Julian Assange and a coalition of U.S. journalists sue military over transparency in Bradley Manning’s case, taking the suit to a civilian court after it was rejected by a military appeals court, and nearly 50,000 have signed a petition supporting Bradley Manning receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.
Read More »Press release: a thousand supporters of Bradley Manning plan to descend on Ft. Meade, MD, on June 1, 2013, to protest the Army whistleblower’s imprisonment and unjust trial. Daniel Ellsberg, Ethan McCord, Birgitta Jonsdottir, Dan Choi, and Sarah Shourd are among featured speakers. Read on for bus information and other details.
Read More »Journalists and media organizations are in an uproar over the government’s acknowledgement that it has been issuing secret subpoena’s to gather phone records from journalists. Will this motivate the media to take more interest in the governments persecution of Bradley Manning, and of the Obama administrations crackdown on whistleblowers?
Read More »Bradley Manning and Benjamin Franklin have a lot in common it turns out. Franklin shared private letters that exposed the desire of the royal government to restrict liberties in the colonies. In his words, he acted as a public messenger. Also Cornel West discusses the importance of whistleblowers.
Read More »Vivienne Westwood stood up in support of Bradley Manning at the 2013 MET ball, where she affixed a photo of Bradley Manning to her clothing. She was cut off by her interviewers when she began to talk about Bradley Manning, but she got her message out regardless.
Read More »Responding to the recent controversy of SF Pride revoking Bradley’s grand marshal honors, LGBTQ leaders have published this full-page, full-color ad, in the SF Bay Reporter.
Read More »Military has ruled the public has no right to access court docs, but the Center for Constitutional Rights may appeal. Dozens of LGBT community leaders are showing support for Bradley in wake of SF Pride controversy. Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK Women for Peace, interviews Julian Assange.
Read More »Days after awarding Bradley Manning the honor of being a Grand Marshal in the SF Pride parade, officials with the organizations issued a statement rescinding the honor, citing that it had been a mistake. Pride’s lack of tolerance has upset many and supporters are rallying in support of the heroic soldier who did the right thing by exposing war crimes.
Read More »Jeff Paterson and Debra Sweet discuss the Bradley Manning trial, and Ryan Harvey has written a new song for Bradley to promote the mass demonstration on June 1. Finally, buses have been organized from Baltimore, NYC and Washington DC. RSVP today!
Read More »A lawsuit by the Center for Constitutional Rights and other journalists to improve media access to the Bradley Manning trial was rejected by the appeals court who argued they did not have jurisdiction to make a ruling. The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press is calling for congressional action.
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