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peakmoment·Published on Feb 12, 2014
Community Rights educator Paul Cienfuegos explains how "We The People" are exercising the authority to govern ourselves and dismantle corporate rule. When small farmers in rural Pennsylvania wanted to say "no" to a corporate factory farm coming into their community, they learned they couldn't, because it would violate the corporation's "rights" and state pre-emption laws. So they did something technically illegal - their town passed an innovative ordinance banning corporate factory farming. It worked! The corporation left town. Pittsburgh upshifted the approach: Rather than define what we don't want, define what we DO want. Their "Right to Water" stopped natural gas fracking in the city. Ordinances like this have been passed in over 150 communities in 9 states. Tune in to learn how this works. Episode 258. [paulcienfuegos.com, celdf.org, YouTube channel "Community Rights TV" and communityrightspdx.org]
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loudsue
(14,087 posts)That should be done on a federal level, but as they say, "think globally, act locally".
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
Mojo Electro
(362 posts)Thank you for posting.
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)of corporatocracy.
zeemike
(18,998 posts)Thanks for posting this...and I hope it catches on like wildfire.
KoKo
(84,711 posts)PuraVidaDreamin
(4,099 posts)We have been writing our own community bill of rights
to include clean water, air, agriculture, privacy.
Check out Thomas Linzay and celdf.org
Community Environmental League Defense Fund.
MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)
. True
CELDF has been instrumental in what became the response to state pre-emption regarding hydraulic fracking (Act 13) in SW Pennsylvania. I was able to get our municipality to file an amicus to what has been going through the courts.
These are the fights of our lives. And, it's TRUE
as an elected official, we were unable to stop the ongoing violations of clean air and water. Also, the gag rule on medical outcomes of how this poison affect residents.
In particular, local control of zoning is helped
and the fight over the rights under PA's constitution must go on to preserve it. Our RIGHTS must be upheld. CELDF has really led the way.
THANKS, DeSwiss!