"Instead of punishing and silencing alleged whistle-blowers like Manning for revealing uncomfortable truths, we should honor their courage to stand up for what's right"-
Ann Wright, Retired Army Colonel & Former U.S. diplomat . Action In Solidarity with Bradley Manning Thursday, March 15th, 6:00 PM Meet at Ocean Ave. & Wilshire Blvd. in Santa Monica (Southeast & Southwest Corners) Join Marcy Winograd & Others to Demand Justice for Bradley Manning! Bring Signs Supporting Bradley! Signs Will Also be Provided! Sponsored by Palisadians for Peace: 310-345-4883 Bradley Manning, a 23-year-old Army intelligence analyst, is accused of leaking a <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/05/wikileaks-exposes-video-o_n_525569 .html> video showing the killing of civilians, including two Reuters journalists, by a US Apache helicopter crew in Iraq. He is also charged with sharing the documents known as the <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_War_documents_leak> Afghan War Diary, the <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War_documents_leak> Iraq War Logs, and embarrassing <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_diplomatic_cables_leak> US diplomatic cables, with the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks. The video and documents have illuminated such issues as the true number and cause of civilian casualties in Iraq, human rights abuses by U.S.-funded contractors and foreign militaries, and the role that spying and bribes play in international diplomacy. Daniel Ellsberg on Bradley: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnziHJV0n44&feature=player_embedded#!> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnziHJV0n44&feature=player_embedded#! Shine a light for Bradley this Thursday! Thursday, March 15th is the date of PFC Bradley Manning's next appearance at Ft. Meade, MD. During this motion hearing, the dates of Bradley's future hearings and court martial will be determined. The defense has requested that the court martial begin in May, while the prosecution is requesting an August start date. Considering that Bradley has already been forced to endure over 650 days of pretrial imprisonment, including eight months of solitary isolation, we see this effort to push back the date of the trial even further as yet another violation of his rights by a corrupt and unjust system. While Bradley stands in court, we will show our support by standing at the front gate of Ft. Meade in protest. <http://t.ymlp291.net/ebhbafamusjanaejuaiausbqs/click.php> >From left: Kevin Zeese, Dan Choi, and Ann Wright protest at Bradley Manning's article 32 hearing. We call for these actions in solidarity with Sunshine Week, a national initiative to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information. We believe Bradley Manning is Sunshine Week's ultimate icon, as the actions attributed to him have shined more light on the inner workings of the U.S. military and state department than anything else in the "War on Terror" era. <http://t.ymlp291.net/ebhwaiamusjaiaejuanausbqs/click.php> Donate now to the Bradley Manning defense fund. For more information about the defense fund <http://t.ymlp291.net/ebhqalamusjadaejuafausbqs/click.php> click here. Thank you for supporting PFC Bradley Manning. www.supportbradleymanning.org <http://t.ymlp291.net/dusbqsonqwebkbun/footer.gif> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
