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== <small>'''Description'''</small> ==
 
== <small>'''Description'''</small> ==
  
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La American Civil Liberties Union es una organización privada y no afiliada, sin ánimo de lucro, dedicada a la defensa de los derechos y las libertades civiles en los Estados Unidos. Fue fundada en 1920 por los activistas Roger Baldwin, Crystal Eastman, Walter Nelles, Morris Ernst, Albert DeSilver, Arthur Garfield Hays, Jane Addams, Felix Frankfurter, y Elizabeth Gurley Flynn. Su presidenta actual es Susan H. Herman, y cuenta con más de medio millón de colaboradores con presencia en los cincuenta Estados de EEUU, Puerto Rico y Washington DC (https://www.aclu.org/about/aclu-history?redirect=aclu-history). Desde su fundación, la American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU, por sus siglas en inglés) ha sido un actor fundamental en las luchas en favor de las libertades y derechos civiles en los Estados Unidos a lo largo del siglo XX y XXI, desde la defensa de la libertad de expresión y asociación a la defensa de los derechos de minorías raciales, inmigrantes, unión sindical y activistas políticos de distinto signo.  
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The American Civil Liberties Union is a private, non-profit, unaffiliated organization dedicated
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to the defense of civil rights and liberties in the United States. It was founded in 1920 by the
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activists Roger Baldwin, Crystal Eastman, Walter Nelles, Morris Ernst, Albert DeSilver,
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Arthur Garfield Hays, Jane Addams, Felix Frankfurter and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn. It is
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currently presided by Susan H. Herman and has over half a million collaborators in 50 states
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of the US, Puerto Rico and Washington D.C. From its beginning, the
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ACLU has played a fundamental part in the struggles for civil rights and liberties in the
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United States across the XX and XXI centuries, starting with defending freedom of speech
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and association, to defending the rights of racial minorities, immigrants, trade unions and
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different political activists.
  
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La labor de la ACLU comprende el asesoramiento legal, la defensa jurídica, y el ejercicio de presión sobre la acción legislativa, tanto en el Congreso de los Estados Unidos a través de su oficina legislativa en Washington, como en los diferentes gobiernos de cada uno de los Estados del país. La presencia de ACLU en casos abiertos anuales supera los 2000 en todo el territorio estadounidense. Además de este tipo de acciones, la ACLU se distingue por realizar una extensa labor de comunicación y difusión sobre aquellos asuntos que suponen un ataque a los derechos y libertades civiles que defienden, y cuenta con casi un millon de seguidores en redes sociales y más de un millón de activistas online (https://www.aclu.org/other/aclu-annual-report-2015?redirect=aclu-annual-report-2015). Actualmente, la ACLU se centra en combatir la pena de muerte, la defensa de una reforma de la ley de enjuiciamiento criminal, los derechos de personas con discapacidad, la libertad de expresión, el apoyo a las personas infectadas de VIH, los derechos humanos y de inmigrantes, la privacidad en la esfera de la tecnología, la defensa de los matrimonios del mismo sexo, el derecho de adopción de homosexuales, el derecho al aborto, las políticas antidiscriminación de la mujer, los derechos de las minorías, la defensa de los colectivos LGBT, la lucha en favor del laicismo y contra la implantación de doctrinas creacionistas en la educación pública, los derechos de los prisioneros y encarcelados, o la oposición a las legislaciones antiterroristas posteriores al 11 de septiembre de 2001. (Issues, en https://www.aclu.org/)
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The ACLU’s work includes legal counselling and defense, active lobbying in the United
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States Congress through its legislative office in Washington, as well as state-level
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governments across the country. The ACLU’s presence in open cases goes over 2000
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annually in the United States. Additionally, the ACLU distinguishes itself by raising
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awareness of issues concerning attacks on civil rights and liberties they are actively
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defending. They have close to a million followers on social media and over a million activists
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online.Currently, the ACLU is working on fighting against the death penalty, supporting criminal
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prosecution law reform, the rights of people with disabilities, freedom of speech, support for
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people with HIV, human and immigrant rights, privacy in technology, same-sex marriage and
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adoption rights, abortion rights, support for anti-discrimination policies against women,
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minority rights, LGBT rights, support for secularism and opposition against the introduction of
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creationist doctrines in public education, prisoner and incarceration rights and opposition
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against post-9/11 anti terrorism legislation.  
  
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La financiación de la ACLU no depende de ayudas estatales, sino de la colaboración de sus afiliados y de donaciones de entidades privadas. Legalmente, la ACLU se divide en dos organizaciones sin ánimo de lucro: la American Civil Liberties Union y la Fundación ACLU, y juntas tienen un presupuesto anual que supera los 137 millones de dólares (https://www.aclu.org/other/aclu-annual-report-2015?redirect=aclu-annual-report-2015).  
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The ACLU is not funded through state government assistance, but through its members’
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collaboration and private donations. Legally, the ACLU is divided into two non-profit
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organizations: the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU Foundation. Together, their
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annual budget exceeds 137 million dollars.
  
 
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For nearly 100 years, the ACLU has been our nation’s guardian of liberty, working in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.

Whether it’s achieving full equality for LGBT people, establishing new privacy protections for our digital age of widespread government surveillance, ending mass incarceration, or preserving the right to vote or the right to have an abortion, the ACLU takes up the toughest civil liberties cases and issues to defend all people from government abuse and overreach.

With more than 1 million members, activists, and supporters, the ACLU is a nationwide organization that fights tirelessly in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and Washington, D.C., to safeguard everyone’s rights.

The ACLU is nonprofit and nonpartisan. We do not receive any government funding. Member dues as well as contributions and grants from private foundations and individuals pay for the work we do. (https://www.aclu.org/about-aclu)

Description

The American Civil Liberties Union is a private, non-profit, unaffiliated organization dedicated to the defense of civil rights and liberties in the United States. It was founded in 1920 by the activists Roger Baldwin, Crystal Eastman, Walter Nelles, Morris Ernst, Albert DeSilver, Arthur Garfield Hays, Jane Addams, Felix Frankfurter and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn. It is currently presided by Susan H. Herman and has over half a million collaborators in 50 states of the US, Puerto Rico and Washington D.C. From its beginning, the ACLU has played a fundamental part in the struggles for civil rights and liberties in the United States across the XX and XXI centuries, starting with defending freedom of speech and association, to defending the rights of racial minorities, immigrants, trade unions and different political activists.

The ACLU’s work includes legal counselling and defense, active lobbying in the United States Congress through its legislative office in Washington, as well as state-level governments across the country. The ACLU’s presence in open cases goes over 2000 annually in the United States. Additionally, the ACLU distinguishes itself by raising awareness of issues concerning attacks on civil rights and liberties they are actively defending. They have close to a million followers on social media and over a million activists online.Currently, the ACLU is working on fighting against the death penalty, supporting criminal prosecution law reform, the rights of people with disabilities, freedom of speech, support for people with HIV, human and immigrant rights, privacy in technology, same-sex marriage and adoption rights, abortion rights, support for anti-discrimination policies against women, minority rights, LGBT rights, support for secularism and opposition against the introduction of creationist doctrines in public education, prisoner and incarceration rights and opposition against post-9/11 anti terrorism legislation.

The ACLU is not funded through state government assistance, but through its members’ collaboration and private donations. Legally, the ACLU is divided into two non-profit organizations: the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU Foundation. Together, their annual budget exceeds 137 million dollars.

Links

URL: https://www.aclu.org/

Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20160415000000*/https://www.aclu.org/

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_Liberties_Union

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