Corporate power exists as a house of cards.  It’s way less stable than it looks.

 

It was built incrementally, primarily via the US Supreme Court granting one new constitutional “right” after another to business corporations, starting in 1819, exactly 200 years ago.

And once We The People understand this history, we can begin to incrementally dismantle this house of cards.
It’s hard work, but so much more impactful and empowering than simply resisting one corporate harm at a time. And 200 communities in twelve states are already well on their way to tossing that house of cards into history’s rubbish heap.

Here’s a brief overview of our current leading edge work to bring this story to a larger audience:

This Spring, we will be  bringing local elected officials together  from throughout rural Wisconsin and Iowa to discuss ways to build solidarity between their local communities, so that as one community takes the necessary deep dive into passing a Community Rights ordinance, other communities can pass identical ordinances to more rapidly build public awareness, or to offer their financial support in case of a lawsuit.

We are about to launch a Community Rights Curriculum Team that will produce a comprehensive  Study Guide  that anyone can use to start an ongoing group in preparation for launching a Community Rights public campaign.

Two months ago, we published the first-ever comprehensive and searchable database of existing  Community Rights ordinances from across the US. Is YOUR town, city or county ready to consider such a campaign to protect yourselves from harmful corporate activities? Our new database is a great place to learn about the communities that are already tackling your issues of concern.

In February, we launched our first-ever nationally coordinated year-long series of local events which we have titled, “ Roasting 200 Years of Corporate Constitutional “Rights” 1819-2019: See how our rights have been usurped in plain sight… and learn how we can take back local control! ”. We want YOU to consider hosting one of these events in your community sometime during this Bicentennial year.

We have produced a captioned photography exhibit titled, “Hidden in Plain Sight ”, exploring the myriad of ways that business corporations exercise their constitutional “rights” everywhere under our very noses.

YOU could host this exhibit in your own community’s library or community center or coffeehouse or gallery or college campus. It has already appeared in numerous communities in Iowa, Wisconsin and Oregon. Find out more  HERE.

* And if you haven’t already done so, please start making a regular visit to our  homepage  where you will be thrilled to discover our always-current national updates on all the  news and analysis about and from the Community Rights movement .

We are doing all of this mostly with a few beloved volunteers and active Board members and a tiny paid staff. We need YOU to volunteer with us , or to  make a tax-deductible donation , or to offer us your spare  frequent flyer miles . Thanks in advance!

All my best,
Paul Cienfuegos
Founding Director,

PS. I will be back in the Midwest once again during the entire month of May and early June. It’s not too early to let me know if you want me to visit your Midwest community this Spring! Or anywhere in the US. I’m here to serve YOU.

(This update by Paul Cienfuegos was taken from our current newsletter, and the rest of it can be read HERE.)