Entries of interest tagged with: CELDF

PA Judge: Corporations Are Not “Persons”

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Martin

A New Civil Rights Movement: Liberating Our Communities from Corporate Control Pennsylvania judge holds that corporations are not “persons” under the Pennsylvania Constitution By Thomas Alan Linzey, Esq., Executive Director, Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund March 28, 2013—To protect small … more →

Community Bill of Rights Strategy

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Martin

From CELDF, 11/8/12: Three communities banned shale gas drilling and fracking on Election Day, Nov 6, 2012, adopting Community Bill of Rights charter amendments. Mansfield and Broadview Heights, OH, and Ferguson Township, PA, asserted their rights to clean air and … more →

Boksenbaum: ‘Strategies for Change’

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Martin

Three recent newsletters discuss their organization’s perspectives on how to bring about change. One talks about nonviolent direct action, another about securing rights via home rule charters and constitutions, and the third about achieving change goals via the development of … more →

Noël Jones: ‘The Importance of Being Radical’

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Martin

I attended the memorial service of a dear friend recently, a friend who had been very active during the Civil Rights Movement in the 60s. A college friend of his spoke at the service about attending protests and marches together, … more →

Barnaby Ruhe: ‘Ban Fracking Locally’

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Martin

From Barnaby Ruhe, 5/9/2012: only local action is going to happen, folks. and probably only mothers’ actions with pots and pans. someone has to stop the imminent destruction for the children. that it is a clear violation of fundamental rights, … more →

Wilkinsburg PA Adopts Community Rights Ordinance That Bans Gas Drilling

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Martin

Tuesday, July 20, 2011 – By a unanimous vote, the Borough Council of Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, adopted ordinance number 28-70 that enacts an enforceable Local Bill of Rights, along with a prohibition on natural gas extraction to protect those … more →

The Denial of Local Self-Governing Rights Makes Sustainability Impossible

Posted on April 1, 2010 by pkc

By Ben Price — The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund works with communities to establish self-determination and local self-governance, as a way to end the corporate, privatized, centralized decision-making that has yielded devastating results for nature and people. Our legal … more →