Friday, December 13, 2013

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHELSEA MANNING!
Free her now!
Tuesday 17 December 2013  3-4.30 pm
Vigil at St Martin in the Fields 
Trafalgar Square London WC2N 4JJ  Charing Cross tube
(St Martins request that vigils on the steps are silent)
Other actions include Berlin, Philadelphia and San FranciscoIf you organise an event, let us know and we will publicise it
Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning is the US soldier sentenced to 35 years in jail for leaking thousands of documents to Wikileaks  exposing US and other governments’ war crimes and corruption.  She is 26 years old on this day. Ever since she was detained and tortured in 2010, international protests, including from LGBTQ people, have demanded her release. Demonstrate your support for her courageous whistleblowing, and for all who blow the whistle on corruption, dictatorship and dirty government secrets.
Thanks to Chelsea we know about
The “collateral murder” video of a US helicopter crew killing Iraqi civilians the cover-up of rape in Iraq & Afghanistan the extent of drone strikes US dirty tricks in Haiti, Venezuela, Peru & elsewhere the corruption of Tunisian dictator Ben Ali that spurred the 2011 revolution Israel consulting Egypt & the Palestinian Authority before invading Gaza
Protest in Berlin
SIGN THE PETITIONS
Sign petitions demanding her immediate release and President Obama's pardon and for the jail to respect her identity and allow her  hormone therapy. Details:
"I’m thankful for people who . . . dare to ask probing,  even dangerous, questions. Such people are often nameless and humble, yet no less courageous. I’m also grateful for having social and human justice pioneers who lead through action, and by example, as opposed to directing or commanding other people to take action."  Chelsea Manning Time magazine 25 Nov 2013
 
DEFEND WHISTLEBLOWERS
& TELL GOVERNMENTS TO STOP SPYING ON US
The sentence imposed on Chelsea Manning is harsher than that on most soldiers convicted of murder and definitely more than those found guilty of rape and other torture. The US government wants to make an example of Chelsea Manning to discourage whistleblowing on any of their crimes, including surveillance of all of us. Defending whistleblowers is vital to defending ourselves against these state crimes.  And defending Chelsea is vital to encouraging more whistleblowers to come forward.
Julian Assange

Founder of
WikiLeaks, confined by the UK to the Ecuadorian embassy in London where he was granted asylum in June 2012.  Join the daily vigil.
USA – Computer expert exiled in Russia for revealing massive spying by government agencies NSA & GCHQ widely covered by The Guardian. Its readers voted him Person of the Year 2013
Edward Snowden
Jeremy Hammond
USA – Stitched up by the FBI.  Jailed for 10 years in November 2013 for hacking the intelligence contracting firm Stratfor in 2011.
USA – Journalist who reported on firms like Stratfor and linked to hacked information.     Now gagged by Federal Court, he faces over 100 years in prison.
Picture of Barrett Brown
Barrett Brown
Information on supporting whistleblowers: www.refusingtokill.net
More on Chelsea Manning at www.bradleymanning.org
Payday men’s network  payday@paydaynet.org
US: PO Box 11795 Philadelphia, PA 19101 / 215 848 1120
UK: PO Box 287 London NW6 2QU / 020 7267 8698
 US: PO Box 14512, SF, CA 94114, / 415-626 4114UK: PO Box 287 London NW6 2QU / 020 7482 2496

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