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Casey Camp Horinek speaks at a protest that was part of the Frontline Oil and Gas conference in Ponca City, Oklahoma.

What Happened When the Climate Justice Movement Came to Ponca Tribal Lands

By Pennie Opal Plant and Shannon Biggs, co-founders, Movement Rights  “Was that an earthquake?” As rivers swelled, floods surged, the earth shook, and tornadoes whipped across Oklahoma—more than 200 Indigenous,…

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Poisoning Paradise: A Community Fights Back

By Annie Dobbs-Kramer and Shannon Biggs Annie is the political director of the North Bay Organizing Project (NBOP) in Sonoma County, CA, and Shannon is the co-founder of Movement Rights.  …

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Rivers, Rights and Revolution: Learning from the Māori

By Shannon Biggs and Pennie Opal Plant, Movement Rights' Co-founders   "How do we win now?" is a question many are asking in the wake of the 2017 US Presidential inauguration…

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Lessons from #NoDAPL: We are More Powerful than the Fossil Fuel Industry

By Pennie Opal Plant, Movement Rights co-founder Cover photo "Night time in Sacred Stone" (Oct. 2016) by Camille Seaman There is something powerful rippling through humanity right now.  It is more…

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CALIFORNIA DROUGHT: A PRECURSOR OF THINGS TO COME

By Maude Barlow We are honored to share the following article written by Movement Rights board member, Maude Barlow. Maude Barlow is the National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians and the…

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California, Drought and the Return of ‘Limits to Growth’?

Photo above: A housing development in Cathedral City, near Palm Springs. Credit: Damon Winter/The New York Times   By Suzanne York It’s shocking, but a mainstream media outlet has actually…

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