Editing Peace and Freedom Party (section)

{{short description|Socialist political party in the United States}}
{{Primary sources|date=August 2024}}{{Infobox political party
| name             = Peace and Freedom Party
| logo             = PFPLogo.png
| colorcode        = {{party color|Peace and Freedom Party}}
| leader           = Central Committee
| foundation       = {{no wrap|{{start date and age|1967|6|23}}}}
| ideology         = [[Socialism]]<br>[[Eco-socialism]]<br />[[Socialist feminism]]<br />[[Peace movement#United States|Pro-peace]]
| position         = [[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]]<ref name="LATimes">{{cite news|last1=Haldane|first1=David|title=Peace, Freedom Party Still in Fray After 20 Years on Ballot|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-01-11-mn-23292-story.html|access-date=August 19, 2016|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=January 11, 1988}}</ref>
| membership_year  = January 2024
| membership       = 133,914 registered voters<ref name=RegVote />
| seats1_title     = Members in elected offices
| seats1           = 0
| website          = {{URL|peaceandfreedom.us}}
| country          = the United States
}}
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[[File:2016_Peace_and_Freedom_Party_National_Convention_voting.jpg | thumb|right | upright | 2016 PFP convention delegates vote on their preferred candidates<ref name=Liberation2016 />]]
The '''Peace and Freedom Party''' ('''PFP''') is a [[Socialism|socialist]] [[Political parties in the United States|political party in the United States]] which operates mostly in [[California]].<ref name="LATimes"/> It was formed in 1966 from anti–[[Vietnam War]] and pro–civil rights movements.

PFP operates both as an organization unto itself and an umbrella organization in which socialist organizations compete to win PFP's [[ballot access]].<ref name=Peters1997 />

Notable past and present members include [[Bob Avakian]], [[Emmy Lou Packard]], [[Byron Randall]], and (briefly) [[Murray Rothbard]].