Corporations Paying Lawmakers to Outlaw Protest Is a Crime Against Democracy

Basav Sen

More communities are standing up to pipelines. The fossil fuel industry wants to make that a felony. We need to push for “Protesters’ Bills of Rights” in state legislatures to codify the right to protest.

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<div>More communities are standing up to pipelines. The fossil fuel industry wants to make that a felony. We need to push for “Protesters’ Bills of Rights” in state legislatures to codify the right to protest.</div>
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<div class="field__item even"><img loading="lazy" class="" src="https://www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/line3_protest.jpg?itok=Ul7W0-mv" width="420" height="220" alt="People protest against the Enbridge Energy Line 3 oil pipeline project outside the Governor's Mansion in St. Paul, Minnesota on November 14, 2020. Increasingly, corporate-funded politicians are criminalizing efforts to roll back the harms fossil fuel interests are doing to vulnerable communities. (Photo: Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)" /></div>
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