Book of the Month
Reclaiming America:Nike, Clean Air and the new National Activism by Randy Shaw, Esq. Shaw's new book includes a subchapter called "Bastard Nation: How the Net Created a Movement" which presents an example of how the Internet can be successfully used to effect positive social change. Marley, Shea, Helen, Ron and Damsel are mentioned, along with the history of BN, the Secrets & Lies pickets and the Oregon Initiative . Click on the bookcover to order your copy today.

"Bastard Nation's "agenda" is simple: the full human and civil rights of adult adoptees. In terms of records access, Bastard Nation does not believe that the government should hold what amounts to secret and sealed dossiers on its law-abiding, adopted citizens.

Bastard Nation does not believe that social workers, bureaucrats or third-party agents should act as gatekeepers for our vital records. As agendas go, ours speaks to our fundamental right to self-determination as individuals and citizens. The voters of Oregon understood this when they voted for Measure 58."

- The Bastard Nation Executive Committee in a published letter to The Oregonian, 12/10/99