Paul Cienfuegos at Iowa City Public Library Tuesday 14 June 2016
Community Rights educator Paul Cienfuegos will join us at the Iowa City Public Library next Tuesday for a presentation. Join us if you can.
Community Rights Presentation
Is a Truly Sustainable Society Achievable As Long As Corporate Rights Outstrip the Rights of People?
Paul Cienfuegos
National Community Rights Educator
Tuesday, June 14, 2016, 7 PM
Iowa City Public Library, Room A
You will learn
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Why counties and communities can’t keep out harmful activities like Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs), pipelines, and big box stores.
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Why corporations are “people” with rights to make profits, while nature is an exploited commodity.
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Why corporations want us to fight them one at a time, through Regulatory Agencies like the Iowa Utilities Board where corporate “experts” work.
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How we can change the system for community rights to take precedence over corporate rights.
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How 200 communities in nine states have already passed legally binding, locally enforceable laws that ban or rein in the “rights” of corporations.
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Why we should direct our energy at the local level of government.
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Paul Cienfuegos’ work is at the cutting edge of social change, blending keen analysis with invaluable experience in reclaiming our power from corporate hegemony. I am grateful for his passionate commitment to democracy and ecological sanity. A lively speaker and a resourceful workshop leader, he helps us find concrete steps toward building a just and sustainable society.
– Joanna Macy, author of “Coming Back to Life“
Brought to you by Community Rights Working Group
Please contact one of us with questions or comments.
Katherine Nicholson Miriam Timmer-Hackert Bryson Dean
katharn123@gmail.com timmer.hackert@gmail.com 319-541-8806
What Community Rights Is All About – Paul’s 12 minute YouTube video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Prylnj4NQ8
Donations are gratefully accepted to cover costs of Paul’s travel.
No one will be turned away.