Presentation by Paul Cienfuegos at the 2012 Pacific Northwest Permaculture Convergence
This presentation took place at Fort Flagler near Port Townsend, Washington, on October 6, 2012. To listen to the entire Podcast on SoundCloud, click HERE.
Presentation by Ben Price on the purpose and creation of a Rights Based Ban that addresses environmental concerns – at the Youngstown (Ohio) City Council Public Utilities Committee Informational Meeting.
The Youngstown City Council's Public Utilities Committee (PUC) held an informational meeting with Ben Price on July 22, 2012. Ben presented on the purpose and creation of a Rights Based Ban that addresses environmental concerns by banning fracking within the city of Youngstown, Ohio. Ben answered questions from the PUC members and members of the audience [...]
When the Transition Movement & the Community Rights Movement Start Collaborating, Watch Out!
Paul Cienfuegos presented this original speech to the Transition PDX group in Portland, Oregon, on January 18, 2012. Please share it widely with other Transition groups. Thank you so much for inviting me to share my thoughts with you this evening! I have been excited about the Transition movement ever since it first launched, but [...]
Rousing 5 Minute Speech by Paul Cienfuegos in Downtown Portland
Community Rights US Director Paul Cienfuegos’ gave this rousing 5-minute speech at the Pink Martini hosted rally/concert in solidarity with Occupy Portland’s downtown encampment, on October 28, 2011 in Pioneer Courthouse Square. Link to the audio can be found HERE. Paul then invited the crowd to return to the square a few days later where [...]
We Need Much Bolder Thinking & Action to Wrest Our Country Back from Corporate Rule
Paul Cienfuegos gave this speech on May 16, 2011 in Eugene, Oregon, sponsored by We the People Eugene. It was later broadcast nationally on David Barsamian's 'Alternative Radio'. What I want - more than anything else in the entire world – is for We the People of these United States to figure out how to bring [...]
Are We The People? Striving for a Future Where Our Actions Match the Crises/Opportunities We Face
A 54" speech by Paul Cienfuegos, presented at the Village Building Convergence in Portland, Oregon, on June 3rd, 2010. Listen to it HERE. Or watch it HERE in eight short segments on youtube.
Is a Truly Sustainable Society Achievable as Long as Corporate “Rights” Trump the Rights of People?
An hour-long speech by Paul Cienfuegos, followed by Q&A, at the Unitarian Church in Portland, Oregon. The speech was broadcast internationally on hundreds of radio stations via Alternative Radio on February 26, 2010. You can listen to the entire speech and Q&A HERE. It's 76 minutes long. Here's what one blogger wrote about the speech [...]
Corporate Constitutional Rights and The Rights of Nature & People.
Paul Cienfuegos and Mari Margil appeared as panelists at the Econvergence Northwest Regional Gathering on the Economic and Ecological Crisis in 2009. KBOO Radio recorded the panel discussion and the Q&A. Paul Cienfuegos is the Program Director at Community Rights US. Mari Margil is the Associate Director at Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund. Listen to [...]
The Organic Foods Movement – Led by Heinz Corporation or We the People? The Time to Choose is Now
Paul Cienfuegos gave this Keynote Speech on October 6, 2004 in Oregon, at the 28th Annual Conference of the Provender Alliance - the association representing the Pacific Northwest's natural products industry. ZNet also published the piece HERE. In the past few months, the USDA has once again attempted to weaken the federal organics standards that [...]
Sins of the Fathers: How Corporations Use the Constitution and Environmental Law to Plunder Communities and Nature
Thomas Linzey presented this groundbreaking speech at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law on March 4, 2004. We believe it is one of the most important original documents that have yet been produced since the beginning of the Community Rights movement in 1999. Thomas Linzey is the Executive Director of Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund. [...]