Lawmakers in at least a half-dozen states are considering forming a compact in which they would agree to end efforts to lure companies with tax incentives. This article by Liz Farmer appeared in Governing, February 17th, 2019. A brief commentary about this article by Community Rights US Director and Founder Paul Cienfuegos: It’s terrific news that [...]
Community Rights US Founder and Directory Paul Cienfuegos was interviewed on the Heart of Wellness Show (Listen HERE) on February 5th, 2019. This show airs on WDRT, 91.9 FM, Driftless Community Radio out of Virocqua, Wisconsin. Paul has been organizing Community Rights groups in the Driftless area for close to a decade now. Program description: On this [...]
This 49 minute interview with Thomas Linzey happened on October 28th, 2018. This interview can be listened to and downloaded at the Progressive Radio Network, Deep Green Resistance Blogspot, and YouTube. Clicking on the highlighted label will take you to the respective media outlet. Thomas Linzey is the executive director and an attorney for the [...]
This editorial by Douglas Darrell, a New Hampshire Community Rights Network (NHCRN) board member, was published on Fosters.com, October 9th, 2018. ll people are born with inalienable rights — the right to practice one’s chosen religion, to exercise free speech, etc. These rights define our personhood and cannot be transferred from person to person; they [...]
This 42 minute interview with Community Rights attorney and leader Thomas Linzey was posted on WKNY Radio Kingston's website, July 15th, 2018. It can be downloaded and listened to HERE. Brief commentary by Community Rights media team member Curt Hubatch: I listened to this interview while delivering mail in rural northwestern Wisconsin the other day. [...]
This article by Lynne Peeples appeared in FairWarning, July 11th, 2018. A brief commentary by Community Rights US Director and Founder Paul Cienfuegos: It’s so rare, and also so helpful, for news stories about corporate abuse of power to explicitly explain to their readers that corporations are winning yet another round in yet another battle [...]
This guest editorial by Douglas Darrell of the National Community Rights Network (NCRN) appeared in The Laconia Daily Sun, July 9th, 2018. Guest commentary by Community Rights US Media Team member Curt Hubatch: To build a movement to elevate Community Rights over corporate rights it will take thousands of letters like Douglas Darrell's written and [...]
This article by Gillian Pomplun appeared in the Crawford County Independent, June 27th, 2018. VIROQUA - The Viroqua City Council met as a committee of the whole on Wednesday, May 30 for a presentation and discussion about community rights. Paul Cienfuegos of ‘Community Rights’ spoke to council members and almost 50 concerned citizens about the [...]
This Guest OpEd by Paul Cienfuegos appeared in The Decorah Newspaper, June 15th, 2018. Brief note by Community Rights US media team member Curt Hubatch: The title that Paul proposed to the editors at The Decorah Newspaper was, "Can we stop large corporations from interfering in our local elections? Yes we can!” They did not include [...]
This 30 minute audio interview with Thomas Linzey was posted on David Swanson's "Lets Try Democracy" website, June 12th, 2018. Thomas Linzey is an attorney and the Executive Director of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) – a nonprofit law firm that has provided free legal services to over five hundred local governments and [...]
