“I’m not aware of any other social movement going on in the US today that has the power to challenge and win against corporate rule, push back and dismantle corporate rights, and enshrine rights for actual human beings,” asserts Community Rights US Program Director & Lead Trainer Paul Cienfuegos.
Local Community Rights ordinances are not only stripping “rights” from corporations, but asserting that nature has rights. Two Oregon counties have submitted a “Right to Local Food Systems” ordinance which forbids genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and protects heritage seeds. Even more, it asserts the right to fully-functioning natural communities, even requiring a corporation to restore whatever it has disrupted.
Are these ordinances being challenged? Yes they are, but Paul explains how corporation leaders who want to sue are forced to do so on the community’s terms—a brilliant strategy. Episode 259. [CommunityRights.US, CommunityRightsPDX.org/podcast, CELDF.org, YouTube channel “Community Rights TV”]
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Contact Paul Cienfuegos (paulcienfuegos.com) or the folks at Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (celdf.org). They’re working with people everywhere to educate and pass local ordinances.