CELDF’s Kai Huschke was centrally involved in the first-in-the-nation Community Bill of Rights and Worker Bill of Rights. His chapter for the new book One-Block…
Newsletter: Community Justice
In a small living room in one of the most economically neglected neighborhoods in the State of Washington emerged the work of Envision Spokane. A…
The Spokesman-Review: Federal judge tosses suit by Raging Grannies seeking to ban coal and oil trains through Spokane
A federal judge does not consider the people's right to a healthy climate in a lawsuit filed by Spokane residents who are fighting to protect…
Press Release: Court Dismisses Climate Lawsuit on Procedural Grounds; Constitutional Right to a Healthy Climate Ignored
A federal judge uses "standing" to dismiss Spokane residents' lawsuit asserting a right to a healthy climate, ignoring the urgency of climate change and the…
Press Release: People’s Right to a Healthy Climate Takes Center Stage in Federal Court
Spokane, WA, residents set to make their argument for a right to climate in federal court next week. CELDF filed a lawsuit on behalf of…
The Spokesman-Review: Oil, coal train protesters in Spokane file federal lawsuit claiming climate change protections
Residents of Spokane, WA, file a federal lawsuit asserting the people's right to a healthy climate.
KREM2: ‘Raging Grannies’ and other protesters file federal lawsuit claiming climate change protections
"Raging Granny" residents in Spokane, WA, file federal lawsuit for a right to a livable climate.
PR: Spokane Arrestees Sue U.S. Government: Seek to Overturn Federal Preemption of Local Control Over Coal and Oil Trains
CELDF files lawsuit against the federal government, asserting federal law preempting municipal control of fossil fuel rail shipments violates residents’ constitutional right to a healthy…
PR: Spokane Arrestees Sue U.S. Government: Seek to Overturn Federal Preemption of Local Health and Safety Laws Concerning Coal and Oil Trains
CELDF files lawsuit against the federal government, asserting federal law preempting municipal control of fossil fuel rail shipments violates residents’ constitutional right to a healthy…
Press Release: Spokane Initiative to Ban Coal, Oil Trains as Threat to Climate and Public Safety
Coal and oil trains passing through Spokane, WA, spark physician Gunnar Holmquist to take action, filing a CELDF-drafted Community Bill of Rights charter amendment banning…
CELDF Statement: Corporations Successful in Blocking Spokane from Voting on Community Bill of Rights
In a move reflective of efforts by the corporate state to quash citizens' initiatives across the U.S., the Washington Supreme Court recently denied Spokane residents…
Spokane: Ballot Box and Court Room for Rights
This November, Spokane, WA, residents led groundbreaking work in advancing worker rights, and made a stand for community rights in the Washington Supreme Court.
Spokane,WA 2013 Community Bill of Rights goes to state Supreme Court
After City and corporate interests kept Spokane residents' 2013 Community Bill of Rights off the ballot, CELDF argues before the Washington Supreme Court to recognize…
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…
In These Times: A Bill of Rights That Puts Workers Above Corporations
With union and labor backing, as well as endorsements from local groups and nationally renowned Noam Chomsky, Spokane, WA's, Worker Bill of Rights charter amendment…
KXLY.com: What Prop 1 means for Spokane residents, businesses
Residents supporting the Worker Bill of Rights in Spokane, WA, call out fear tactics used to dissuade voters, and press forward with their efforts to…
The Spokesman-Review: Election preview: Spokane Proposition 1, the Worker Bill of Rights
Spokane, WA's, Worker Bill of Rights initiative places worker rights over corporate privileges. “If we are about creating ...sustainability, we can’t get there without actually…
Truthout: Campaign for a “Worker Bill of Rights” Puts ALEC in Spokane’s Crosshairs
Spokane, WA's Worker Bill of Rights asserts the right to community decision-making over corporate claimed "rights" to call the shots. And in Colorado, residents' community…
The Spokesman-Review: Supreme Court date set for Envision arguments
Spokane, WA, residents qualified a Community Bill of Rights for the ballot for 2013. Corporate and government interests attempted to keep the measure off the…
Envision Spokane fires back against mayor’s legal challenge
Envision Spokane is asking a judge to throw out a legal challenge brought by the mayor against the group’s most recent ballot initiative.
The Spokesman-Review: State Supreme Court to hear 2013 Envision Spokane case
Not wanting communities exercising authority in the places where they live, business and government interests appeal a Washington appellate court decision to the Washington Supreme…
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