Organization mentioned in news stories about the dozens of localities like Baltimore that have passed resolutions against the Patriot Act. Non- Enforcement in Arcata, Ca. <URL: http://www.bordc.org/articles.htm > Articles
Grassroots movement Collections of articles Articles and commentaries on threats to civil liberties Articles and information on proposed civil liberties legislation Articles on grassroots efforts to restore civil liberties: May 14, 2003, David Lindorff, CounterPunch, Fighting the PATRIOT Act: Now it's Alaska May 14, 2003, Alaska Republicans, Alaska House Gathers Behind Patriot Act Resolution May 14, 2003, Associated Press, Rep. Young Wants Changes in Patriot Act May 2, 2003, Shannon Brescher, Cornell Daily Sun, FBI Responds to PATRIOT Act Resolution May 1, 2003, Hawaii News, State takes stand against Patriot Act April 27, 2003, ABC News, Protesting Patriots April 25, 2003, NPR On the Media, Civil Liberties Safe Zones (listen online or read transcript) April 22, 2003, NPR Talk of the Nation, Patriot Act (listen online) April 21, 2003, Evelyn Nieves, Washington Post, Local Officials Rise Up to Defy The Patriot Act (also on MSNBC.com) April 13, 2003, Kevin Fagan, San Francisco Chronicle, Arcata the Defiant April 7, 2003, Casey Connor, Scoop Media, First Anti-PATRIOT Ordinance Passed in California March 31, 2003, Dan Rice, Daily News Miner, Group raises funds to send delegate to Juneau March 31, 2003, Lauren Bishop, Ithaca Journal, Protestors stress patriotism in dissent February 21, 2003, Kari Lydersen, AlterNet, Defending the Bill of Rights January 30, 2003, Toby Henry, Brattleboro Reformer, Rights Bill on 9 Town Ballots January 12, 2003, USA Today, Cities Balance Safety, Liberty December 24, 2002, Eric Leser, Le Monde, Aux Etats-Unis, les défenseurs des libertés défient George W. Bush December 23, 2002, Michael Janofsky, New York Times, Cities Urge Restraint in Fight Against Terror December 21, 2002, Patrick Armstrong, Brattleboro Reformer, Sanders Works to Repeal Provisions of Patriot Act December 20, 2002, Nat Hentoff, Village Voice Crossing Swords With General Ashcroft: Where Is Our Bill of Rights Defense Committee? December 19, 2002, Julia Scheeres, Wired News, Cities Say No to Federal Snooping December 17, 2002, Dean Schabner, ABC News, War on Terror Walkouts December 10, 2002, Nat Hentoff syndicated column, Grassroots Resistance to Ashcroft December 9, 2002, Nat Hentoff, Washington Times, Ashcroft vs. Civil Liberties December 8, 2002, Scott Martelle, Los Angeles Times, New Breed of Patriots Speaking Up December 4, 2002, Bernard Weiner, The Crisis Papers Through a Glass Lightly: 10 Hopeful Cracks in the Bush Facade November 29, 2002, Nat Hentoff, Village Voice The New American Freedom Fighters: Organizing Against General Ashcroft November 22, 2002, Nat Hentoff, Village Voice, Resistance Rising! True Patriots Networking November 18, 2002, Nat Hentoff, Legal Times, page 67+ Opposing Ashcroft's War and "Capitulating" to America's Freedoms October 16, 2002, Michael Leon, CounterPunch Citizens Blast Patriot Act. Madison Passes Civil Liberties Resolution Fall 2002, Nat Hentoff, Free Inquiry magazine, Citizens Resist War on the Bill of Rights September 9, 2002, Nat Hentoff, Washington Times, The Challenge to Liberty September 9, 2002, Nat Hentoff syndicated column, Insight, Sept. 11: Will We Stay Free? July 15, 2002, Nat Hentoff, Legal Times Coming to Our Defense: Citizens are Joining up to Protect Liberty in War on Terrorism July 15, 2002, Editorial, Progressive Populist, War Becomes Con Game July 1, 2002, by Dean Schabner, ABC News Patriot Revolution? Cities From Cambridge to Berkeley Reject Anti-Terror Measure July 2002 by Nat Hentoff, The Progressive, Grassroots Patriots June 21, 2002, by Nat Hentoff, The Village Voice, The Sons and Daughters of Liberty June 17, 2002, by Nat Hentoff, The Washington Times, The USA un-Patriotic Act <SNIP>