The Green Party Peace Action Committee requests all Green Party candidates for U.S.

state or local offices to swear or affirm that they will uphold the following principles if
elected to office.

​ tephen Boyle​_, as a Green Party candidate seeking to be elected to the _M

I, _S ​ ichigan
State Legislature​_, do hereby swear or affirm that:

1. I recognize all acts of military aggression are illegal under established

international law, including the ​Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928​ (4
​ 6 Stat. 2343​),
Article 6 of the ​Nuremberg Charter​, ​recognized as international law​ by the
International Law Commission of the United Nations in 1950, and Article 2,
sections 3, 4 and 7, and Article 51 of the ​Charter of the United Nations​. ​Article VI,
paragraph 2 of our Constitution​ makes treaties to which the United States is a
signatory a part of the “Supreme law of the land.” Therefore, violations of these
international laws are also unconstitutional under U.S. law.
2. I recognize that all acts of military aggression are fundamentally immoral and
never justifiable and that the use of military force can only be justified, if at all, as
an act of self-defense, to repel an actual attack on the United States or its
people. I categorically reject justifications for war based on claims that
pre-emptive action is necessary.
3. Accordingly, if elected, I promise to use the power of my office to advocate
measures and policies that promote peace and oppose the aggressive use of
military force. Such measures could include the following:
a. Resolutions to oppose U.S. acts of military aggression, including but not
limited to ongoing illegal attacks and/or occupations in Afghanistan, Iraq,
Syria, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen. The introduction of such resolutions
 can be used as an educational tool to raise public awareness of the
terrible human, environmental and economic costs of war.
b. Resolutions to oppose U.S. acts of economic aggression and other forms
of illegal interference in the internal affairs of other sovereign nations,
including but not limited to Iran, Venezuela, Bolivia, and Nicaragua. The
introduction of such resolutions can be used as an educational tool to
raise public awareness of the adverse consequences of such interference.
c. Resolutions to establish local nuclear-free zones. The introduction of such
resolutions can be used as an educational tool to raise public awareness
of the dire and ominous threat of nuclear war and the pressing need to
promote nuclear disarmament.
d. Policies to prevent the militarization of local police and the use of
disproportionate force by police, and to promote alternative forms of
conflict resolution and civilian control over police functions.
e. Limitations on military recruitment, and/or opportunities for peace
organizations to present their views in response to military recruitment
efforts, at public educational institutions.
f. Opposition to the establishment or operation of military facilities that do
not serve any legitimate defensive purpose, and/or that damage the
environment.
g. Opposition to the expenditure of state/local funding to promote militarism
and dogmatic nationalism masquerading as “patriotism.”
h. Relating budgetary constraints and the difficulties in funding social needs
at the state and local level to the paucity of federal funding for social
needs, caused by the tremendous cost of funding militarism and war.
i. Promoting the use of nonviolent language and civility in political discourse,
as another step toward the promotion of nonviolence in society at large.

Signed: Date: October 13, 2020