Wednesday, July 09, 2014

Standing with Chelsea, PRIDE 2014 photos
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Chelsea Manning Support Network

Taking PRIDE in Chelsea Manning

On June 28th & 29th, Chelsea Manning supporters marched in PRIDE parades around the country and world, raising awareness and support for Chelsea Manning and her upcoming legal appeals. In San Francisco, former US Army intel analyst PFC Manning was the official Honorary Grand Marshal! Supporters across the country organized street theater performances, dances, banners, and a motorized cable car. All this public support for Chelsea sent a clear message: Manning is a heroic whistle-blower, and enough is enough – we will not rest until she is free!
SF Pride
In San Francisco, the contingent (photo above) featured supporters riding in a trolley car, the Brass Liberation Orchestra marching band, and a synchronized dance group doing a routine to Michael Jackson’s ‘They don’t care about us’. Former military strategist Daniel Ellsberg, who in 1971 leaked the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times marched alongside supporters while sporting a pink boa.
Pride NYC
In New York City, supporters (photo above) marched with Free Chelsea t-shirts, posters, and a banner stating "Pride means freedom for all political prisoners.
In Seattle, the Veterans for Peace organized a Chelsea Manning contingent featuring buttons, stickers, and t-shirts.
In London, Queer + Friends of Chelsea Manning organized a contingent consisting of a banner, thousands of flyers, stickers and badges, posters,
Pride 2014
In Dublin, Ireland, supporters marched in a Chelsea Manning contingent featuring a Free Chelsea banner
And in the Twin Cities, supporters handed out flyers and sticker’s at Saturday’s pride festival as well as marching with a Chelsea Manning banner in the Parade on Sunday.

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