Not Culture War, But Class War… or better yet, Anti-War
By Tyler Norman, Community Rights US Director September 7, 2021 Today, we find ourselves mired in a so-called “Culture War,” a post-modern pissing contest with no winners, only bruised egos sinking further into a swamp of resentment. But as discussed in my previous essay, it's actually inappropriate to regard “liberal” and “conservative” as personal identities. [...]
Paul’s Report from Proposed Lithium Mine site at Thacker Pass, Nevada
People are Mobilizing to Save Thacker Pass. By CRUS Founding Director Paul Cienfuegos, April 2021. The site of a proposed massive open pit lithium mine in a vast expanse of Nevada is called Thacker Pass. It is both stark and gorgeous and not far from the Oregon border. In mid-April, I drove 20 miles down [...]
Democracy Will Never Be Delivered From Above. It Must Be Built From Below.
This Interview with Professor Camila Vergara by Tom Bauer was published by Truthout on January 4, 2021. A virtual Q&A with Vergara is scheduled for February 3, 2021. We are beginning a new year, yet the 2020 election is still raising questions about the future of democracy in the United States. Professor Camila Vergara is [...]
Excellent Community Rights book is 1/2 price through December!
PM Press is offering all books, e-books and CDs and DVDs at 1/2 price through December. What a perfect time to buy We The People: Stories From the Community Rights Movement for yourself and a friend! Review of “We the People: Stories from the Community Rights Movement in the United States” By JJ Amaworo [...]
Change History
Published by the "Eugene Weekly" July 23, 2020 By Michelle Holman White people in America are clearly steeped in a very real moment. We are being urged to listen, reckon, reflect and act. We are being asked, in so many ways, to open our ears, our eyes, our hearts and our brains in ways that [...]
CELDF offers DIY Community Rights
Are you interested in advancing Community Rights laws in your state? Community Rights includes Rights of Nature, such as the right of ecosystems to flourish and evolve; environmental rights, such as the right to clean air, pure water, and healthy soil; worker rights, such as the right to living wages and equal pay for equal work; and democratic [...]
Getting Back to Normal?! No Thank You!
We're excited to announce that ZNet ran Paul's recent essay on a post-coronavirus world: More than 30 million people in the US are out of work, a similar percentage as in the Great Depression, and for many of them that also means they’ve lost their employer-linked health insurance overnight. More than 30% of all US renters couldn’t [...]
E&E News: Behind multiple local campaigns to ban fracking, one Pa. legal clinic
This article by Jennifer Yachnin was published on E&E News's website on March 31st, 2014. On a local level, the work of Ben Price and his colleagues shows up under names like the Youngstown Community Bill of Rights or the Lafayette Community Rights Act. There was also the slightly clunkier Mora County Community Water Rights [...]
National Geographic: Nature needs us to act–now
Life as we know it depends upon biodiversity, which is why the Campaign for Nature seeks to protect at least 30 percent of the planet by 2030. This article by Maryellen Kennedy Duckett appeared in the March 2020 issue of National Geographic. Biodiversity is a concept that’s commonly referenced, yet regularly misunderstood. The complex term [...]