Highland Township, PA, residents to vote on home rule as a tool to advance community rights and protect themselves from a fracking wastewater injection well.…
New Hampshire Legislative Committee Deceives Community Rights Supporters
Community Rights state constitutional amendment in New Hampshire receives outpouring of support from residents, and disregard from the legislative committee. The measure advances to the…
Ohio Street Theater Production: The People vs. the Corporate State
The Ohio Community Rights Network partners with Medina County residents to stage The People vs. the Corporate State. Check out the David vs. Goliath production.
The Medina-Gazette: Public airs concerns over NEXUS station with EPA
The Ohio Community Rights Network presented a street theater production prior to the Ohio EPA's public meeting on the proposed compressor station, which is part…
Cleveland.com: No new oil, gas well applications in Broadview Heights, despite court case supporting drillers
Broadview Heights, OH, residents' strong stand to block new drilling wells keeps fracking out and oil and gas companies away.
The Laconia Daily Sun: Come to Concord Thurs. and advocate for local self-governance
As NH communities are threatened with unsustainable development, they are advancing community rights at the state level to ensure their right to protect themselves is…
Citizen.com: Let the People Vote
Article 40, Right of Local Community Self-Government, would amend the New Hampshire Constitution to empower people and their local governments to enact local laws that…
Gazette: Broadview Hts.’ citizens group MADION continues its gas-oil well fight in court
Broadview Heights, OH, residents' CELDF attorney presents oral arguments on the people's inalienable right to protect their communities from fracking over the corporate claimed "right"…
Community Rights Paper #11: Slaves in all but Name
Communities across the U.S. are stripped of their right to local self-government, and the right to protect themselves from corporate harms and the corporate state.…
The Athens News: Appeals court in fracking case should stand up for basic rights
A class action lawsuit filed by CELDF on behalf of Broadview Heights residents to uphold their inalienable right to local self-government - including their right…
The Ledger Transcript: Support Community Rights in NH
The NHCRN and CELDF partner with New Hampshire communities to advance community rights - today manifesting in a state consitutional amendment that has bi-partisan support…
National Community Rights Network endorses proposed New Hampshire state constitutional amendment
The National Community Rights Network supports New Hampshire's efforts to secure the right to local, community self-government, protecting community rights from state preemption and corporate…
The Keene Sentinel: Elected officials seeking to slow pipeline proposal with state legislation
As a pipeline project cutting through New Hampshire threatens a number of communities, several pieces of legislation are being proposed at the state level -…
The World: Your View – Support your right to be the decision maker
Rather than being the cornerstone of democracy, our U.S. Constitution is the cornerstone of oligarchy - as evidenced by corporate projects forced into communities, such…
Community Rights Paper #10: Paradise Lost
What does a property and commerce driven U.S. Constitution mean for native Hawai’ians? Through a relentless and inexorable colonization process over many decades, including superimposing…
The Leap: Can Local Law Enforcement Be Democratized By A People’s Movement?
As communities move beyond slowing down unwanted fossil fuel projects such as pipelines, and begin using local community self-governance to stop them, they are bumping…
PA Township News: Pre-emptive State Laws and Corporate ‘Rights’ Are Fraught with PERIL for Municipalities
CELDF responds to inaccuracies presented by the general counselor to the Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Association regarding Community Bills of Rights and our organization.
New Hampshire Community Rights Amendment Moves Closer to Committee Public Hearing
New Hampshire's Community Rights state constitutional amendment securing the right to local, community self-government for all Granite Staters, moves forward for the 2016 Legislative Session.
New Hampshire Community Rights Justified Heritage
New Hampshire Community Rights Network Coordinator Michelle Sanborn asserts the state's Community Rights Amendment - co-sponsored by several state legislators - has its roots in…
City Council Should Focus on Abolishing, Not Rerouting, NEXUS Pipeline
The Oberlin Review urges Oberlin, OH's City Council to stop working to reroute the NEXUS pipeline, and stand behind its Community Bill of Rights banning…
Guest Opinion: Pushing for community rights
Mary Russell of Carbondale, CO, advocates for community rights as a tool for the people to make self-governing decisions in their communities, and urges support…
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