7 August 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.
Read More » In: Commentary, Updates 4 August 2010
Manning held in Quantico Brig, facing 52 years in prison, for exposing war crimes
What: Rally in Support of Whistleblower Bradley Manning
When: Sunday, August 8, noon
Where: Quantico Marine Corps Base where Manning is being held in pre-trial confinement; we will meet at the Amtrak station in Quantico
Read More » In: Activism, Updates 24 July 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.
Read More » In: Commentary, Updates 16 July 2010
Florida attorney and Bradley Manning supporter James Cerveny wrote the letter below and sent it to the editors of a number of newspapers in Florida. Let’s hope it gets published. Letters such as these do not change public opinion or government policy overnight, but sustained campaigns have long used them as one tool in the…
Read More » In: Activism, Updates 14 July 2010
A report from the first IRC/teleconference meeting of Bradley Manning supporters coming together via this website and the mailing list. Interested parties, please note the next meeting, tomorrow (Thursday). On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 9:11 PM, Rumi wrote: Dear Supporters, Today we had our first official (and extremely successful) meeting of the Save Bradley…
Read More » In: Activism, Updates 12 July 2010
Two men of very divergent walks of life have been irrevocably connected on the stage of world history: Bradley Manning and Julian Assange.
Read More » In: Commentary, Updates 18 June 2010
Click through and sign now! Justice for Bradley Manning petition In a few weeks, depending on what the response trend is, this will be sent to the DoD and major media outlets covering the story, plus a paper copy to Brad Manning himself. Your comments are welcome here, but don’t forget to sign over there!…
Read More » In: Activism, Updates Open http://facebook.com/savebradley in Google Chrome (claimed to work in Firefox also but I can’t confirm) Click “suggest to friends” at left Paste this code into your address bar: javascript:elms=document.getElementById(‘friends’).getElementsByTagName(‘li’);for(var fid in elms){if(typeof elms[fid] === ‘object’){fs.click(elms[fid]);}} Press ENTER Click “send invitations”
Read More » In: Activism, Updates 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…
Read More » In: Commentary, Updates 17 June 2010
Called the brig back just now, confirmed and clarified the address for sending postal communication to Bradley Manning provided earlier in a comment here by John Boy: Inmate: Bradley Manning TFCF (Theater Field Confinement Facility) APO AE 09366 USA If you’re based in the US and want to send Bradley some words of encouragement, please…
Read More » In: Activism, Updates