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Nancy Talanian, Director
413-582-0110
About the Bill of Rights Defense Committee
Recent Stories about the Bill of Rights Defense Committee and the Grassroots Civil Liberties Movement:
January 12, 2008, Felix Barrett, San Francisco Indymedia, Protests Against Guantanamo Torture Camp
January 12, 2008, Chad Jones, Pegasus News (Texas), Dallas activists join international protest against Guantanamo Bay prison
January 11, 2008, Abreen Ali, Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Washington), Waterboarding Demonstrated in Seattle Protest
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2007 Press Releases
September 6, 2007, BORDC Releases Video on FBI National Security Letters
August 8, 2007, BORDC Tells Congress: End Warrantless Wiretapping and Restore The Fourth Amendment
2006 Press Releases
September 13, 2006, The Senate Judiciary Committee caved in, but the people will not!
August 1, 2006, BORDC Voter Guide Cuts Through Election-Year Babble
March 2, 2006, BORDC Calls on Congress to Fix PATRIOT Act
February 17, 2006, California Adopts Resolution Critical of PATRIOT Act
February 10, 2006, Bill of Rights Defense Committee Calls for PATRIOT Act Filibuster
January 23, 2006, Tens of thousands to tell Congress, "Repair the PATRIOT Act!"
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December 14, 2005, 400th Resolution Challenges PATRIOT Act Reauthorization
November 4, 2005, Organizations, Local Governments, Veterans, and the Public Urge End to U.S. Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
October 17, 2005, Organizations Urge Rumsfeld to Shelve Controversial Recruiting Database
August 15, 2005, PATRIOT Act resolutions affect Congressional votes
June 30, 2005, On Independence Day, Communities to Renew Opposition to USA PATRIOT Act (Patriot Days of Action July 2-8)
April 12, 2005, Eugene (OR) and Amherst (MA) Take Strong Stands Against U.S. Use of Torture
December 9, 2004, Open Society Institute Awards $50,000 to The Bill of Rights Defense Committee
October 26, 2004, On USA PATRIOT Act's third anniversary, volume of anti-PATRIOT Act resolutions dwarfs the Act itself
July 26, 2004, Total Information Awareness & Beyond: Threats to Privacy in a Post 9-11 America
July 19, 2004, Bill of Rights Defense Committee Wants Voters to Know Candidates' Stance on Civil Liberties Issues
June 7, 2004, New Legislation to be Introduced June 8 to Restore Civil Liberties Undermined by 9/11
April 29, 2004, More than 300 cities and states denounce the Patriot Act
February 4, 2004, New York City Joins 250 Communities Upholding Civil Rights and Liberties, Denouncing Parts of Patriot Act
October 23, 2003, 200 Communities and States Take Aim at the Patriot Act; Critics Offer Substitutes for its Misleading Name
October 23, 2003, As Grassroots Movement Surges, Civil Liberties Activists Convene to Restore Rights; Congressional Support Grows Stronger
October 6, 2003, Bill of Rights Defense Movement to Launch Next Phase at D.C. Conference; Left and Right to Gather
September 29, 2003, Bill of Rights Defense Committee Announces Contest to Re-Name the U.S.A. P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act
September 25, 2003, Justice Department Refuses to Inform Public of Attorney General John Ashcroft's PR Tour Destinations
September 19, 2003, Bill of Rights Defense Committee Challenges Ashcroft to Publicize His Appearances and to Engage in Open Debate With Critics
August 19, 2003, Astoria, Oregon, City Council is 150th Local Government to Resist the Patriot Act
February 27, 2003, Fifty "Civil Liberties Safe Zones" Uphold Bill of Rights
September 13, 2002, Northampton Bill of Rights Defense Committee to Appear on PBS NOW With Bill Moyers
May 2, 2002, Third Massachusetts town votes to defend Bill of Rights from threats of USA PATRIOT Act