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The courts have ruled that in the US, Corporations have the same rights as people. But do our communities and natural ecosystems have any rights? How about our bodies, right down to our cells and genetic material? Do they have rights? And how can we defend them? On this edition, Thomas Linzey and Katherine Davies argue that in order to defend our bodies and our environment, they must be given rights under the law.

Special Thanks to Pirate TV and the Sustainable Path Foundation.

Envision Spokane
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Henrietta Lacks Foundation
Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund
Katherine Davies
Pirate TV
Sustainable Path Foundation
Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Pittsburgh Bans Fracking (and Corporate Personhood)

MUSIC:
Jeru the Damaja “Scientifical Madness”

Tags: activism, civil liberties and rights, environment, environmental justice, gender, LGBTQ, reproductive justice, women

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