Join ABFFE Over the past year, ABFFE has Joined its colleagues in the book and library community in issuing a statement strongly supporting the Freedom to Read Protection Act (H.R. 1157), which amends the USA Patriot Act and restores the confidentiality of bookstore and library records Filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit in an effort to force the Justice Department to reveal how many times it had used its power under the Patriot Act to secretly subpoena bookstore and library records Filed a friend of the court brief in the first legal challenge to a restriction on the use of Harry Potter books in the public schools (the restriction was removed) Convinced the University of California, San Diego, to drop plans to discipline two student groups, including a collective that runs a bookstore, for linking their university-supported Web sites to groups that the State Department lists as "foreign terrorist organizations" Urged the New York Commissioner of Education to stop censoring the literary passages used in the state's Regents proficiency examinations Joined a brief opposing the issuance of an injunction blocking the sale of The Federal Mafia, a book by an anti-tax protestor. Help us defend First Amendment rights. Join ABFFE. YES, I want to (re)join ABFFE today. Individual member ($50) ________ Store/Company member ($50) _________ If payment by credit card:    O AmEx O MasterCard O Visa CREDIT CARD NUMBER___________________________ EXP. DATE: _____________________________________ SIGNATURE: ___________________________________ NAME:__________________________________________ STORE:_________________________________________ ADDRESS:_______________________________________ CITY:__________________________________________ STATE/ZIP:_____________________________________ PHONE:_____________________________ FAX:_________________________________ Print this form and fax or mail with payment to: ABFFE, 275 Seventh Ave., 15th fl., New York, NY 10001 Fax (212) 587-2436; Phone (212) 587-4025 The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression is a not-for-profit charitable organization under the Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3). Contributions are tax-deductible. Topics: Free Expression,