PERSONHOOD: WHAT IT MEANS This article by Lance Maggart appeared in the Summit Daily, November 30, 2017. Flores-Williams and the Plaintiffs in the case are asking the court to declare the Colorado River a legal person and are not seeking a monetary award. While the personhood request has significance on many levels one of the [...]
This article by Victoria Prieskop appeared in Courthouse News, November 29, 2017. A Denver attorney representing the Colorado River Ecosystem in a bid for “personhood” is facing possible sanctions for refusing to drop the case. Jason Flores-Williams, a criminal defense attorney, gained national attention in 2016 for a class-action lawsuit against Denver challenging its sweeps [...]
To combat fracking and accomplish other community ends, charter groups seek more local authority This article by David DeWitt was published in The Athens News, November 28, 2017. A legal organization that has been working with a group of Athens County residents to put an anti-fracking county charter before voters the past three years is [...]
IN AN ATTEMPT TO INTIMIDATE US AND SILENCE THE RIGHTS OF NATURE MOVEMENT, THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS THREATENED SANCTIONS AGAINST OUT LAWSUIT, COLORADO RIVER V. COLORADO. This press release was posted on Deep Green Resistance News Service's website, November 28, 2017. Editor’s note: The first Rights of Nature lawsuit in the United States, Colorado River v. [...]
This press release from the Deep Green Resistance Southwest Coalition, November 28, 2017. Editor’s note: The first Rights of Nature lawsuit in the United States, Colorado River v. Colorado, was filed September 25, 2017, in Denver, Colorado. The full text of the complaint can be found here. by Deep Green Resistance Southwest Coalition Denver, CO – The Colorado [...]
This dispatch by Will Falk appeared on Deep Green Resistance News Service, November 27, 2017. Editor’s note: This is the latest installment from Will Falk as he follows the Colorado River from headwaters to delta, before heading to court to argue for the Colorado River to be recognized as having inherent rights. More details on [...]
This dispatch by Will Falk was posted on Deep Green Resistance News Service November 22, 2017. Editor’s note: This is the latest installment from Will Falk as he follows the Colorado River from headwaters to delta, before heading to court to argue for the Colorado River to be recognized as having inherent rights. More details [...]
This interview with Will Falk was posted on the National Community Rights Network's homepage November 20, 2017. The 85 minute video can be viewed HERE. "I recently helped the Colorado River sue the State of Colorado in a first-in-the-nation lawsuit — Colorado River v. Colorado — requesting that the United States District Court in Denver recognize the river’s rights [...]
This article by Lindsey Fendt appeared in the Post Independent November 18, 2017. Beneath the dim red glow of string lights at the Mercury Cafe in downtown Denver, about 25 people gathered Tuesday afternoon to rally support for a lawsuit against the state on behalf of the Colorado River. The case, the first of its [...]
This dispatch by Will Falk was published by Deep Green Resistance News Service November 17, 2017. Tuesday, I stood on the steps of the Alfred A. Arraj Federal Courthouse in Denver before a crowd gathered to hear my thoughts as one of the “next friends” in our lawsuit seeking personhood for the Colorado River. We were supposed [...]
