This story by Ashley Westerman was published on National Public Radio's website on August 3rd, 2019. In early July, Bangladesh became the first country to grant all of its rivers the same legal status as humans. From now on, its rivers will be treated as living entities in a court of law. The landmark ruling by [...]
This story and 5 minute video clip was posted on the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund's website on July 17th, 2019. Here is what CELDF had to say about it below. Lake Erie has rights, thanks to Toledo community members who partnered with CELDF and took action to protect the ecosystem and their sole source [...]
Derrick Jensen interviews Ben Price, the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund's (CELDF) national organizing director, about his newly published book, "How Wealth Rules the World: Saving our Communities and Freedoms from the Dictatorship of Property." on June 2nd, 2019. This 53 minute interview can be listened to and downloaded HERE and HERE. A bit about [...]
This interview took place on May 7th, 2019. This 12 minute video and audio can be viewed and downloaded HERE. A brief description of How Wealth Rules the World: Ben Price reveals that our Constitution and legal system were intentionally designed to give more rights to the wealthy propertied class than the rest of us. [...]
Derrick Jensen interviews Thomas Linzey for the seventh time on Resistance Radio. This interview happened on April 21st, 2019. In this interview they talk about the Lake Erie Bill of Rights that was recently passed in Toledo, Ohio; the Rights of Nature, and other topics concerning Community Rights. This 51 minute interview can be listened [...]
This news story and 2 minute video by John Clay appeared on WTAJ-TV on March 20th, 2019. Todd Township, Huntingdon County - About 10 minutes from Raystown Lake in Huntingdon County sits Todd Township. About 1000 peole live there. Some run family farms that are welcome. But a new type of farm has residents steaming. [...]
The New Hampshire Community Rights Network recently posted a short video (1 minute 30 seconds) of citizens showing up to testify in support of the New Hampshire Community Rights Amendment (CACR8) in a legislative hearing. Close to 50 New Hampshire citizens showed up to support and testify. You can learn more about CACR 8 and [...]
Thom Hartmann recently interviewed Ohio Community Rights organizer Tish O'Dell about the landmark Lake Erie Bill of Rights vote in Toledo, Ohio. You can watch the 11 minute video HERE. A description of the interview posted on the Thom Hartmann show's YouTube channel on March 9th, 2019 is below. Toledo, Ohio, voters made history, adopting a [...]
This news story appeared on CBS 4 Denver on February 28th, 2019. DENVER (CBS4) – Gov. John Hickenlooper says he won’t tolerate cities and towns that ban oil and gas drilling within their borders and he promises to take them to court. CBS4 Political Specialist Shaun Boyd sat down with the governor, who was blunt. He [...]
This article by Tom Henry appeared in The Toledo Blade, February 26th, 2019. Toledo voters have reached a consensus: Lake Erie — the world’s 11th largest lake and one that provides drinking water to 12 million U.S. and Canadian citizens — deserves to have its own bill of rights. In a special election that drew only [...]
