Paid job: Washington DC / Baltimore area organizer

Courage to Resist, in collaboration with the Bradley Manning Support Network, is seeking applicants for a regional organizer in the Washington DC / Baltimore area. Approx. 20 hours per week to start. Compensation based on experience ($14-$20/hour range). This is an immediate opening.Read more »

Green Party candidate Jill Stein: "I would immediately pardon Bradley Manning"

By Jill Stein. May 9, 2012. Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein says she would immediately pardon Bradley Manning. She lauds his alleged efforts to bring light to war crimes, and criticizes the Obama administration for its aggressive crackdown on whistle-blowers. A video message accompanies the statement.Read more »

The long, long reach of Bradley Manning

By Jayel Aheram. May 7, 2012. Jayel, Iraq War veteran turned antiwar activist, reflects on the widespread influence of Bradley Manning after attending an event in southern California, a stop on the campaign to free Bradley Manning. He highlights claims that cables attributed to Bradley helped end the occupation in Iraq and spurred democratic revolts in Tunisia.Read more »

Interview with Chase Madar, author of "The Passion of Bradley Manning"

By Nathan Fuller. May 4, 2012. Chase Madar is the author of The Passion of Bradley Manning, a new book looking at Bradley’s motives, his treatment by the U.S. government, and the political issues his case brings up. Chase answered a few questions for the Support Network about Bradley, his new book, and the crackdown on whistle-blowers in America.Read more »

ACLU: the government's overreach on Bradley Manning

By Ben WIzner. May 3, 2012. According to the ACLU, the government has so overreached in charging Bradley Manning with "aiding the enemy" so as to set a dangerous precedent for the future of information sharing and government transparency. Last week at Ft. Meade, military judge Denise Lind denied the defense's motion to dismiss that charge.Read more »

Bradley Manning: a show trial of state secrecy

May 2, 2012. By Michael Ratner, of the Center for Constitutional Rights. Last week, military judge Denise Lind rejected renewed calls for openness in Bradley Manning's trial. The US government's suppression of all accountability and transparency in prosecuting the WikiLeaks suspect is totalitarian.Read more »

Hearings at Ft. Meade, protests around the world

April 30, 2012. Bradley Manning Support Network. Bradley Manning’s motion hearing comes to a close with judge upholding the charge of ‘aiding the enemy’, and prosecution attempting to ban any reference to the lack of harm caused from future court proceedings. The military continues to delay the proceedings: extending once again the trial timeline. As such we need to raise an additional $50,000 for legal defense expenses. Please donate.Read more »

Notes from Bradley Manning's Article 39 hearing, April 26

By Nathan Fuller, Bradley Manning Support Network. April 26, 2012. Detailed courtroom notes from day three of the April 24-26 hearing. The judge denied the remaining defense motions scheduled for the hearing. David Coombs thanks supporters for attending, "It means a lot to me, it means a lot to my client."Read more »

Notes from Bradley Manning's Article 39 hearing, April 25

By Nathan Fuller, Bradley Manning Support Network. April 25, 2012. Detailed courtroom notes from day two of the April 24-26 hearing. The judge denied two of the defense's motions, to dismiss charges and to compel testimony, and the defense and prosecution debated the most extreme charge, "aiding the enemy."Read more »

Notes on Bradley Manning’s Article 39 hearing, April 24

By Nathan Fuller. April 24, 2012. Detailed notes from inside the courtroom, on the first day of Bradley's Article 29 hearing on April 24. The judge partially granted the defense's request for 3 damage assessments, and will review those to determine their relevance for court martial.Read more »

Update 5/15/12: Bradley's human rights award, Chomsky endorsement, and an interview with Birgitta Jónsdóttir

Pentagon Papers whistleblower accepted a human rights award on Bradley Manning's behalf, Noam Chomsky endorsed the Bradley Manning contingent at the NATO summit protests in Chicago, and an interview with Birgitta Jónsdóttir.Read more »

Update 5/14/12: three weeks in Wales, protest in Pasadena, and the Army's reckless overreaction

Welsh supporters review their three-week set of actions for Bradley, Pasadena advocates plan to protest at a military recruitment center, and author Denver Nicks criticizes the Army's excessive secrecy and dangerous overreaction.Read more »

Update 5/11/12: Plant seeds of truth, Bradley's noble motives, Obama's broken promise, and the media's failure

CODEPINK launches Plant Seeds of Truth project in solidarity with Bradley Manning, WiseUP uses his own words to explain Bradley's motives, Joe Wolverton condemns Obama's broken whistle-blower promise, and Chase Madar indicts the media for failing to protect Bradley.Read more »

Update 5/9/12: Bradley as scapegoat, a play for Bradley in Chicago, and a Collateral Murder painting

Bradley Manning is the scapegoat for the military's dangerous overclassification, a play for Bradley opens in Chicago, and a supporter is auctioning off his Collateral Murder painting for Bradley's defense fund. Read more »

Update 5/8/12: WikiLeaks Truck performance tour, media's silence on whistleblowers, and increased Army security

Bradley Manning supporters plan an experimental performance art tour, Edward Wasserman calls on the media to speak up for persecuted whistleblowers, and the Army increases surveillance of soldiers.Read more »

Update 5/7/12: Bradley Manning helped the antiwar movement, his trial symbolizes U.S. injustice, and why we should rally behind him

WikiLeaks' releases' influence on the antiwar movement, how Bradley Manning's trial is a microcosm of America's systemic injustice, and why defending Bradley is part of defending our future. Read more »

Update 5/4/12: Report from the Vancouver rally for Bradley!

On April 26th, 2012 peace-loving people and activists gathered in front of the United States Consulate in Vancouver, Canada to demand immediate freedom for Bradley Manning, a soldier of humanity. Read more »

Update 5/3/12: Report from the San Diego rally for Bradley!

On April 24th, supporters started in downtown San Diego where they freeway blogged over the I5 interstate. Traffic was slow and we received many honks and drivers giving us peace signs. Read more »

Update 5/3/12: Report from Salina, Kansas. Plant Seeds of Truth.

CODEPINK Kansas has started a collaborative political art project entitled, Plant Seeds of Truth, Free Bradley Manning! As a launch, and as part of solidarity actions that took place both nationally and internationally during Bradley's April 24-26 hearings at Fort Meade.Read more »

Update 5/3/12: Report from the Berkeley & Oakland rallies for Bradley!

On April 24th, supporters held a large Free Bradley Manning banner on the University ave footwalk over I-580 in Berkeley for the morning commute 7am-9am. Then at 4pm supporters started at Oscar Grant Plaza, the site of the Occupy Oakland, and rallied for Bradley Manning and all political prisoners.Read more »

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