Comments on: Volunteers needed to help Bradley Manning

By: Neil

Neil — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:38:10 +0000

I may be able to draw up a nice foldable pamphlet for easy printing and distribution. I will gladly take any (actual) advice on how to proceed, including content and theoretical layout.

By: T.

T. — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:07:44 +0000

Hi,

is there a possibility to donate for the support of bradley manning? I would also like to participate as a volunteer. I already tried to spread knowledge about this site via E-Mail and facebook.
Please contact me if there is anything else that can be done.

By: Mike Gogulski

Mike Gogulski — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:37:02 +0000

@Crystal: Please do!

By: Zachary

Zachary — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:22:12 +0000

I can’t believe he is looking at up to 52 years in prison. Those apache pilots killed those people in cold blood, and aparently its just the tip of the proverbal iceberg. Does anybody know WHY WERE FIGHTING, AND FOR WHAT, AND FOR WHOM? HOW WILL AMERICA EVER FEEL SAFE WHEN IT HAS TO DROP DEPLETED URANIUM WEAPONS ON PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PLANET, AND LIVE AS IF IN THE 7th CENTURY WITH AK 47′S. THIS SHIT HAS GOT TO STOP.

By: Crystal Dylla

Crystal Dylla — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 22:58:24 +0000

I’ve actually blogged about this controversy on my Suicide Girls account, I could probably do something more positive in getting the word out there to more people on the various social forums I regularly visit.

By: Mike Gogulski

Mike Gogulski — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:44:17 +0000

@Maria: I don’t think so.

If you go to google news (http://news.google.com/) and search for bradley-manning you’re going to find going on 1,000 articles as of right now. We might wish for more coverage, but this does not amount to the story being ignored.

The software here is trying to capture excerpts of and links to those. See the right sidebar or the “syndicated news” category link at the top.

That said, the amount of original and useful journalism is being drowned out in the noise, not to mention that the first-source “journalist” for this circumstance is Kevin Poulsen, a friend of Lamo and someone who *ALSO* should have known better than to reveal a source.

What we -can- and -ought- to do is write letters to the editor on this topic. If you want to do that, any time you see a news article from any publication, go to http://www.mapinc.org and look at their media database. You will find letters-to-the-editor contact information for a huge number of publications.

By: Maria

Maria — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:16:59 +0000

Is the main news media totally ignoring this story?

By: Mike Gogulski

Mike Gogulski — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 20:53:41 +0000

@Gerry: You’re absolutely right. Would you like to coordinate that effort, or lend me some support in gathering the resources to do it effectively?

By: Mike Gogulski

Mike Gogulski — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 20:52:49 +0000

@Maria: Thank you for commenting here, and for spreading the word.

I am not certain what value putting the perpetrators in prison would have in terms of relieving the pain of the families of the people who died that day, nor of the two injured children who are now living with enormous physical, emotional and psychological trauma.

But I share your outrage, without limit. The sad fact is that there will never be any justice for those injured and killed, or for their survivors. I hope that we can prevent massive injustice, though, befalling Bradley Manning.

By: Maria

Maria — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 20:48:22 +0000

I’ve been linking this where I can. I was shocked, even though I shouldn’t be. I mean, look who we are dealing with here.
My heart bleeds for those killed in cold-blood. The men who stopped their van to help. Everybody slaughtered that day.
It is a crime and should be punished. Along with the US president who ordered the initial invasion of a sovereign nation.
The perpetrators should go to prison for a long, long time. How could they laugh? How could they be so flippant whilst mowing down innocents in a hail of bullets and missiles. I have never watched anything so disgusting in my life.