Kai Huschke, with the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, talks to us about the hierarchy of community rights, states rights, and corporate rights.
Guest Blog: Badges and Incidents of Slavery
The challenge: How to overcome the white dominance/Black subordination relationship. How to decolonize.
Tumbled by the surf: Figuring out which wave to ride next for recognizing rights
We must think about our history- the Revolutionaries were proposing an alternative to being a colony of England, abolitionists were fighting for an alternative to…
Wouldn’t You Say? – Materialism is Substance Abuse, Literally
Let’s be generous and call the COP–15 agreement a plan for conserving 1% of Earth’s biodiversity. That means that negotiators agreed to sacrifice 99% of…
Grant’s Fight is Our Fight
As we head into the new year, please join us in continuing to stand with Grant Township. And let’s not only support them with words…
Wouldn’t You Say? – What Do We Mean by “Community Rights?”
Lakota advocate and water protector Debra White Plume (Wioweya Najin Wina), upon being introduced to the history of municipal subjugation in the United States during…
Chile’s Rejection
How could Chileans, after rising up in October 2019 to demand a new constitution, then voting by an overwhelming majority to initiate the constituent process, reject the…
Wouldn’t You Say? – Municipal Maze
Refuse to be complacent. Refuse to be complicit. Refuse to be irrelevant.
Wouldn’t You Say? – Community Self-Government
Do you know what’s not mentioned in the U.S. Constitution? For one thing, government by the people.
Wouldn’t You Say? – Property
The Right to Property is Inalienable, Right? Some rights are defined as inalienable, meaning that they can’t be taken away from you. Heck, you can’t…
A Court Hearing for Grant Township: Eight Years Later, and Still No Injection Well
As many are aware, CELDF has stood with the people and ecosystems of Grant Township (Indiana County, PA, population 700) in their courageous efforts to…
Podcast with GrassRoot Ohio: Death by Democracy- Episode 2 – w/ Tish O’Dell
Carolyn Harding with Tish O’Dell, a powerful voice for justice in Ohio, the US, and Globally. Tish has been a Community Organizer for CELDF (Community…
“New Normal” Needs a New Constitutional Amendment
"New Normal" Needs a New Constitutional Amendment discussion from the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference PIELC.
BOOK FOREWORD: Empowering Municipal Sustainability
They say that knowledge is power, but it’s not true. Knowledge fuels our actions and our actions are power.
Newsletter: Non-Linear Change
As we organize to make change while environmental and racial injustice run rampant, and as drought and a poisonous status quo threaten the conditions for…
Preemption Workshop
On Thursday, September 9 at 6:30 pm, please join us for a workshop by the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) “Preemption as a Lethal Weapon: How…
Guest Blog: How Qualified Immunity Subverts the Rule of Law
This guest submission was originally given as a graduation address on police reform. The author argues, our informed consent is what legitimizes government. And so…
Newsletter: Confronting Law Schools
Law schools must reckon with the harm they have caused in perpetuating this oppressive system of law! Toward this end, CELDF has been honored to…
Newsletter: Featured Online Film Screenings
The new award-winning documentary THE PEOPLE VS. AGENT ORANGE is now screening in theaters near you! CELDF is proud to sponsor limited nationwide screenings ahead…
Columbus Free Press: Lawsuit To Protect Direct Democracy In Columbus During The Pandemic Dismissed By Court
A lawsuit seeking a temporary suspension of Columbus’ one-year petitioning time limit due to the pandemic was dismissed by the U.S. District Court for Southern…
Introducing CELDF 2021: A New Year, A New Structure
A new democratic structure will empower collaboration and expansion CELDF just celebrated its 25th birthday. Now, we’re investing in the next 25 years. For decades,…
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