While the Nexus pipeline has been re-routed, it's simply sacrificing another community in Medina County, Ohio. Residents meet to learn what's happening and what they…
Truthout: Democracy Deferred: Ohio Removes Anti-Fracking Measures From County Ballots
In Ohio and elsewhere, when democracy threatens the oil and gas industry, those occupying our legal and governing structures take liberty in interpreting the law…
Columbus Free Press: Ohio residents stand with Standing Rock, protest Nexus pipeline
OHCRN members from across Ohio staged street theater and spoke out in support of the Standing Rock Sioux in front of the state house. Residents…
The Athens News: Ohio Supreme Court receives arguments over charter proposal
Three Ohio counties submit their case to the Ohio Supreme Court: the right to local community self-government is protected in federal and state constitutions, and…
Desmog Blog: Ohio Residents Clash With State and County Government in Fight to Ban Fracking via the Ballot
The right to local democratic self-governance becomes a political debate as Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted, county boards of elections, and the oil and…
The Gazette: Backers of Medina County charter suing Secretary of State Husted
Medina County, OH, residents take the Ohio Secretary of State and their Board of Elections to court. Government officials are attempting to block residents from…
Press Release: Secretary of State & Medina County Block Community’s Right to Vote
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted blocks Medina County residents from voting on their own County Charter initiative. Residents are filing with the Ohio Supreme…
The Athens Messenger: Husted opens charter dispute to outside parties
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted - an oil and gas industry ally - will decide whether or not to place three rights-based county charter…
OHCRN Statement: County Boards of Elections Attempt to Stifle Democracy: Meigs, Athens and Medina Counties
Efforts in Ohio by local Boards of Elections to block rights-based County Charter initiatives banning fracking fail to disempower We the People.
The Post: Government should protect rights, safety and happiness
In Medina County, OH, residents insist on their right to alter their government when their representatives refuse to protect them from harm. Medina County residents…
Akron Beacon Journal: Medina County group files 6,578 signatures seeking November vote on community bill of rights
In Medina County, OH, residents gather over 6,500 signatures, qualifying for the November ballot a Community Rights County Charter banning fracking activities. They join six…
Press Release: Ohioans Determined to Stop Fracking through Asserting Rights
Last summer, the corporate state led efforts to keep Ohioans from voting on fracking bans. Ohio communities are back in action, refusing to be deterred,…
The Post: Friedrick’s recent column had some incorrect information
Supporters of Medina County, OH's, Community Rights County Charter initiative call out fear tactics of anti-Community Rights government officials.
The Post: Medina County: We have the right to clean air, water, soil
When a county commissioner in Medina County, OH, steers residents away from protecting their community from fracking infrastructure projects through a rights-based county charter, residents…
Akron Beacon Journal: Medina, Portage counties seek community bill of rights votes
Medina and Portage Counties in Ohio begin gathering signatures to place Community Rights County Charters on the November ballot. Residents face fracking infrastructure projects, including…
Press Release: Ohio Residents Launch Community Rights Petition Campaigns throughout the State on Primary Day
Five Ohio counties and cities launch Community Bills of Rights campaigns to protect themselves from fracking activities. Residents are aiming for the November 2016 ballot.
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…
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…
The Medina-Gazette: NEXUS gas compressor sparks concerns
Medina County, OH, residents attend a standing-room-only meeting about a proposed NEXUS pipeline that would cut through their communities. Residents declare they will continue to…
Common Dreams: Preempting Democracy: What’s Not Being Voted on This November Is Sinister
State preemptive action to quash local initiatives that are advancing environmental and worker rights are multiplying - and may be the catalyst for rights-based efforts…
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