An uninformed, passive public is easy to for the 1% to lead. We must become knowledgeable - not just about what is happening, but how…
“Common Sense” Newsletter – August 2026: Walking the Columbia River with Julie Lomboy
Our August Common Sense monthly newsletter reveals how a prayer walk alone will not stop the destruction of the Columbia River. But it is a precursor to action. One cannot take bold action — especially action involving sacrifice — without spiritual commitment.
Center for Humans & Nature: Does Fracking Violate Human Rights?
Check out the stories being submitted as evidence this week at the international Permanent People's Tribunal, where the PPT is considering fracking, climate change, and…
2018 Historic Vote in New Hampshire
A landmark legislative session was held in New Hampshire this year. It marked the first time a Community Rights state constitutional amendment was debated and…
Blog: The Gun Establishment’s Weapon of Choice
Courageous local officials in ten Florida cities are fighting punishments enacted by the state legislature under an unjust gun law. But it's the state's claimed…
Oxford Human Rights Hub: RightsUp #RightNow – When Human Rights Are Not Enough: Defending the Rights of Nature
Human rights to a healthy environment are gaining recognition - and today, the rights of nature are growing as well. Here, CELDF's Mari Margil speaks…
Press Release: Colombia Supreme Court Rules that Amazon Region is “Subject of Rights”
In the growing recognition of ecosystem rights around the world, today the Colombia Supreme Court of Justice ruled that the Amazon region in Colombia possesses…
Press Release: Mahoning Board of Elections Defies Supreme Court
The Mahoning County, OH, Board of Elections blocks a duly qualified Community Bill of Rights initiative from the ballot in Youngstown. CELDF assists residents to…
Press Release: Historic Vote on Community Rights State Constitutional Amendment in NH Legislature
The New Hampshire legislature takes an historic vote on the first Community Rights state constitutional amendment considered by a state legislature.
Blog: The NRA, Gun Violence, and Ceiling Preemption
Communities can't adopt the gun laws they believe would best protect their health, safety, and welfare. Here's why - and what communities can do about…
CELDF Publication – Rebelling Against the Corporate State
Our popular Community Rights Papers were printed between 2014 - 2017 and re-frame contemporary and historical events through a Community Rights lens.
Blog: Black History Month, White Supremacy, and Community Rights
CELDF's Tish O'Dell shares discoveries of her own white privilege when fracking came into her community - and how Dr. Martin Luther King and Black…
Press Release: New Hampshire Community Rights Amendment Backed by Legislative Subcommittee
The people's Community Rights state constitutional amendment moves ahead with the support of a New Hampshire legislative subcommittee.
In These Times: The Community Rights Movement to the New Hampshire House: Let the People Decide What’s Best
Taking steps to assert decision-making authority over their own communities, New Hampshire residents work with the CELDF and NHCRN to advance a rights-based state constitutional…
Blog: Think Globally, Enact Locally
"Local control" today means seizing our local governments and enacting laws to protect our communities and the future of the planet.
New Hampshire Public Radio: Plymouth Is Latest To Try Blocking Big Energy Projects With Local Ordinance
Plymouth, NH, residents are among the growing numbers of New Hampshire communities using Community Rights to stop projects harmful to their health, safety, and welfare.
Press Release: Plymouth, NH, Voters Adopt Community Rights Sustainable Energy Future Ordinance
Plymouth, NH, voters overwhelmingly adopt a rights-based ordinance banning unsustainable energy projects and protecting their right to a sustainable energy future. The measure bans the…
Blog: One Final New Year’s Resolution for 2018
Let's stop lying to each other and stop protesting. Let's start truth-telling and begin building our communities based on rights. It's time.
Press Release: New Hampshire Community Rights Amendment Advances to Public Committee Hearing
New Hampshire residents and the NHCRN advance a Community Rights state constitutional amendment to the legislative committee hearing.
Blog: When we fight, we win
Why are attacks from the corporate state escalating against communities who are advancing basic rights and protecting themselves from harm? And what's next?
Blog: Having a Dream is Just the Beginning
Dr. Martin Luther King is remembered for his extraordinary leadership in advancing Civil Rights. Let us not forget, either, how the system he and his…
Rolling Stone: The Rights of Nature Movement Goes on Trial
The people of Grant Township, PA, are fiercely defending their right to clean air and water. A federal judge sanctions two attorneys for standing with…
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