This article by Michelle Sanborn was published in New Hampshire Citizen Action News on June 8th, 2019. SB 306 empowers THE STATE SUPREME COURT with elective powers to appoint members to a “Housing Appeals Board.” In turn, the appointed board is empowered with judicial powers to override any and all collective local decision-making authority around housing developments [...]
Greetings from Rockford, Illinois, where I am temporarily based for just a few more weeks before returning to my home in Oregon for the Summer months. This is an excellent moment to alert me if you want me to visit your community before the end of 2019, as I am already starting to schedule my Autumn months, [...]
Reflections on Community Rights from Rural America is a monthly column by CR activist and organizer Curt Hubatch. Curt is an unschooling father of two young children and one young adult. Currently he works as a substitute rural letter carrier for the USPS. He lives in a cordwood house that he built with his wife, [...]
We're running a new CRUS column, Reflections on Community Rights from Rural America, by CR activist and organizer Curt Hubatch. Curt is an unschooling father of two young children and one young adult. Currently he works as a substitute rural letter carrier for the USPS. He lives in a cordwood house that he built with his [...]
No one is coming to save us. Mass civil disobedience is essential to force a political response This article by George Monibot appeared in The Guardian on April 15th, 2019. Had we put as much effort into preventing environmental catastrophe as we’ve spent on making excuses for inaction, we would have solved it by now. [...]
As thousands gather for a global summit in Geneva, just weeks after some countries launched talks on "e-commerce" policies, more than 300 groups from around the world warn governments of serious dangers and urge them to instead focus on transforming global trade rules for shared prosperity for all This article by Deborah James appeared on [...]
The children on climate strike are right: their lives should not be sacrificed to satisfy our greed This article by George Monbiot appeared in The Guardian March 15, 2019. The young people taking to the streetsfor the climate strike are right: their future is being stolen. The economy is an environmental pyramid scheme, dumping its liabilities on the [...]
Two years ago, while driving down a country road listening to Derrick Jensen interview the environmental philosopher Kathleen Dean Moore, Derrick asked her: “What can one person do about all the atrocities, injustices, and ugliness around us?” I skidded the mail jeep to a stop, found a safe spot on the side of the road, [...]
We need true democracy if we’re to halt the slide into self-extinction. This article by David Korten appeared in YES! Magazine, February 7th, 2019. This is part two of a two-part series. See part one here. Economic power is—and always has been—the foundation of political power. Those who control the peoples’ means of living rule. In [...]
The agreement with Consumers Energy follows a complaint about a nonprofit group linked to the utility. This article by Andy Balaskovitz appeared on the Energy News Network, January 28th, 2019. In an unprecedented move, the Michigan Public Service Commission has prohibited a major utility from using corporate dollars to fund nonprofit political advocacy groups. The [...]
