On May 12, 2003, the Hartford City Coucil passed a resolution supporting privacy and immigrants' rights and opposing the USA Patriot Act.
JOHN ASHCROFT BARNSTORMS HARTFORD
One month later, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft. visits 50 U.S Attorney offices, including Hartford, to prop up support for the Patriot Act (article from our friends at the Washington Times)
IT'S A LIVING
Coping with the Patriot Act has become a cottage industry for insurance companies and law firms.
"SAFE ZONES" FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES
We join 288 cities and counties who have declared safe zones for their residents, according to the Bill of Rights Defense Committee
WE DON'T NEED NO STINKING BADGES
Is the Patriot Act actually legal? An overview of how the law is being challenged in Connecticut
THE RIGHT TO DISSENT STOPS WHEN I HIT YOU
Hartford Police take a local protest a little too seriously
"DANGEROUS NONSENSE"
The right wing critiques Hartford's work
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF
The Palmer Raids took place in 1920, but a few months before, Hartford was the site of a large "round-up" of radicals and labor organizers
THE HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF, 2
Hartford was the site of the famous AMISTAD slave trial. How is it related to Guantanamo, Cuba?
