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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! 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. 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, 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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