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To educate the public about the ACLU's work in the defense of civil liberties, we create print and online advertising, interactive features, host audio chats and provide videos of speeches and press briefings.

Print Ads

ACLU Ad: Day of Action: It's Your Country.
On June 26, 2007, activists from all 50 states gathered in a Capitol Hill rally to demand that Congress restore habeas corpus, fix the Military Commissions Act, end torture and rendition and restore our constitutional rights. Thousands gathered to hear leaders from the Senate, the House and groups including the ACLU, Amnesty International, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and the National Religious Campaign Against Torture.

ACLU Ad: If You've Used a Telephone in the Last Five Years
Responding to reports that phone companies are turning over private details about Americans’ telephone calls to the National Security Agency, the ACLU launched a nationwide initiative to end illegal government spying.

ACLU Ad: We could have sworn... .
As part of its campaign, the ACLU ran a series of seven hard-hitting ads that put the White House on the defensive. Full-page advertisements, like the one to the right, appeared in The New York Times and half a dozen major daily newspapers, with the headline: "We could have sworn... .”

ACLU Ad: Mr. President, the America We Believe in Is Not Your America
As part of its campaign, the ACLU ran a series of seven hard-hitting ads that put the White House on the defensive. Full-page advertisements appeared in The New York Times and half a dozen major daily newspapers, with the headline: "Mr. President, the America We Believe in Is Not Your America”

ACLU Ad: Wiretapping Innocent Americans Is an Abuse of Government Power
The ACLU ran a full-page advertisement in the Washington Post criticizing the president for authorizing the National Security Agency to engage in illegal surveillance of Americans. The ad invokes Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the civil rights pioneer who was an innocent victim of illegal government wiretapping and draws the correlation between abuse of government power and illegal warrantless wiretapping authorized by President Bush.

ACLU Ad: Why Did We Bother Debating the Patriot Act?
As President George W. Bush continued to push for Patriot Act renewal, the ACLU ran a full-page advertisement in the New York Times criticizing the president for authorizing the National Security Agency to engage in illegal surveillance of Americans.

ACLU Ad: The President Lied to the American People and Broke the Law
In a full-page advertisement in the New York Times , the ACLU intensified its call for a special counsel to be appointed to determine whether President George W. Bush violated federal wiretapping laws by authorizing illegal surveillance.

ACLU Ad: No President Is Above the Law
In a full-page advertisement in the New York Times , the ACLU intensified its call for a special counsel to be appointed to determine whether President George W. Bush violated federal wiretapping laws by authorizing illegal surveillance.

New ads on the dangers of the Patriot Act
Each of the ads takes aim at a particular Patriot provision, exposing the truly repressive nature of the act.

In ACLU Ad, Retired Navy Admiral Says U.S. Breaking Rules
In the ACLU's new ad retired U.S. Navy Admiral John Hutson asks, "How can we fight to uphold the rule of law if we break the rules ourselves?"

Celebrities Speak Out for Civil Liberties
Actors, authors, musicians and directors speak out in support of fundamental civil liberties and the ACLU's role in defending those liberties.

Uncle Sam Asks: "What The Hell Is Going On Here?"
Using the image of Uncle Sam, the ACLU has launched the latest installment in its advertising campaign to "Keep America Safe and Free."

ACLU Calls for Stop to Ashcroft's Assault on Civil Liberties
In a hard-hitting national print ad, the ACLU called on the American people to "stop the Ashcroft assault on our civil liberties."

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