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ElectionWatch '04: War on Terror
June 2, 2004
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After September 11th, 2001 the Bush administration created controversial policy at home and abroad in the name of homeland security. Increased surveillance, security searches, and military intervention in the Middle East have changed life in the United States. Many Arab, South Asian, and Muslim Americans have experienced an even greater reduction in their civil liberties. On this ElectionWatch '04 edition, we take a look at how communities most impacted by Bush's war on terror will vote in the upcoming 2004 elections. We also look at how the Patriot Act and the war in Iraq are playing a role in the election year.
Featuring:
Tanzila Ahmed, executive director of SAAVY (South Asian American Voting Youth); Samina Faheem, executive director of American Muslim Voice; Laila Al-Qatami, media coordinator, American-Arab Anti Discrimination Committee; Michael Ratner, Center for Constitutional Rights; Kevin Bankston, Electronic Frontiers Foundation; Charlie Mitchell, legislative council for the ACLU; John Bonifaz, executive director of the National Voting Rights Institute.
For more information :
Center for Constitutional Rights
666 Broadway, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10012
212-614-6464; fax: 212-614-6499; info@ccr-ny.org
www.humanrightsnow.org
Electronic Frontiers Foundation
454 Shotwell Street
San Francisco CA 94110-1914
415-436 9333; fax: 415-436 9993
www.eff.org/
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
125 Broad Street, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10004
www.aclu.org
South Asian American Voting Youth
www.saavy.org
American Muslim Voice
650-387-1994
www.amuslimvoice.org
American-Arab Anti Discrimination Committee
4201 Connecticut Ave. NW St 300
Washington D.C. 20008
Phone: (202) 244-2990; adc@adc.org
www.adc.org
National Voting Rights Institute
27 School Street, Suite 500
Boston, MA 02108
617-624-3900; fax: 617-624-3911; nvri@nvri.org
www.nvri.org