Sam Liccardo refuses to acknowledge that the war in Palestine is a genocide.
He won’t vote to:
• Stop sending weapons from the United States to arm Israel
• Stop funding the war
• End veto protection for Israeli actions in the United Nations Security Council
My name is Frank Nilsen, and I am running for Congress in the 16th district of California as a Green Party candidate who stands for socialism and solidarity among all people.
My campaign platform is:
🕊️ Peace and International Justice
- End all U.S. military aid to Israel and other regimes committing war crimes
- Support a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and accountability at the ICC
- Withdraw U.S. troops from overseas occupations
- Close foreign bases and end U.S. imperialism
- Redirect military spending to domestic needs
🏥 Health and Dignity for All
- Support Medicare for All: full universal affordable health care
- End for-profit health insurance and hospital consolidation
- Decriminalize drug use and guarantee access to mental health and addiction services
- Fund elder care, disability care, and full reproductive access nationwide
💼 Economic Democracy
- Institute a four day work week: 32 hours per week at full pay
- Guarantee the right to unionize and strike, including for gig and contract workers
- Support worker cooperatives and worker ownership of large firms
- End corporate subsidies and bailouts
- Tax wealth and financial speculation to eliminate poverty
🏡 Housing and Public Infrastructure
- Declare housing a human right
- Ban corporate landlords and mass evictions
- Build publicly owned, green, permanently affordable housing
- End homelessness through direct housing-first policy
⚡ Public Power and a Green Future
- Nationalize the energy grid: no more PG&E disasters for profit
- Invest in solar, wind, and public transit under public control
- End fossil fuel extraction and subsidies
- Create a federal green jobs guarantee with union wages
📚 Education and Public Empowerment
- Forgive student debt and make college and trade school affordable
- Fund public schools equitably
- Support universal childcare and paid parental leave
- Demilitarize schools and abolish campus police
🗳️ Democracy Worth the Name
- Ban corporate donations and PAC money
- Pass ranked-choice voting and proportional representation
- Abolish the Electoral College
Endorsements
The Peace and Freedom Party of California
Santa Clara County Green Party
Contact me at Frank@nogenocideca16.org
No Genocide CA-16 