Our Vanishing Civil Liberties July 31, 2012

Our Vanishing Civil Liberties
Tuesday, July 31, 7-9 PM
Oakland Peace Center
111 Fairmount Ave (at 29th St.), Oakland
(29th St., one block East of Auto Row)
Map location: http://tinyurl.com/bwx8a7q
AC Transit 51A, 635, 651, 851 buses

Our Vanishing Civil Liberties

Last New Year's Eve, President Obama signed the NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act) for 2012. Through this law:

• The government can label you a terrorist, arrest you without charges, and hold you without trial, merely on suspicion of association with terrorist groups. The language in this part of the NDAA is so vague that it can be applied to anyone;

• The armed forces can detain you indefinitely, whether or not you are a US citizen;

• You can be denied the right to a lawyer and due process;

• You can be sent away to a foreign country, where you may be imprisoned and/or tortured with no legal recourse.

The 2013 NDAA is being debated in Congress this summer. Please spread the word and join us to learn about this attack on our civil liberties and what you can do.

Speakers:

* Shahid Buttar, Executive Director, Bill of Rights Defense Committee
* Bob Meola, Movement for a Democratic Society-Bay Area
* Debra Small, Break the Chains
* Lee Tien, Electronic Frontier Foundation

This Forum is also being presented in San Francisco: Sunday, July 29, 1 PM, Unitarian Universalist Center, 1187 Franklin St. (at Geary). Free. Speakers list is different.)

Sponsors: San Francisco 99% Coalition, East Bay Social Forum, Asian Americans for Peace & Justice, CodePink, Bill of Rights Defense Committee, Movement for a Democratic Society-Bay Area.

$10 donation requested, nobody turned away. Wheelchair Accessible

For more info: leave a voice mail at: 415-404-9973 (404-99SF) or go to web site: http://sf99percent.org/