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UPDATE! Civil Liberties Defense Coalition Meeting! This Thursday, at 7pm, the Civil Liberties Defense Coalition, including the ACLU, the Librarian's Union, anti-war and immigrants rights activists, will meet to discuss what to do about the encroachment of our civil liberties by the Patriot Act. Some in the group are calling for the Los Angeles City Council to make a bold and clear statement for a repeal of the Patriot Act. They will meet at this Thursday, July 24th at 7pm at the ACLU building on 1616 Beverly Blv. "The FBI has the right to obtain a court order to access any records we have of your transactions." Those words mark notices posted by conscientious Santa Monica, California librarians. Similar notices have been posted in several other libraries across the southland. Those signs may be the only avenue of free expression left to our cities' curators when the inappropriately named USA PATRIOT Act rears its ugly head into the picture. Section 215 of the Patriot Act paves the way for law enforcement to peer into our reading habits and internet activity, not only at our nation's libraries but in bookstores as well. Furthermore, the act criminalizes anyone at any of those institutions who reveals that a warrant has been served on their patrons. The Patriot Act, of course is far more of a threat to our civil liberties than the invasion of our privacy at libraries. Ann Arbor, Michigan has recently joined 137 other cities and municipalities that have passed resolutions against the Patriot Act. A coalition of local activists are organizing the first candle light vigil in honor of our dead and dying liberties. Join together for an evening of resistence in a candlelight vigil Saturday July 19th 2003, 7:30 pm Hollywood and Highland, Hollywood For further information on this issue and the candlelight vigil contact: Refuse & Resist! (323) 962-8084, RandRLA@aol.com; South Asian Network (562) 403-0488; Not In Our Name, lanotinourname@hotmail.com, International ANSWER (213) 487-2368 |
Patriot Act Rears Its Ugly Head In Our Libraries