Fwd: Important Film ~ Sat. Jan 21 6pm MACC ~ Rights of Nature, People and Community

[Upcountry Sustainability]

Aloha All,

Upcountry Sustainability invites you to join us for a free screening of the ground breaking documentary, We the People 2.0, followed by discussion with a representative of CELDF (Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund), in collaboration with Tree Media.

"[We the People 2.0 is a visual essay about the loss of democracy in the United States. The film utilizes both original footage as well as found footage to describe a profound change in thinking at the grassroots level.

The story unfolds through the eyes of rural people who have faced decades of toxic dumping, drilling and mining in their communities. We learn with them that the reason why, in spite of all their efforts, they “get what they don’t want, again and again,” is because the community doesn’t have the legal authority to say “No.” The US has become an oligarchy, run by the corporate few who ignore the rights and will of the people. In this documentary, meet the people are frontally challenging our corporate state; thereby saving nature and themselves.

Donations for screening costs are appreciated and will help pay for speaker’s mileage expenses.

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FILM BACKGROUND

Communities facing fracking, pipelines, factory farms, pesticide poisoning etc. are recognizing that these seemingly “single” issue threats share something in common – the community doesn’t have the legal authority to say “No” to them. The existing structure of law ensures that people cannot govern their own communities and act as stewards of the environment, while protecting corporate “rights” and interests over those of communities and nature.

In this documentary, meet the people are frontally challenging our corporate state; thereby saving nature and themselves.

The fundamental, timely message of We the People 2.0 is that meaningful action to reassert control of our health, quality of life, and democracy must be rooted in our local communities. This approach has produced significant achievements. For example, in 2010, Pittsburgh became the first major U.S. city to establish an ordinance that banned natural gas drilling, putting community decision-making and the rights of nature ahead of corporate rights. Today, CELDF reports that more than 200 communities have passed community bills of rights.

For more info you may call 268-7913.
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“If you live in a corporate state, the only thing left to do is to dismantle it and build something new.”

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