups to amplify collective efforts for justice and liberation.
Goals:
• Foster collaboration with other groups working towards liberation
• Build alliances with like-minded groups to strengthen collective impact.
• Share resources and strategies for mutual empowerment.
13. Intersectional Liberation for All
We recognize and address the interconnected nature of oppression, lifting up all marginalized and used people.
Goals:
• Advocate for systems that dismantle multiple forms of oppression simultaneously.
• Support policies and actions that uplift all marginalized and oppressed people.
• Recognize and address the interconnected nature of oppression.
14. Anti-Colonialism and Reparations
We’re pushing for reparations for slavery, colonialism, and genocide, including returning stolen lands and repatriating cultural artifacts.
Goals:
• Address the historical harms of slavery, colonialism, genocide and systemic oppression.
• Provide reparations for historical and current ongoing harm resulting in colonialism, oppression, slavery, apartheid, ethnic cleansing and genocide.
• Return stolen lands to Indigenous peoples and repatriate cultural artifacts to preserve their history and culture
15. Peace and Global Solidarity
We stand in solidarity with global justice movements for liberation, and against war and militarism while also finding it urgent to redirect resources to community needs and mutual aid efforts.
Goals:
• Oppose militarism/imperialism and support global movements for justice.
• Advocate for disarmament and redirect resources to social programs.
• Build coalitions with global justice movements.
• Eliminate the military industrial complex and redirect resources to community and mutual aid needs.
16. Grassroots Democracy and Community Control
We empower communities to govern their resources and make decisions collectively.
Goals:
• End Hierarchial Governance
• Establish participatory decision-making systems in communities.
• Empower local communities to govern their resources and make decisions, while avoiding hierarchical power structures
• Advocate for local ownership of utilities, infrastructure, and resources - for the people, by the people
17. Cultural Empowerment and Representation
We celebrate and protect the cultural heritage of marginalized groups and promote diverse leadership in all spheres.
Goals:
• Preserve and celebrate the cultural heritage of marginalized groups.
• Fund cultural programs and public art initiatives.
• Promote diverse representation in leadership and media.
18. Mental Health and Trauma Recovery
We demand free, culturally competent mental health services and trauma-informed care and recovery programs.
Goals:
• Provide resources on trauma-informed care and recovery programs
• Provide resources to heal from systemic oppression and economic hardship.
• Offer free, culturally competent mental health services.
• Create community-based trauma recovery programs.
19. Equitable Disaster Preparedness
We demand that’s communities are given the training, relief, and support to respond to, and prepare for climate crises and disasters equitably.
Goals:
• Equip communities to respond equitably to climate crises and disasters.
• Train communities in grassroots disaster preparedness.
• Demand equitable government disaster relief and support.
Non-Exhaustive and Living Platform
This platform remains adaptable, evolving with the needs of the people, reflecting an unwavering commitment to equity, justice, and liberation.
All Power to the People!