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Download the Resolution: Web page | MS Word |
Rich Text (RTF)
updated: August 5, 2004
City Council Handouts
Download the petition: MS Word | PDF
(copies of the petition can also be picked up at the peaceCENTER, 1443 S. St. Mary's and at the Esperanza Center, 922 San Pedro.) updated: April 25, 2004
Download a Flyer: Legal size paper
(the flyer is in PDF format. If you do not have the free Acrobat Reader needed to view this flyer you can download it here. It is designed to be printed on legal-size 11x14" paper.) updated: April 25, 2004Half page flyer in Spanish and English (PDF Format; letter-size paper; cut in half)
Download the list of cities that have passed resolutions: MS Word updated: April 25, 2004
Links
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)Text of Patriot Act (from FindLaw)Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)American Library Association (ALA)Librarian's Index to the Internet - Patriot ActBill of Rights Defense Committee (BORCD)National Student Action to Oppose the Patriot Act
Amnesty InternationalThe Center For Democracy & Technology
Center for Constitutional RightsSlate Magazine guide to the Patriot ActAlterNet Civil Liberties sectionStanford v Texas (from FindLaw)
(cited in John Stanford's presentation to City Council)The Constitution of the United States of America
Books - links to Amazon.com
The War on the Bill of Rights and the Gathering Resistance
by Nat Hentoff
The War on Our Freedoms: Civil Liberties in an Age of Terrorism
by Richard C. Leone, Greg, Jr. Anrig (Editors)
Lost Liberties: Ashcroft and the Assault on Personal Freedom
by Cynthia Brown (Editor)
Terrorism and the Constitution: Sacrificing Civil Liberties in the Name of National Security
by David Cole, James X. Dempsey, Carole E. Goldberg
Enemy Aliens
by David Cole
Silencing Political Dissent: How Post-September 11 Anti-Terrorism Measures Threaten Our Civil Liberties
by Nancy Chang, Howard Zinn, Center for Constitutional Rights
21st Century Guide to the USA Patriot Act and the Information Awareness Office - Electronic Surveillance, Domestic Spying, Computer Intercepts, and Advanced Technologies for Preemption of Terrorism (Core Federal Information Series) by U.S. Government
Tainted Legacy: 9/11 and the Ruin of Human Rights by William Schulz
Refuge of a Scoundrel: The Patriot Act in Libraries by Herbert N. Foerstel
Local Media Coverage
Protecting rights, maintaining patriotism, by Susan Ives
San Antonio Express-News, August 8, 2004
Trash Patriot Act and Start Over From Scratch, by Susan Ives
San Antonio Express-News, December 6, 2003
Deliver us from evil, by Lisa Sorg
San Antonio Current, March 6, 2003last updated: Thursday, July 1, 2004
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|  | | GET INVOLVED 1. Attend a meeting or workshop to help get the San Antonio resolution passed. Call the Esperanza Center at 210-228-0201 for more info. NEXT MEETING: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 at 7 pm at the Esperanza Center, 922 San Pedro.
2. Help hand out flyers: Download and print them yourself (Legal 11x14 paper) or pick them up at the Esperanza Center, 922 San Pedro.
3. Make up your own mind. Learn more about the USA PATRIOT Act using the resources listed here.
4. Get your group to endorse the San Antonio resolution. Contact: Jane Tuck, 210-828-4627.
5. Sign a petition and get others to sign it. Download the petition here.
6. Write a letter to the editor supporting this resolution: letters@express-news.net or Express-News, P.O. Box 2171, San Antonio, TX, 78297-2171. 7. Contact City Council to let
your council person know that you support this resolution.
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