We help communities create & defend their rights.
We assist communities to develop first-in-the-nation, groundbreaking laws for worker rights, houseless rights, democratic rights, and the Rights of Nature. We also provide free and low-cost legal services, grassroots organizing, and education support, to communities and governments facing injustice. Contact us now.
EARTH DAY-ZED AND CONFUSED
essays, poetry, blogs, music, and more by CELDF staff
While people around the world celebrate the planet we’re collectively killing and simultaneously trying to save, CELDF is looking forward and back, contemplating where we’ve been and where, if anywhere, we’re going. Over the upcoming weeks, we’ll share our thoughts, analysis, creativity and retrospectives. Stay in touch and share your thoughts with us…we really are all in this one together.
Blogs
Earth Emancipation Now!
Earth Emancipation Now! Synopsis: The American Empire was built on the model of European colonialism and the enclosure of the Commons. The Federalists, who crafted…
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Blogs
Guest Blog: Community Rights in Buffalo, NY
Systems change doesn’t hinge on electing the right candidate – it’s advanced most forcefully when organized communities engage in direct action.
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News from the Grassroots
“Can You Handle the Truth?” New Book Features Voices of Dissent and Radical Solutions
The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) is proud to announce the publication of “Can…
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CELDF now on Substack: Truth, Reckoning, and Right Relationship
Announcing Truth and Reckoning on Substack, a project of the CELDF. We will be featuring…
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CELDF’s Newest Publication – Can You Handle the Truth? Introductory Pre-order Prices for the E-book and Paperback
Can You Handle the Truth? – Essays of Hard Truths Aimed at Right Relationship with…
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From Standing Rock to the Endangered Species Act: Why the Environmental Movement Can’t Afford More “Victories” That Will Utterly Undo Us
The Endangered Species Act is almost 52 years old now and it is largely ineffectual…
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Counter Punch: CELDF and the Rights of Nature
There is a critical need for a movement to recognize nature as a legal entity…
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“A Slap in the Face” — Rights of Nature Advocates Silenced at the United Nations
Dozens of activists for the rights of nature who traveled to the United Nations to…
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Fast Facts
Our Fast Facts are quick introductions to big ideas and concepts tackled by the Community Rights Movement! Check out our Fast Facts and find resources to more information to further your knowledge on the topics! Watch them all here.
Rights of Nature
Community Rights
Box of Allowable Activism
[The Community Rights and Rights of Nature movement] is the beginning of a social movement that is greater than just the oil and gas industry, it is a potential game changer for all of corporate America.
Independent Petroleum Association of New Mexico