Dear Friends, People internationally are taking action on and around the 17 December to protest Chelsea Manning’s imprisonment and to celebrate her birthday (see places below).  Please let us know if you are planning an event and we'll help publicise it, and please circulate this flyer widely. Power to the whistleblowers!  Free Chelsea Manning now! Payday and Queer Strike
Happy Birthday! CHELSEA MANNING Free her now!
Wed 17 December 2014, 2.30-4pm VIGIL on the steps of St Martin-in-the-Fields Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 4JJ  Charing Cross   (St Martin’s requests that vigils on the steps are silent) Other actions so far include Berlin, Boston, Istanbul, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Venice . . . Chelsea Manning is 27 years old on this day.  Formerly known as Bradley, she is the transgender whistleblower, US soldier, Grand Marshal at San Francisco Pride 2014, who revealed US, UK and other governments’ war crimes and corruption.  She leaked hundred of thousands of documents to Wikileaks exposing the truth and therefore saving many lives.  Imprisoned in 2010 and held for months under torturous conditions, she was sentenced to 35 years in August 2013. Thanks to Chelsea's whistleblowing, we the public now know about: The “collateral murder” video of a US helicopter crew killing Iraqi civilians ● the cover-up of rape in Iraq & Afghanistan ● the secret use of drones for extra-judicial killing ● US dirty tricks in Haiti, Venezuela, Peru & elsewhere ● Egyptian and Palestinian Authority collusion with Israel’s bombing of Gaza . . . If the sentence stands, she’ll be out in 2045. We cannot let this happen – we have to get her out! Sign Amnesty International’s petition for her immediate release. For more info: Chelsea Manning Support Network Payday men's network  www.refusingtokill.net US: 001 215 848 1120  UK: 020 7267 8698 Queer Strike    US: 001 415 626 4114  UK: 020 7482 2496