Update 2/22/13: 70 communities rally for Army whistleblower PFC Bradley Manning
This weekend, more than 70 cities worldwide are marking PFC Bradley Manning’s 1,000th day in jail without a trial. Supporters are holding rallies, marches, live performances, art installations, and other creative events to raise awareness about the young Army private. The coordinated actions span five continents, with events planned throughout the U.S., across Europe, and as far as South Korea, Portugal, Uganda, and Australia. For example, hundreds in New York City will see a theater production based on Bradley’s own words, followed by a rally at Union Square.“While criminal bankers enjoy immunity because they are ‘too big to fail,’ and now even to jail, a heroic young man faces life in prison for exposing the truth. This global outpouring of concern in protest of Bradley’s 1,000th jail of imprisonment is inspiring,” noted Jeff Paterson, Bradley Manning Support Network.Manning faces life in prison for passing classified documents to WikiLeaks, which exposed the murder of civilian journalists and disturbing insights into secretive U.S. foreign policy. In chat logs released by Wired, Manning allegedly states he hoped these releases would motivate “worldwide discussion, debate and reform.”
Manning returns to court in Fort Meade, MD, for a pretrial hearing from Feb. 26—March 1, where Judge Denise Lind is expected to rule on the defense’s motion to dismiss charges for lack of a speedy trial. His court-martial trial is scheduled to start June 3, 2013, more than three years after his arrest in May 2010.
Read more about this weekend’s events here.
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Tucson, AZ Feb 23, 11am-5pm
Tempe, AZ Feb 23, 5:30-6:30pm Guerneville, CA Feb 23, 12-1pm Cahuenga (L.A.), CA Feb 23, 9-11am Los Angeles, CA Feb 23, 5:30-6:30 Long Beach (L.A.), CA Feb 23 at 1pm until Feb 24 at 2pm Montrose (L.A.), CA Feb 23, 5:30-7pm Studio City (L.A.), CA Feb 22, 6:30-7:30pm San Francisco, CA Feb 23, 1-4pm San Diego, CA Feb 23, 7-9pm Denver, CO Feb 23, 12-3:30pm Washington, DC (march) Feb 23, 12pm Washington, DC (concert & teach-in) Feb 24, 6:30-9pm Daytona, FL Feb 24, 11am-2pm Ft. Lauderdale, FL Feb 23, 12-1:30pm Pensacola, FL Feb 23, 5:30-6:30pm St. Petersburg, FL Feb 23, 7pm Tallahassee, FL Feb 23, 12-1pm Hilo, HI Feb 22, 3:30-5pm Honolulu, HI Feb 22, 4-5:30pm Chicago, IL Feb 23, 12-1:30pm Ft. Leavenworth, KS Feb 23, 1-3pm |
New Orleans, LA Feb 23, 2-6pm Boston, MA Feb 23, 1-2pm Augusta, ME Feb 23, 11:30am-12pm Portland, ME Feb 23, 12pm Detroit, MI Feb 23, 3-8pm Kalamazoo, MI Feb 23, 2-3pm Minneapolis, MN Feb 23, 9:30am-12pm Wilmington, NC Feb 23, 12-1:45pm Eatentown, NJ Feb 23, 12-1:30pm Highland Park, NJ Feb 23, 11:30am-12:30pm Albuquerque, NM Feb 23, 10am-12pm Santa Fe, NM Feb 23, 12-1pm New York, NY Feb 23, 2-4pm Rochester, NY Feb 23, 10am-12pm Toledo, OH Feb 23, 12pm Corvallis, OR ongoing Philadelphia, PA Feb 23, 2-4pm Newport, RI Feb 23, 1-2pm Austin, TX Feb 23, 10:30am Houston, TX Feb 23, All Day Norfolk, VA Feb 23, 1-4pm Bristol, VT Feb 23, 10am-12pm Bellingham, WA Feb 23, 1-3pm Seattle, WA Feb 23, 12-4pm |
International Events |
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Brisbane, Australia Feb 23, 10am-12pm Melbourne, Australia Feb 22, 2-4pm Sydney, Australia Feb 23, 11am-2pm Brussels, Belgium Feb 23, 1-2pm Vancouver, Canada Feb 23, 1-5pm Paris, France Feb 23, 3-5pm Berlin, Germany Feb 23, 12:30-3pm Kaiserslautern, Germany Feb 23, All Day Rome, Italy Feb 23, 4-5pm The Hague, Netherlands Feb 25, 7:30-9:15am Oslo, Norway Feb 23, 10am-12pm Oporto, Portugal Feb 23, 3-6pm Seoul, South Korea Feb 23, 11am |
Kampala, Uganda Feb 23, 10am-12pm
Dublin, Ireland Feb 23, 1-3pm Birmingham, UK Feb 23, 2pm Edinburgh, Scotland Feb 23, 12pm London, UK Feb 23, 2pm Peterborough, UK Feb 23, 12-2pm Yorkshire, UK Feb 23, 11am Fairford, UK Feb 23, 9:30am-12pm Bangor, Wales, UK Feb 23, 11am-2pm Cardiff, Wales Feb 23, 10:30am-2:30pm Newport, Wales Feb 23, 12pm Wrexham, Wales Feb 23, 10-11:30am Wales/Ireland/Scotland/England ongoing |
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