Monroe enacts local law asserting that the right of people to govern in their community is superior to legal claims that corporations are “persons” with…
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Press Release: Washington Communities Launch Statewide Network To Advocate for Community Rights
Washington Communities Launch Statewide Network to Advocate for Community Rights....
Press Release: Colorado Community Rights Network Files Constitutional Amendment To Secure the Right to Community Self-Government Free from State Preemption
Denver, Colorado, January 20, 2014 - The Colorado Community Rights Network (COCRN) has submitted to the state for review and comment the language for a…
Blog: A Movement Diverted – How Corporations Neutralized Anti-Chain Store Campaigns Of the 1920s and 1930s
Press Release: Support Grows for Rights of Wetlands
...a proposal for a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Wetlands, organized by lawyers and scientists with the Society of Wetland Scientists’ Rights of Wetlands…
Press Release: Ohio Legislature Bans Rights of Nature Enforcement
While Rights of Nature grows in Ohio, the state legislature tries to ban its enforcement. Undeterred, Ohio communities continue advancing laws to protect ecosystems based…
State of Rights of Nature 2026 Report
...legislation banning rights of nature, and more and more efforts using “rights of nature” language doesn’t achieve the fundamental goal of the movement: expanding legal…
Press Release: Plymouth, NH, Voters Adopt Community Rights Sustainable Energy Future Ordinance
Plymouth, NH, voters overwhelmingly adopt a rights-based ordinance banning unsustainable energy projects and protecting their right to a sustainable energy future. The measure bans the…
Common Dreams: New Bill to Recognize Legal Rights of All Water Bodies in New York State
...of ecosystems in 2006, CELDF has partnered with more than 200 communities across the United States to enact community rights and rights of nature laws.…
Press Release: CENSORING THE BALLOT – Civil Rights Appeal Filed to Defend Rights of Nature and Local Democracy in Ohio
...suppress local ballot measures and stifle democracy. Plaintiffs from seven counties have filed an appeal to the Sixth Circuit in a federal civil rights case…
Press Release: Highland Township Supervisors Vote to Defend Community Bill of Rights Banning Frack Wastewater Injection Wells
This week, Highland Township, PA, Supervisors, with overwhelming community support, voted unanimously to defend their Community Bill of Rights banning frack wastewater injection wells rather…
Turning Occupation into Lasting Change
If the Occupy movement is to succeed over time, it must follow the lead of community rights building efforts that have begun work to dismantle…
Why the People of the Big Island Can’t Ban GMOs Without Challenging Corporate “Rights”
...law and governance that allows GMOs at all. To successfully stop them, ordinances are needed that challenge that structure and remove corporate claimed "rights" to…
August Update: Chomsky, Hedges, Unions Endorse Worker Bill of Rights
Learn the latest news on Spokane, WA's, Worker Bill of Rights, read Community Rights Paper #5 on Citizens United, and join us for the launching…
Suggested Reading – How Implementing the Rights of Wetlands Provides Benefits to People and Wetlands: Relationships, Rights, Responsibilities, Experiences, and Actions
...international coalition to advance legal rights of wetlands. As with other rights of nature efforts this one is focused on changing our abusive relationship/systems towards…
Rights of Nature, Rights of the People vs. State-Authorized Corporate Toxic Practice in Front of Oregon Courts
...build a decolonial movement for Community Rights and the Rights of Nature to advance democratic, economic, social, and environmental rights – building upward from the…
Lessons from Ecuador
...and Toledo, Ohio (Lake Erie Bill of Rights) and most other communities across the United States have gotten. Typically, the courts have looked for procedural…
What’s in a Community Bill of Rights (CBOR)?
Community Bills of Rights (CBOR) come in a variety of forms, including municipal or county ordinances, home rule charters, charter amendments, state legislation, and state…
Suggested Reading – The Community of Rights: The Rights of Community
Community of Rights – Rights of Community enters into a dialogue with global communities about the meaning of being human and having rights. This book…
OHCRN Statement: Broadview Heights, OH, County Court Decision Evokes Rallying Cry from Residents
While a County Court elevates corporate claimed "rights" over community rights in Broadview Heights, OH, residents assert the decision is illegitimate and determine to continue…
Blog: Who Needs Sanctuary? We All Do
People can’t be illegal, but policies that strip them of fundamental rights can be. What can we do? Govern ourselves in the places we live,…
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