A Blog Posting by Lindsey Schromen-Wawrin of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, from August 13th, 2018. Government exists to protect our rights, health, safety, and welfare We have government to protect our rights, health, safety, and welfare. That’s fundamental to our theory of government. When a legislature enacts a law that isn’t rationally connected to [...]
This article by Mari Margil appeared on the Oxford Human Rights Hub, August 13th, 2018. In the United States, the Fourth of July is celebrated as Independence Day. Someday history books may celebrate the Fourth of July 2018 as a new “independence day” – not for a new nation, but for a new kingdom. On that day, [...]
The Minnesota Court of Appeals has upheld Winona County's frack sand ban. This AP article appeared in the US News and World Report, July 30th, 2018. The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday upheld Winona County's ban on mining frack sand, used to fracture shale rock to extract oil and natural gas. In a split decision, a [...]
This article by Lauren Sega appeared in the The Columbus Underground, July 3oth, 2018. After two previous attempts, the anti-fracking Columbus Community Bill of Rights (CBR) is one step closer to appearing on the November ballot. Columbus City Council is set to approve the ordinance for the ballot at their meeting on Monday, July 30, before [...]
This article by Mitch Perry appeared in the Florida Phoenix, July 17, 2018. Brief commentary by Community Rights US media team member Curt Hubatch: One of the components of the Community Right's strategy is to exercise our inalienable right to local, community self-government in the places we live and want to protect. Over 200 communities across [...]
This 42 minute interview with Community Rights attorney and leader Thomas Linzey was posted on WKNY Radio Kingston's website, July 15th, 2018. It can be downloaded and listened to HERE. Brief commentary by Community Rights media team member Curt Hubatch: I listened to this interview while delivering mail in rural northwestern Wisconsin the other day. [...]
This article by Lynne Peeples appeared in FairWarning, July 11th, 2018. A brief commentary by Community Rights US Director and Founder Paul Cienfuegos: It’s so rare, and also so helpful, for news stories about corporate abuse of power to explicitly explain to their readers that corporations are winning yet another round in yet another battle [...]
This guest editorial by Douglas Darrell of the National Community Rights Network (NCRN) appeared in The Laconia Daily Sun, July 9th, 2018. Guest commentary by Community Rights US Media Team member Curt Hubatch: To build a movement to elevate Community Rights over corporate rights it will take thousands of letters like Douglas Darrell's written and [...]
"Animals cannot be treated merely as Property” A Press Release from the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, from, July 7th, 2018. On July 4, the High Court of Uttarakhand at Naintal in northern India issued a ruling in a case brought to end cruelty of horses used in transport. The court declared that: “Every species has [...]
An original essay by the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) posted on June 29th, 2018. When the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4th, 1776, it was the work of many hands. Thomas Jefferson gets the credit, but the people of more than ninety towns and counties throughout the colonies had sent instructions [...]
