WBAI Radio’s Building Bridges:

Community & Labor Report – National Edition

Produced & Hosted by Mimi Rosenberg & Ken Nash



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Labor Forum at DC37, AFSCME for NYC Council

Bill of Rights Resolution

with

Juan Fernandez, President, Local 154, DC37, AFSCME

Udi Ofer, Project Director, New York Civil Liberties Union

Michael Ratner, President, Center for Constitutional Rights

Immediately after 911, with little public debate, the U.S. Congress enacted the Patriot Act, and then the Homeland Security Act, followed by new federal

orders, rules and regulations infringing on civil liberties and civil rights. In response, 3 states &over 200 cities have adopted resolutions in support of

individual Constitutional rights. On 12-15-2003 despite the urging of a coalition called the NYC Bill of Rights Defense Campaign, the N.Y.C . Council failed to join the list. But the resolution is coming up again for The N.Y.C. Council to take a stand against secret detentions without charges or access to counsel;

spying on lawful political and religious speech; and ethnic and religious profiling. The resolution calls upon federal, state and local officials and N.Y.C.

agencies and institutions to affirm and protect civil rights and civil liberties.

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