Turbulence in our economic, social, and environmental fabric is not new, but the current administration and Covid-19 have magnified the great divides of society in a very public and personal way. We must be able to make binding local governing decisions that protect the health and safety of all the inhabitants – both human and natural. Our survival depends upon it.

We have three options when it comes to taking action, 1) we can do nothing – which empowers the status quo to continue to marginalize people and Nature; 2) we can do what we’ve been doing for the past 50 years and fight against the harms we see using the current structure of law and government designed to protect the status quo – thereby condoning the exploitation of laborers, local governments, and natural environments; or 3) we can do something different – create new standards of health and safety protections for real people, their communities, and Nature by actively opposing injustices that surround us.

The role of an activist is not to navigate systems of oppressive power with as much personal integrity as possible, rather activists should confront and take down oppressive systems. The NH Community Rights Network (NHCRN) is a statewide organization of local activists that advocate for a people’s movement based on the inherent and inalienable right of ALL inhabitants to “reform the old, or establish a new government” because “the doctrine of nonresistance against arbitrary power, and oppression, is absurd, slavish, and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind” (Art. 10 [Right of Revolution] of the NH State Constitution, Part First, Bill of Rights).

The NHCRN calls for a state constitutional amendment recognizing local lawmaking authority to secure rights for Nature and to govern the health and safety needs of local communities – free from state override and corporate interference. To learn how the NHCRN works to empower communities and elected officials with the authority necessary to promote and maintain levels of resiliency necessary for survival, visit www.nhcommunityrights.org or email us at info@nhcommunityrights.org. The time is now!