[NYC-L] Ashcroft Protest NYC TODAY

[Jeton Ademaj]

> > People For the American Way
> > September 8, 2003
> >
> > PROTEST CIVIL LIBERTIES LOST UNDER THE PATRIOT ACT
> > WHEN JOHN ASHCROFT STOPS IN NEW YORK CITY TOMORROW
> >
>________________________________________________________________
> >
> > ACTION:
> >
> > Show your opposition to John Ashcroft's PATRIOT Act
> > assault on
> > your civil liberties and his demands for even more
> > power.
> >
> >   WHAT:  Protest of Attorney General Ashcroft's
> > PATRIOT Act Tour
> >
> >   WHEN:  Tuesday, September 9  NOON - 2PM
> >
> >   WHERE: Corner of Wall Street and Broad Street
> >          New York, NY
> >
> >   MORE INFO: Call (212) 344-3005 ext. 242 or send an
> > email to:
> >              uofer at nyclu.org
> >
>________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Attorney General Ashcroft's PATRIOT Act promotional
> > tour will
> > stop in New York City on September 9th. People For
> > and other
> > civil liberties defenders are organizing a protest
> > of Ashcroft's
> > appearance to direct media and public attention to
> > the needless
> > damage he and other Bush administration officials
> > have inflicted
> > on Americans' constitutional rights through the
> > PATRIOT Act and
> > other measures.  Help give Ashcroft and his latest
> > demands for
> > more unchecked powers the cold welcome they deserve.
> >
> > A coalition of activists from both ends of the
> > political
> > spectrum have dogged Ashcroft from city to city over
> > the last
> > two weeks.  Even in relatively conservative Salt
> > Lake City,
> > Ashcroft was greeted by more than 200 Americans who
> > think the
> > PATRIOT Act needs to be limited and repaired, not
> > expanded.
> > These activists are inspiring their fellow citizens,
> > the media
> > and members of Congress to challenge Ashcroft's
> > claim that we
> > are safer today for the liberties he urged Congress
> > to sacrifice
> > after the September 11 attacks.
> >
> > If you cannot attend the protest, please continue to
> > write and
> > send letters to the editor.
> >
> > To find talking points for your letter and e-mail
> > local media,
> > go to:
> >
> >     http://www.pfaw.org/go/Ashcroft_tour_letters/
> >
> > Some members of Congress are already awakening to
> > the reality
> > that the PATRIOT Act is a danger to Americans'
> > constitutional
> > liberties, including:
> >
> > ** the Fourth Amendment right to be secure in one's
> > person,
> >    home and effects;
> >
> > ** the Fifth Amendment right to due process; and,
> >
> > ** the Sixth Amendment guarantee of a speedy trial
> > and a
> >    citizen's right to confront witnesses against him
> > or her.
> >
> > Let these defenders of the Bill of Rights, and those
> > who aren't
> > yet convinced, know that halting and fixing the
> > erosion of our
> > fundamental liberties is important to you and should
> > be a high
> > priority for them, too.
> >
> > Learn more about Ashcroft, the PATRIOT Act and the
> > rumored
> > PATRIOT Act II at:
> >
> >     http://www.pfaw.org/go/Ashcroft_tour/
> >
>________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Circulate until September 9, 2003
> >
>________________________________________________________________
> >
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> > AMERICAN WAY
> >
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> > you are
> > helping to keep alive the true American spirit:
> > tolerance, free
> > speech, protection for minorities, equal
> > opportunity, and
> > freedom for all religious faiths without government
> > intrusion.
> >
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> >
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> >
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> >
> >
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> >
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