Kai Huschke explains why revolution is necessary and potentially successful.
Press Release: Lane County Watersheds Bill of Rights Qualifies for May 2026 Ballot
Lane County’s watersheds provide drinking water, irrigation for farms, and habitat for fish and wildlife. Yet these waterways face increasing threats from pollution, overuse, and…
Glen’s Parallax Perspectives – Interview with Kai Huschke
Glen Anderson interviewed two experts — Kai Huschke and Elliott Moffett — who have savvy insights and practical experience working to protect environments and establish…
Suggested Reading – One-Block Revolution
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…
Press Release: Election 2019 – Corporations Are Determining What Gets Voted On
Efforts are growing to not only determine how people vote, but what gets voted on. Your ballot measures are not yours to democratically determine.
Press Release: Tacoma, WA, Group Files First Amendment SCOTUS Petition to Protect Local Ballot Access
With CELDF-supported attorneys, Tacoma, WA, residents filed a 1st Amendment petition with the Supreme Court challenging continued denial of ballot access for qualified citizen initiatives.
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: 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…
Press Release: 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…
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,…
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.
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…
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 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…
Truthout: ALEC Forces the Question: Will Labor Really Go Local?
While ALEC and other pro-corporate entities attempt to decrease worker rights,CELDF partners in Colorado and Spokane, WA, begin working on Community Bills of Rights to…
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…
July 2013 CELDF Update
Updates and news from CELDF communities across the country.
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