This letter to the editor by Michelle Holman, of Community Rights Lane County, Oregon, was published in the Eugene Weekly, October 25, 2018. On Oct. 3 in Eugene, the first words out of Chris Hedges’ mouth were: “Well, this is where hope is, right here in this room, it’s with us.” As a father, author, [...]
The Youngstown Drinking Water Protection Bill of Rights will be put on the November 6th, ballot. You can read the full Bill of Rights and learn how you can support their campaign HERE.
The impenetrable, 40-foot-thick steel dome will house a state-of-the-art campus that serves as Amazon’s new headquarters and provides customers with the lowest possible prices and the utmost convenience. This article appeared in The Onion on October 19, 2018. SEATTLE—After a search for a new location lasting more than a year, a massive dome was seen [...]
People, like myself, Curt Hubatch, Community Rights US (CRUS) Media Team member have experienced coaching with Ingrid Martine as a life-changing experience. I can honestly say that I would never have organized Community Rights talks and workshops in the community that I live and work in without her coaching. In fact, she followed me into [...]
The article below was originally published in DeSmog. Investigative journalism - such as this story by acclaimed Canadian scientist David Suzuki - purports to expose the latest corporate outrage, but ends up unintentionally burying deeper truths that the public urgently needs to understand if we are to ever end corporate control over us. Within the [...]
This article by Jim Price was posted on the Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy's (POCLAD) website in May of 2018. “Dictators are never as strong as they tell you they are. People are never as weak as they think they are." - Dr. Gene Sharp Dr. Gene Sharp will best be remembered for his [...]
On April 29, 2018, an extraordinary celebration place on the shores of the North Oconee River in Athens, Georgia. It was organized by the North Oconee River Project, a team of artists and scientists working towards some very lofty goals. Much earlier, in the Spring of 2017, University of Georgia grad student Carla Cao had [...]
The following is a radio interview Paul Cienfuegos did with Andrew Rainey on AFM, an Asheville, NC radio station on what the Community Rights movement is all about and how We The People have the power to enact Bills of Rights in our community and prevent corporate harm. Community Rights based lawmaking vs. conventional activism.
This letter to the editor appeared in, GoErie.com on April 24, 2017 and was published by the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund. April 27 is shaping up to be a big day for Erie County residents when it comes to environmental justice. From 5 to 7 p.m., the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection will hold a “listening session” at [...]
A videoed talk by Carol Van Strum, discussing the need for voters to mobilize to support the May 2017 ballot initiative in Lincoln County, Oregon, that would ban aerial spraying of pesticides on forest lands county-wide. Presented by Lincoln County Community Rights. To watch the video, click HERE.
