April 24, 2013. By the Bradley Manning Support Network. Join us at Fort Meade on June 1, 2013, for a mass demonstration in support of Bradley Manning. Buses have been organized from Baltimore, Washington DC, New York City, Willimantic CT, New Brunswick NJ, Philadelphia PA. And now Syracuse, NY and Minneapolis, MN. Reserve your seat today!
Read More »May 15, 2013. By the Bradley Manning Support Network. June 1st will mark the beginning of Bradley Manning’s fourth year in prison and the start of his trial. The June 1st Ft. Meade protest for Bradley Manning will be the largest action of our campaign! People across the nation (and the globe) will converge on Ft. Meade to stand up for the Army whistle-blower who risked everything to give the public real facts about our government’s wars in the Middle East and foreign policy worldwide.
Read More »May 8, 2013. By Rainey Reitman. The SF Pride Meeting was supposed to allow for community members to explain why they believed Bradley Manning should be a grand marshal in the 2013 Parade. The meeting closed abruptly after the first set of speakers and after protesters chanted against the refusal to allow a cameraperson into the event. The meeting has been rescheduled at an as-yet undisclosed location, date, and time.
Read More »May 7, 2013. By Nathan Fuller. Today’s brief session included the court’s rulings allowing four of the government’s witnesses to testify in closed sessions in undisclosed locations in order to protect their identity. Tomorrow there will be an entirely closed session, providing a ‘dry run’ to test divulging classified information for trial. Manning returns to court for an open session May 21-24.
Read More »May 3, 2013. By the Bradley Manning Support Network. Farah Muhsin Al Mousawi, was born and raised in Iraq, and has lived in the US since 2008. She is excited to be taking up the defense of Bradley Manning in order to show the world the realities of the war in Iraq.
Read More »May 1, 2013. By LGBTQ Community Leaders. Recently, it was announced that PFC Bradley Manning would be a grand marshal of the 2013 San Francisco Pride Celebration. We felt this decision was a bold and uplifting choice, bestowing a great honor on a young whistleblower being persecuted for following his conscience.
Read More »April 26, 2013. By the Bradley Manning Support Network. Past honorees of the SF Pride Parade have chosen PFC Bradley Manning as the sole selection for grand marshal at this year’s parade, bestowing one of the highest honors in the LGBT community on the openly gay whistleblower, currently persecuted for shining light on war crimes.
Read More »April 17, 2013. By the Center for Constitutional Rights. In a press release, the CCR announces that the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces has dealt yet another blow to press and public access to basic documents in Bradley Manning’s case. The rejection comes mere days after a military spokesperson warned that the media center at Ft. Meade, which streams live video to reporters of Manning’s proceedings, is a “privilege, not a right.”
Read More »April 17, 2013. By Nathan Fuller. Spc. William Millay was sentenced to 19 years — and will serve 16 of those — for passing national defense information in attempt to profit off of espionage. Meanwhile, the government pursues life in jail without parole for Bradley Manning, for making information public that documents abuse, corruption, and criminal activity. The military sends a clear, chilling message in its selective prosecution.
Read More »April 10, 2013. By Nathan Fuller. As Bradley Manning returned to court for another pretrial hearing in Ft. Meade, MD, the military reacted to last month’s audio leak by informing the press that their access to this case is a privilege, and not a right, despite already severe restrictions on media coverage. The CCR and the Bradley Manning Support Network respond.
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