Attorneys Will Falk and Sean Butler's insightful piece on the Lake Erie Bill of Rights as Rights of Nature comes up against a legal system…
Blog: A Right to Survive is Born in Denver
Wealthy interests seeking to crush human rights in Denver, Colorado, out raised local supporters of the Denver "Right to Survive" initiative 23:1. This is the…
Blog: With Justice Kavanaugh, Forget Everything You Were Taught About How to Resist Injustice
The U.S. Supreme Court will not be backing our efforts to advance rights. We must advance those rights anyway, seeking guidance and inspiration from movements…
Blog: Ceiling Preemption is UnAmerican
Preemption is used by governments to stop communities from protecting their rights, health, safety, and welfare. It's time to change that - and we can.
Blog: America Denies “Personhood” to the Poor
The more property you own, the more rights you are accorded. If you're homeless, propertyless, imprisoned, or undocumented, your rights are almost nil. That's not…
Blog: Dangerous to the 1% – An Informed Public
An uninformed, passive public is easy to for the 1% to lead. We must become knowledgeable - not just about what is happening, but how…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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.
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…
Blog: Seceding from Ourselves
Abolitionists urged secession to end the slave state. Explore secession to end the corporate state.
Blog: Downsizing Nature: The Fight for Bears Ears and Beyond
Nature isn't protected in our constitution. And so ecosystems, including our national monuments, are protected - or not - at the whim of current powerbrokers.
Blog: A New Hampshire Resident & Legislator Exchange Words on Community Rights
A powerful exchange between a New Hampshire legislator and a New Hampshire resident on Community Rights.
Blog: Capitalism: The Elephant in the Room
Through seizing municipal government, communities are building a bulwark of rights for human and natural communities, working to liberate our communities from capitalism.
Blog: Pebble Mine: Risen from the Dead
Pebble Mine is moving forward in Alaska. We need a revolution if we have any hope to protect the ecosystems we depend upon.
Blog: Ceiling Preemption: A Weapon Against Democracy
State and federal governments use ceiling preemption to suppress rights. It's time for communities to use floor preemption to stop harm and expand rights.
Blog: Whose Town is It?
Members of the New Hampshire legislature took advantage of a spring blizzard, attempting to undermine direct democracy.
Blog: The US Constitution Is So 1789. It’s Time for a Serious Overhaul
The 1% drive for a constitutional convention, advancing their own corporate interests. But we don't need a convention. We need a whole new constitution.
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