Local Communities Dismantling Corporate Rule, Part 1 & Part 2

[DeSwiss]

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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- These videos are great! Everyone needs to watch them. Seriously.

[loudsue]

1. Saving for later: I hope we can de-corporatize this country...one county at a time.

That should be done on a federal level, but as they say, "think globally, act locally".

[cantbeserious]

2. Thank You For Sharing

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[Mojo Electro]

3. Bookmarking for later

Thank you for posting.

[JDPriestly]

4. Very interesting approach to challenging the corporations' attempt to usurp democracy in favor

of corporatocracy.

[zeemike]

5. That is the most exciting and hopeful thing I have seen in a long time.

Thanks for posting this...and I hope it catches on like wildfire.

[KoKo]

6. Recommend! Thanks for posting this..

[PuraVidaDreamin]

7. We are working with celdf.org to do the same thing

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]

8. I have an even deeper understanding...

…. 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!