Simon Davis-Cohen reveals escalating efforts to quash We the People from exercising our right to initiative. From fracking and water protection, to minimum wage and…
The Athens Messenger: Supreme Court says no to Athens County charter proposal
The Ohio Supreme Court refuses to place Athens, Meigs, and Portage Counties' rights-based Charters on the November ballot. County residents are working to protect their…
Truthout: Corporate Suppression of Direct Democracy Fuels Fight for Community Rights
Across the U.S., corporations and government officials are working to block We the People from exercising our right to direct democracy. As their efforts increase,…
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…
The Athens Messenger: Charter supporters ask Ohio Supreme Court to change its prior ruling
Athens, Meigs, and Portage County, OH, residents make their case for their constitutional right to vote on qualified County Charter initiatives this fall. The measures…
America’s Workforce Radio Interviewing CELDF’s Tish O’Dell on Community and Worker Rights
CELDF's Tish O'Dell speaks on America's Work Force Radio on community and worker rights, minimum wage, and the right of local community self-government.
Press Release: Athens County Residents Fight for Right to Initiative
Athens County, OH, residents worked with CELDF to file a protest today against their Board of Elections. The Board blocked their qualified County Charter initiative…
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.
November Elections Update
Learn the latest news from election day in Grant Township and West Chester, PA; Youngstown, OH; and Spokane, WA. And check out the launch of…
EcoWatch: Corporate Rights Trump Democracy in Ohio Fracking Fight
People who oppose having their communities transformed into corporate resource colonies are familiar with the Halliburton Loophole, a secretly drafted edict that places the oil…
A New Movement for Community Self-Determination
Blogger David Bollier sees Community Rights Networks as an antidote to corporations forcing themselves into communities and causing harm.
Ohio counties can’t vote to ban fracking, Husted rules
Residents of three counties won’t be voting this November on whether to allow fracking, based on a ruling Thursday by Ohio Secretary of State Jon…
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…
Ohio Community Rights Network: Join with OHCRN to grow the Community Rights Movement today!
A video on the work of OHCRN in growing Community Rights to help protect all Ohioans from harmful activities threatening clean air, pure water, and…
Ohio Community Rights Network: Join with OHCRN to grow the Community Rights Movement today!
A video on the work of OHCRN in growing Community Rights to help protect all Ohioans from harmful activities threatening clean air, pure water, and…
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…
OHCRN Statement: Rejecting the Munroe Falls Decision
Global Exchange’s People to People Blog: Fracking Corporations Played the Democracy Game – Two Communities Set New Rules this Election
Growing numbers of communities - including Athens, OH, and Mendocino County, CA - banned fracking by asserting their inalienable right to make governing decisions, and…
2014 Election Update: Record Number of Community Rights Initiatives on Ballot
Community Bills of Rights advance on Election Day 2014, with a record number of initiatives on the ballot, and a growing number of communities determined…
Ohio and Colorado Voters Adopt Community Bills of Rights
On Election Day, voters in an Ohio and a Colorado community enacted Community Bills of Rights to secure the right to local self-government and to…
Frack-Backers Launch Preemptive Strikes against Democracy Attempt to Kill the Initiative Process
“It’s Already Been Decided? Who Decided That?”
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