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DESCRIPTION:SF group to urge non-compliance with new federal law: March 2, 2012 at 12 
 Noon, SF City 
 Hall\n____________________________________________________\nBasic Rights 
 Under Siege from NDAA\n\nSan Francisco 99% Coalition raises alarm at City 
 Hall today, one day before \n law allowing indefinite detention of US 
 citizens goes into effect \n\nAt noon today, Friday March 2, San Francisco 
 progressive activists will gather at San Francisco City Hall to urge the 
 Board of Supervisors to join the growing nationwide resistance to the 
 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a new federal law that critics 
 say will change the fabric of American democracy in unprecedented ways. The 
 NDAA goes into effect on Saturday, March 3.\n\nPresident Obama signed the 
 legislation--the annual military spending bill, which this year allocates a 
 staggering $662 billion for defense—on New Year’s Eve, 2011. The 
 current authorization also contains provisions that, in the guise of 
 fighting terrorism, authorize the US Department of Defense to detain US 
 citizens suspected of engaging in “terrorist” activities, and to hold 
 them indefinitely and without due process.\n\nIn response, all of the major 
 US civil liberties organizations state that that the NDAA’s 
 anti-terrorism provisions come at far too high a cost because they threaten 
 to undermine rights that are fundamental to American democracy.\n\nA 
 delegation of SF 99% Coalition members will meet with staff members of the 
 San Francisco Board of Supervisors this Friday from 10 am to 11:30 am. 
 After outlining some of the most troubling aspects of the NDAA, they will 
 urge the Supervisors to support a resolution encouraging local 
 non-compliance with the law. \n\nFollowing the meeting with Supervisors’ 
 staff, the 99% Coalition will host a noon press conference on the east side 
 of City Hall to report on the meeting and lend their voices to a speak-out 
 against the NDAA. Speakers will include civil liberties attorneys, veterans 
 and representatives of community organizations. The program will include a 
 public reading of selected excerpts from the Bill of Rights and the US 
 Constitution.\n\nWHO:               Civil liberties advocates from the San 
 Francisco 99% Coalition\n\nWHAT:            Meeting with City Supervisors;  
 and speak-out/press conference to protest NDAA\n\nWHEN:            Today, 
 Friday, March 2, 10 AM and 12 Noon, respectively\n\nWHERE:         San 
 Francisco City Hall, east entrance\n\nThe San Francisco 99% Coalition 
 (www.sf99percent.org) supports groups working to promote progressive 
 social, economic and environmental public policies. \n\n#  #  #  #\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/03/02/18708535.php
SUMMARY:Civil Liberties Under Siege from NDAA
LOCATION:Outside San Francisco City Hall, east entrance
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/03/02/18708535.php
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