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EPIC is a public interest research center in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values … (about 1/2 & annual reports).

Homepage and latest news;
Job Openings, Fellowships and IPIOP Clerkships;
Litigation Docket;
Policy Issues: free speach;
Press release;
Events;
Publications;
CFP 2007: Open panel on Net Freedom;
address: EPIC National Office, 1718 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20009;
contact: board and staff, and general inquiries.

About 2/2: EPIC publishes an award-winning e-mail and online newsletter on civil liberties in the information age – the EPIC Alert. We also publish reports and even books about privacy, open government, free speech, and other important topics related to civil liberties. We have no clients, no customers, and no shareholders. We need your support.

View EPIC’s most recent annual reports, all available as PDF documents … (about 2/2 & annual reports).

The American system of government is founded on two counterbalancing principles: that the majority of the people governs, through democratically elected representatives; and that the power even of a democratic majority must be limited, to ensure individual rights. (About 1/2).

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Press Room;
Supreme Court;
Legislative Update;
Action Center;
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Join/donate;
Address: ACLU, 125 Broad Street, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10004;
contact.

About 2/2: Majority power is limited by the Constitution’s Bill of Rights, which consists of the original ten amendments ratified in 1791, plus the three post-Civil War amendments (the 13th, 14th and 15th) and the 19th Amendment (women’s suffrage), adopted in 1920.

The mission of the ACLU is to preserve all of these protections and guarantees:

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Added April 7, 2008: Linked with FINDINGS 188: World Prison Population List.

An Australian website. Here you will reach a big full Homepage with all links to the individual cases. No explanation needed, just actions.

Linked with Brian Moore – USA.

A strange website full with links to good items, like one exemple: A Guide to the Patriotic Act … (full text).

Not many usual texts as ‘about’ to copy out and fill my page, but take this:

Homepage;
newsletters;
Podcasts;
today’s papers;
today’s blogs;
other magazines.

… just go there and click on any link.

Linked with Paul Wellstone – USA (1944 – 2002), and with The real threat.

Wellstone Action is a national center for training and leadership development for the progressive movement. Founded in January 2003, Wellstone Action’s mission is to honor the legacy of Paul and Sheila Wellstone by continuing their work through training, educating, mobilizing and organizing a vast network of progressive individuals and organizations. (about 1/2).

Homepage and latest news;
news & events;
become a member;
advisory committee;
meet our trainers;
pictures from Campus Camp Wellstone;
contact.

About 2/2: In three years, Wellstone Action has experienced tremendous growth, adding over 108,000 members and training 14,322 (and counting!) citizen activists and professionals in 36 states in political organizing skills. In addition to training, Wellstone Action engages our members in non-partisan voter mobilization efforts; lobbies Congress on behalf of mental health parity, Social Security and the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act; trains domestic violence advocates to be organizers on their issue, and helps preserve the Wellstone archives for future generations. Our book, Politics the Wellstone Way: How to Elect Progressive Candidates and Win on Issues, was released in the fall of 2005.

Our Training Programs: … (full text).