August 14, 2010
Mike Gogulski, founder of the Bradley Manning Support Network, discusses the progress being made on fundraising for Manning’s legal defense, another below-the-belt hit piece from the New York Times, the help of partner site Courage to Resist and Manning’s knowledge and appreciation of his support network. [podcast]http://dissentradio.com/radio/10_08_10_gogulski_donate.mp3[/podcast] Download: mp3, 19m17s (via: http://antiwar.com/radio/2010/08/11/mike-gogulski-3/)
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August 13, 2010
This video features U.S. soldier Ethan McCord speaking about a 2007 civilian massacre in New Baghdad, documented with Apache helicopter footage of the attack allegedly disclosed by PFC Brad Manning via WikiLeaks in April 2010. McCord’s story was delivered to attendees of the United National Peace Conference, which took place in Albany NY the weekend of July 23-25, 2010. Produced by the United National Peace Conference Media Project, powered by The Sanctuary for Independent Media and the Hudson Mohawk Independent Media Center.
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August 9, 2010
I do not know Private First Class Bradley Manning, so I have no idea what motivated him to join the U.S. military in the first place. His youth, perhaps. Or maybe the sense of adventure promoted in the military marketing material. His reported sense of isolation may also have had something to I do with his enlisting. I suspect, however, that Superman’s “Truth, Justice and the American Way” also played a role.
Deep within each of us, I think we all want to wear that red cape and be a hero. We all want to do something selfless and brave. Ironically, it may be Bradley’s final act as a member of the military that will prove to be his most courageous.
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August 7, 2010
The U.S. government and many pro-war commentators have rushed to condemn WikiLeaks’ release of over 90,000 classified” documents. They claim that WikiLeaks “has blood on its hands” (Robert Gates) and has acted “irresponsibly” (Hamid Karzai). They aver that last week’s leaks endanger “national security”, coalition soldiers, and Afghan/Pakistani informants.
The absurdity of these arguments is breathtaking. One hardly knows where to begin in addressing these ludicrous and — in most cases — knowingly dishonest assertions. Let’s take these issues one at a time.
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July 24, 2010
Standing back from the tremendous onrush of these pivotal times, is it possible to realistically gauge the significance of the Support Bradley Manning campaign to the future outcome of the world? That is the objective of this article, exploring divergent scenarios ; I’ll let my esteemed readers and the course of history be the judge.
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July 12, 2010
Two men of very divergent walks of life have been irrevocably connected on the stage of world history: Bradley Manning and Julian Assange.
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June 18, 2010
Via Howie in Seattle: Democracy Now! with video, audio: Pentagon investigators are reportedly still searching for Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange, who helped release a classified US military video showing a US helicopter gunship indiscriminately firing on Iraqi civilians. The US military recently arrested Army Specialist Bradley Manning, who may have passed on the video to…
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June 15, 2010
From the World Socialist Web Site comes an excellent summary of the Bradley Manning case. For those that are not familiar with this cause or wonder why it is so important for ordinary people like us to help some soldier awaiting trial, this is a great introduction: Hands off WikiLeaks! 14 June 2010 Pentagon officials…
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June 14, 2010
Via WikiLeaks on Twitter, an excellent comment from “defendwikileaks” on Boing Boing’s article “Video: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and Daniel Ellsberg at Personal Democracy Forum“: How sad it is to see the climate in the United States today — the majority is still lock-step in line with the military-industrial complex that President Eisenhower warned us…
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