Dorchester (Ma.) People For
Peace To Honor Bradley-December 10th
Over the past several months
as the Private Bradley Manning case has gained more publicity as a trial date
has approached (scheduled now for mid-winter 2013) his cause has been aided
immensely by an open declaration of support for his freedom by three Nobel
Peace Prize Laureates Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Mairead Maguire, and Adolfo
Perez Esquivel. In one of those ironies of history they are asking a fellow
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, U.S. President Barack Obama, to release current
Nobel Peace Prize nominee Private Manning from his jails.
That is the high political
profile end of the support for Private Manning. But down in the anti-war
trenches, down where the questions of war and peace are matters of personal,
and life or death, interest there is also growing support for Private Manning’s
cause. An example of this is Private Manning ‘s selection this year as a
recipient of a Peace Prize from the Dorchester People for Peace, a grassroots
organization with long time and long worked at roots in that multi-cultural
working class neighborhood of Boston. This may not have the prestige of the
Nobel Peace Prize but Private Manning should cherish it just as much. Join DPP
in honoring Private Manning on December 10th.
A representative of the local Bradley Manning Support Group (and member
of Veterans for Peace, a strong supporter of his defense) in Boston will accept
and pass on the award to Private Manning.
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