On August 2, 2014, Toledo residents awoke to government alerts to not drink, bathe, use or touch the water coming out of their taps. The…
Solidarity Against Tyranny: Frontline Resistance Insights from the Philippines and Appalachian South
On July 21st at 6pm Pacific Time, we invite you to join us for a special event, “Solidarity Against Tyranny,” to help answer this question. Featuring activists, organizers, and revolutionaries from the Philippines and the Appalachian South.
How Do We Speak for the Trees When Our Human Right to Free Speech is Cut Down?
In our legal system, one is either a legal subject (humans and corporations) or a legal object (nature)
Ohio River Rights Campaign Launched by Cincinnati Residents
“We began to understand through this process that we are not only connected to the Ohio River, but that we are part of the ecosystem,”…
Press Release: Back to the Future — Ohioans Still Poisoned After All These Years
"The spreading of toxic and radioactive well waste brine on Ohio roads and other surfaces threatens all Ohioans,” stated FaCT Brine Education Committee Chair, Ron…
Why CELDF will be watching more than sports this Sunday
As Chilean voters are poised to go to the polls this coming Sunday, September 4, to hopefully become the second country in the world to…
A Living Tribute to Philip Jurus
In February 2019, just days before the Toledo special election on the Lake Erie Bill of Rights in Toledo Ohio, Philip Jurus heard an interview…
Some things never change, but we better start!
"Claiming to fight for clean water because the human community depends on clean water to bring in more tourism or that we need to destroy…
Lessons from Ecuador
What will it take to advance the Rights of Nature in the United States?
Truthout: The American Petroleum Institute Is Working to Kill Voting on Local Measures
Over the past five years, organizers in seven Ohio communities (three cities, four counties) have qualified ballot measures to recognize enforceable rights of ecosystems and…
WANTED: Local Officials Willing to Fight the Corporate State to Protect People and the Environment During a Pandemic
The system is constructed to disempower communities, to the detriment of people and the planet. That is why we need to fight back and why…
Dear Mike DeWine: A Letter on Ohioan’s Constitutional Rights and Public Health
Ohio Organizer Tish O'Dell responds to Gov. Mike DeWine's concerns for public health and constitutional rights during the COVID-19 crisis. Let's hope he upholds his…
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