LTE: Community Bill of Rights
David Quillen: "Some of your Buckingham County readers might have seen people at the various country stores collecting signatures for a petition that is circulating in the county.In response to the threat of industrial gold mining coming into Buckingham County, a...
Letter to the editor: Myths about gold mining
Haile gold mine, SC David Waters: "When foreign corporations promise that industrial gold mining will bring Buckingham County jobs... don't fall for it! The truth? Many of those positions require specialized workers from elsewhere." Read the full article online,...
My Turn: The case for local self-governance
Let the people decide if they wish to preserve the health, safety and welfare of their communities, thereby guaranteeing a sustainable future by protecting their valuable ecosystems and their social values and forcing corporations that seek to profit from industrial activities to be more accountable to the people and ecosystems most affected.
Letter: We the people must stand united
Kenda Hanuman: "Thank you for Deputy’s Facebook post questioned by Alexa Massey. This topic reflects the inequality that the Poor People’s Campaign addresses when saying ‘Fight poverty, not the poor’. Dr. Rev. Willliam Barber II alerts us to the fact that the United...
Cville article on ACP defeat, VACRN response
In response to a well written article in the Cville Weekly, Heidi Dhivya Berthoud wrote a letter to the editor, published in the August 12-18 edition. No link was available, thus the text is copied here: Erika Howsare wrote a great article [“Hallelujah, What’s...
Virginia Community Rights Network Launched
Mindy Zlotnick Letter to the Farmville Herald Editor: "The fight against the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) taught us that when people work together, we can win." Read more at the Farmville Herald, published Wednesday July 22, 2020 To view a scanned copy of the article...
Launch of Virginia Network Advances the Rights of Nature and Communities
Letter to the editor coming soon!
