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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 15/04/2026

The Rights of Nature movement uses a bold tactic to preserve our Earth: it seeks to extend (pseudo) personhood to things like watersheds, forests and ecosystems, as well as nonhuman species, in hopes of creating legal "standing" to ask the courts for protection: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rights_... 1/

The famous photo of LBJ signing the Civil Rights Act. LBJ and the onlookers' heads have been replaced with the heads of 1950s pulp magazine robots.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 15/04/2026

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog: pluralistic.net/2026/04/15/a... 2/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 15/04/2026

What do watersheds, forests and nonhuman species need protection *from*? That turns out to be a *very* interesting question, because the most common adversary in a Rights of Nature case is *another* pseudo-person: namely, a limited liability corporation. 3/

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