By Michelle Sanborn for the Concord Monitor on December 20, 2021. Freedom to one person can be an injustice to another, but that which supports life is universal to us all. There was a recent post on Facebook that describes freedoms in a common-sense way. “Common sense is as easy as pie! This should be [...]
Dec. 6 -- To the Editor: The Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution recognizes the right for well-regulated militias being necessary for the security of a free state, to protect our freedom and Bill of Rights. However, we have no recognized local rights to protect our clean water and ecosystem! The government has regulatory agencies [...]
By DIANE ST. GERMAIN For the Monitor Published: 8/19/2021 7:00:13 AM It’s no wonder that out-of-state corporate control of the New Hampshire legislature spawned a state budget that not only undermines public education, human services, adequate wages and progress toward addressing the climate crisis but also includes language that perpetuates systemic racism and removes the right [...]
By Paul Cienfuegos, CRUS Founding Director May 2021 The timing for my first visit to the site of the proposed lithium open-pit mine in a wild land in Nevada called Thacker Pass shared an incredible synchronicity with the publication of a new book - Bright Green Lies - by Derrick Jensen, Lierre Keith, and Thacker [...]
This concept of nature existing in its own right as a living entity—not merely as inert property to be extracted and exploited for profit—is the essence of a rapidly spreading Rights of Nature movement. Published on Common Dreams on March 10, 2021 by Jim Hightower. There was a white oak tree in Athens, Georgia, that [...]
Published in the "New Hampshire Union Leader" on March 4, 2021 by Diane St. Germain. IN A RECENT editorial, “Oh, those oligarchs: Lessons from Nottingham”, regarding the Nottingham Chemical Trespass Ordinance, the New Hampshire Union Leader disparaged efforts of residents to take charge of decision-making in their communities. However, the editor inadvertently laid out all [...]
We Indigenous people are fighting to save the Amazon, but the whole planet is in trouble because you do not respect it Opinion piece by Nemonte Nenquimo published in "The Guardian" on October 12, 2020 Dear presidents of the nine Amazonian countries and to all world leaders that share responsibility for the plundering of our [...]
A BC Green Party co-founder urges a radical new path. Pursuing electoral power hasn’t paid off, and the planet can’t wait. Michael M’Gonigle 31 Aug 2020 | TheTyee.ca Elections for the leaders of the provincial and federal Green parties are ongoing, sparking conversations about the best candidate and the parties’ platforms. But given the limited inroads made [...]
Z Magazine published this OpEd on August 20, 2020. Read it on ZNet. Community Rights US submitted the following OpEd to The Oregonian - Portland, Oregon's daily corporate newspaper - on August 16, 2020. Titled "A National Emergency Requires a Bold Local Response". Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, their Opinion Editor rejected our submission with this [...]
Oregon communities must hold the line against the timber industry By Kai Huschke in Eugene Weekly 06/05/20 The COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide uprisings are making systemic societal change possible. People are open to thinking big and structurally. Ahead of the pandemic, multiple Oregon communities were engaged in deliberate efforts to shift the purpose of state [...]
