Glen Anderson interviewed two experts — Kai Huschke and Elliott Moffett — who have savvy insights and practical experience working to protect environments and establish…
Oregon: How Corporate Constitutional Rights Came to Be and How They Control Our Communities
Save the Date! Join the Oregon Community Rights Network in this upcoming event on corporate constitutional rights.
Salon: What’s not being voted on this November: Local democracy is being squashed from coast to coast
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…
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,…
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…
Dissident Voice: The Future is in the Past: Economics 101 for Spokane
An in-depth look at Spokane, WA, its economy, and what sustainable and just would mean to the almost 40,000 people living in poverty. This includes…
CELDF Statement: Spokane Initiative Decision
In the face of corporations and government joining together to suppress the democratic rights of the people of Spokane, WA, to vote on a Community…
CELDF’s Northwest Community Rights Organizer Kai Huschke speaks on Washington’s Initiative I-517, on the ballot 11/5. Click here to listen.
Initiative 517 is an initiative on initiatives, designed to make it easier to qualify initiatives for the ballot. I-517 would expand the time allotted to…
Live Debate On I-517: The Initiative On Initiatives
Steve Scher talks with both sides of the initiative in a live debate: Kai Huschke, an organizer for the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, and…
Bellingham Community Rights vs. Corporate Rights
Why support Bellingham, WA's Community Bill of Rights? Suzanne Ravet, a member of Coal-Free Bellingham, gives her account. Read more here from Northwest Citizen.
Press Release: Washington Communities Launch Statewide Network To Advocate for Community Rights
Washington Communities Launch Statewide Network to Advocate for Community Rights.
Spokane’s Move to Amend, Occupy Spokane, Envision Spokane, and CELDF Join Together to Advance Elections Ordinance Banning Corporate Involvement in Elections and Government While Stripping Corporate “Rights”
Drafted by the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) and Envision Spokane, the organizations Occupy Spokane and Spokane Move to Amend (SMAC) are currently qualifying…
Why Local Communities Need to Assert Their Inalienable Rights to Self-Government
This is not just about newly unlimited corporate campaign contributions; it is about direct corporate decision-making in our communities.
Envision Spokane Successfully Qualifies Initiative to the Ballot
Envision Spokane's Brad Read on the "Community Bill of Rights" Initiative.
Democracy Matters Radio
Net Neutrality - Corporate Control of the Internet. And drilling Ohio. This week on Democracy Matters Radio.
Democracy Matters
Bailing out corporations, but not communities - a federal double standard? And Mora County, NM - community rights vs. fracking. This week on Democracy Matters…
CELDF on the Radio
When is a Repeal not a Repeal - A look at Don't Ask, Don't Tell and other acts of Congress, and a sneak peak at…
Democracy Matters
Derrick Jensen headlines our "Best of 2010" interviews on this special holiday week edition of Democracy Matters
CELDF on the Radio
"Democracy Matters" Podcast for the week of Dec 6: Featuring Part I of our interview with Professor Christopher Stone, author of "Should Trees Have Standing?"…
CELDF on the Radio
"Democracy Matters" Podcast for Dec. 1: Energy - when will we stop conducting activism - such as advocating for "responsible drilling" - when we know…
CELDF on the Radio
"Democracy Matters" Podcast for Thanksgiving Week: The mythology of Thanksgiving and an interview with CELDF Organizer Chad Nicholson
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