A federal suit filed against the state of Colorado seeks to establish ‘personhood’ status for the mighty watercourse. Mari Margil, an attorney working on the case, explains what that would mean. This article by Matt Weiser originally appeared on News Deeply October 25, 2017. Should a river have legal rights of its own? Should it be [...]
Drilling Mora County was posted August 21st, 2017 on Vimeo.com. This 54 minute documentary can be viewed HERE. The film covers the Mora County fracking ban with interviews with attorneys, activists, and elected officials involved with the ordinance banning hydrocarbon extraction in Mora County, New Mexico. Attorneys like Jeffery Haas, elected officials like John Olivas and activists like Kathleen Dudley [...]
This interview happened on October 12th, 2017 with Doug McKenty on The Shift. This 70 minute video can be viewed HERE. In this episode of The Shift, host Doug McKenty speaks with Community Rights guru Paul Cienfuegos about his new organization, Community Rights U.S. Join them as they discuss how the concept of community rights can be used to [...]
This audio interview with Thomas Linzey was published on the Progressive Radio Network on October 15, 2017. Thomas Linzey is the executive director and an attorney for the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, which has assisted close to 200 communities across the country in eight states to adopt binding local laws that elevate community rights [...]
This audio interview with attorney Jason Flores-Williams was done by Anne Marie Tremonti and appeared on cbcradio's The Current, October 10, 2017. In March of this year, New Zealand marked a legal first: The Whanganui River was granted the same legal status as a human, with rights and protections. A few months later, on Sept. [...]
We The People have the right to protect ourselves. This original 29-minute interview with Paul Cienfuegos appeared on the Alliance for Democracy's Populist Dialogues TV show in Portland, Oregon on September 24, 2017. Community Rights organizer, Paul Cienfuegos, talks about the concept and history of community rights. Community Rights measures are characterized by three specific provisions [...]
This audio interview with Jason Flores-Williams originally happened on Resistance Radio with Derrick Jensen on September 17, 2017. Jason Flores-Williams is a noted civil rights attorney and author who has litigated some of the most important cases of our time. he has been featured on CNN, The New York Times, Washington Post and has given speeches [...]
This audio interview with attorney Jason Flores Williams originally happened on Resistance Radio with Derrick Jensen September 10, 2017. Jason Flores-Williams is a noted civil rights attorney and author who has litigated some of the most important cases of our time. he has been featured on CNN, The New York Times, Washington Post and has given speeches [...]
On August 23, 2017, Stephanie Potter interviewed Paul Cienfuegos and Eva Hamilton about their soon-to-launch national Community Rights support organization based in Portland - Community Rights US. To listen to (or download) this hour-long interview on 'The Recovery Zone' show, click HERE.
This video interview with Ohio Community Right's organizer Tish O'Dell originally appeared on the Thom Hartmann show, August 23, 2017. It can be found on The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund's website. MORE...
