The Latest News & Analysis From & About the Community Rights Movement
Breaking News from Paul Cienfuegos @ Thacker Pass Lithium Mine Action in Nevada
May 11, 2023 Newsletter Protecting the Rights of People & Nature From the Local Up Subscribe | CRUS Homepage | Donate Paul Cienfuegos & Six Others are now Defendants in a Lawsuit by Lithium Nevada [...]
The State That May Let Corporations Vote In Elections
Delaware Democrats could pass GOP legislation letting businesses cast ballots in a municipal election Published by The Lever June 20, 2023 by Matthew Cunningham-Cook Democratic President Biden has called his home “the corporate state of [...]
Paul Cienfuegos Threatened With Arrest @ Thacker Pass Lithium Mega-Mine Site in Nevada
Protecting the Rights of People & Nature From the Local Up Subscribe | CRUS Homepage | Donate Urgent News Alert from Paul re Nevada Lithium Mine Indigenous Women-Led Camp — We Need YOU…. This urgent [...]
Clarence Thomas Pushed To Kill Disclosure Laws While Getting Secret Billionaire Gifts
This court should invalidate mandatory disclosure and reporting requirements,” wrote Clarence Thomas, who did not disclose years of gifts from a billionaire. Published Apr 12, 2023 by David Sirota and Julia Rock in The Lever [...]
Midwest book tour going splendidly–two more stops yet
Attendees eager to learn more about successes in the Community Rights movement Midwest audiences have warmly welcomed Paul Cienfuegos as he has shared insights on his book tour. If you're in Wisconsin or thereabouts, he'll [...]
Publishers Weekly book review of How Dare We?
We're pretty happy with this recent review...the only part we're not quite sure about is why they say "Chapters examine how to campaign for change, a multifaceted and highly practical approach to how Democrats could [...]
Author talk and Q&A in Olympia at Orca Books Nov 4
This Friday, November 4th at 6pm, Paul will be in Olympia to do a book reading, this time at Orca Books downtown. The book, How Dare We? Courageous Practices to Reclaim Our Power as Citizens, [...]
Paul Cienfuegos participated in author talk Sept 22
Paul gave a virtual book talk with two other authors for the Author Showcase at Gallery Bookshop on September 22, 2022. Check it out HERE.
Does Federal Law Prohibit Counties from Imposing Setbacks on CO2 Pipelines?
State or federal preemption that blocks people's ability to provide more protection for their water is wrong and unjust and should be challenged. by Paul Blackburn, Attorney, Bold Alliance on May 3, 2022 on Pipeline [...]
Undoing Trump, EPA to empower states and tribes to oppose pipelines
Under the Biden administration’s proposed rule, energy infrastructure will get more scrutiny from local regulators This is moving in the right direction, especially for tribes, but there is still the issue of state preemption that [...]
Rights of Nature (RON) Workshop by CELDF
Press Release from Snohomish County Community Rights Please share: On June 9 at 6 pm, Snohomish County Community Rights (SCCR) will host an online Rights of Nature (RON) workshop by the Community Environmental Legal Defense [...]
Stockholm+50 Rights of Nature Side Event: The Urgency of Recognizing Rights for Nature during the Planetary Emergency
Press Release from the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature: June 3-5 On the week of World Environment Day, the global environmental community is coming together in Stockholm, Sweden for a major international environmental [...]
New Community Rights book is available now! More details HERE.
How Dare We? Courageous Practices to Reclaim Our Power as Citizens
After decades of writing essays and speeches about building authentic democratic culture, from the local up, Paul Cienfuegos has finally written a book that collects some of his very best.
The vision is bold, assertive and ultimately hopeful.
Available in print and soon as an e-book.
You can order Paul’s book today for just $17.76 plus shipping! Whether you want just one for yourself, or multiple copies shipped to many of your friends or family members or to your public library, we can fill your order Pronto. Click HERE to order today!
Meanwhile, if you haven’t yet, check out our fundraising video.
See more HERE.
Please help us to continue to dismantle and de-legitimize the constitutional “rights” that corporations now exercise, and instead place that power and authority in the hands of our thousands of local communities.
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* the history of how corporations have been asserting their constitutional “rights” since 1819
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* how your town can launch a successful Community Rights ordinance campaign
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