Waterville, OH, residents adopt a Community Bill of Rights Charter Amendment banning Spectra Energy's pipeline and compressor station. Youngstown residents are a beacon, refusing to…
Raising the Stakes in Grant Township, PA
The oil and gas industry in Pennsylvania threatens to criminalize elected officials protecting their communities from fracking activities. Grant Township Supervisors are undaunted and refuse…
2016: A Year in Review
What an amazing year - from Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New Hampshire, to Washington and Oregon, people are growing Community Rights and protecting their communities from…
Blog: The Police State Policing Police. How’s That Been Working for You?
We live in a corporatized police state. Violence to protect property and suppress people is condoned by the power elite. Rather than pleading for the…
Blog: Propertied Privilege Trumps Democracy
Upset with the Electoral College and disturbed by the implications of who was elected President? Let's look a little deeper and see what's really going…
Blog: Government Checks and Balances, and the Trump Suit
Trump ideology is poised to take over all three branches of government. And yet the fundamental and powerful principal of government's purpose - to protect…
CELDF Blog: From Absurd and Far-Fetched to Inalienable
As the predictable self-destruction of this culture of deceit and greed proceeds and accelerates, CELDF’s recommendations for change will become less "far-fetched" and "absurd." They…
Salon: What’s not being voted on this November: Local democracy is being squashed from coast to coast
Simon Davis-Cohen reveals escalating efforts to quash We the People from exercising our right to initiative. From fracking and water protection, to minimum wage and…
Doug Shields from We the People 2.0 – The Second American Revolution
Former Pittsburgh City Council President Doug Shields, featured in We the People 2.0, refuses to fold to the oil and gas industry, standing his ground…
Cathy Miorelli from We the People 2.0 – The Second American Revolution
Facing legal and political intimidation tactics aimed at silencing her, Cathy Miorelli refused - and led the way to advance Community Rights in Tamaqua, PA.…
Mongabay: Nature’s right to exist gets a boost from key organizations
As growing numbers of communities adopt Community Bills of Rights recognizing the Rights of Nature, countries, the United Nations, and NGOs advance Rights of Nature…
Common Dreams: Fracking Industry’s New Plan? Prosecute Those Who Push Drilling Bans
As communities seek to protect themselves from toxic drilling, Pennsylvania industry group mulls statute to deter such ordinances.
Jacobin: Democracy at Every Level
Federal and state governments strip local control to benefit commerce - at the cost of our communities. If we want to put people before profits,…
Press Release: Ho-Chunk Nation General Council Approves Rights of Nature Constitutional Amendment
The General Council of the Ho-Chunk Nation votes overwhelmingly to amend their tribal constitution to enshrine the Rights of Nature - the first tribal nation…
Common Dreams: Learning from the Standing Rock Sioux
The Standing Rock Sioux have much to teach us: grieving for the loss of land and threat to water, taking action to protect what belongs…
The Athens Messenger: Supreme Court says no to Athens County charter proposal
The Ohio Supreme Court refuses to place Athens, Meigs, and Portage Counties' rights-based Charters on the November ballot. County residents are working to protect their…
Blog: Ganga’s Rights are Our Rights
CELDF is partnering with local groups and NGOs in India to advance the rights of the Ganges River through the National Ganga River Rights Act.
The Baffler: Who Speaks for the Trees?
Recognizing Rights of Nature is part of the growing discourse on the rights of ecosystems to exist and thrive, based on their own intrinsic value.…
Truthout: Corporate Suppression of Direct Democracy Fuels Fight for Community Rights
Across the U.S., corporations and government officials are working to block We the People from exercising our right to direct democracy. As their efforts increase,…
Business Standard: Religious leaders submit proposal to govt to protect Ganga
In India, more than two dozen religious leaders urge adoption of Rights of Nature legislation to recognize the rights of the Ganga River. Millions of…
EugeneWeekly.com: County Calls a Temporary Halt to Controversial Changes to Petition Process
Lane County, OR, residents succeed in pressuring County Commissioners to drop a proposed ordinance that would have allowed Commissioners to block proposed ballot initiatives.
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