This is an original speech presented by Community Rights US' Founding Director Paul Cienfuegos, in the small town of Decorah, Iowa, on September 26, 2013, sponsored by the Community Rights Alliance of Winneshiek County. An edited version of Paul's speech was later nationally broadcast via David Barsamian's 'Alternative Radio' show. I wish to thank the [...]
A critique of the Food Sovereignty movement in the US, through a Community Rights lens, by Trisha Mandes. The International Peasant’s Movement—La Via Campesina, defines food sovereignty as “the human right of all people to healthy, culturally appropriate, sustainably grown food, and the right of communities to determine their own food systems” (1). Are our [...]
An original essay written by Ben Price, of Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund. (Date unknown.) The sleight of hand that slipped the rights of property into a superior relationship to the sovereignty of the people where they live was almost imperceptible. While the local charter could supply the privileges of the rights of property, the [...]