[Peace-discuss] "Show Obama that Bradley Manning is Our Hero", Sept. 6th - Obama's acceptance speech day

Stuart Levy stuartnlevy at gmail.com
Wed Aug 29 18:18:59 UTC 2012 

Groups around the country are planning actions in support of Bradley 
Manning on Thursday, Sept. 6th - the day of Obama's acceptance speech at 
the DNC.    Shall we?   The Alliance for Global Justice organizers are 
suggesting taking some action at local Obama campaign headquarters.

Would anyone be up for a demonstration of any sort on that date? I'd 
suggest we do it in some fairly well-trafficked visible place (rather 
than the Dem HQ) - maybe the Main & Neil corner in Champaign, or the 
courthouse/veterans' memorial in Urbana - in the afternoon while it's 
still light, like 5pm.   Or, any other ideas? (Think of all the things 
we could complain to Obama about, compared with his promise as a peace, 
civil liberties, etc. candidate four years ago...)


Subject: 	Bradley Manning National Day of Action, Sept. 6th.
Date: 	Tue, 21 Aug 2012 17:54:32 -0400
From: 	AFGJ Bruce Wilkinson <bruce at afgj.org>
Reply-To: 	<info at afgj.org>
To: 	<slevy at new.math.uiuc.edu>



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    Sept. 6th: Show Obama that Bradley Manning is OUR HERO!

Bradley Manning is a US political prisoner. His heroism in delivering 
the massive truth to Wikileaks about the US role in Afghanistan opened 
the eyes of the world to the terrible atrocities that the US military 
was purveying. On September 6th we stand in solidarity and demand his 
freedom on the day that Obama officially accepts the presidential 
nomination at the DNC. Occupy and demonstrate at the campaign 
headquarters in your town. No Justice? NO PEACE!

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Call for action at Obama 2012 offices nationwide Sept. 6th during DNC

	
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    Call for action at Obama 2012 offices nationwide Sept. 6th during DNC

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Hundreds rally at Obama campaign offices for Bradley, veterans arrested 
(photos & video)

/The Bradley Manning Support Network, Afghans For Peace and SF Bay Iraq 
Veterans Against the War Call for Nationwide Actions at local Obama 
Campaign Offices September 6th 2012 during the Democratic National 
Convention! Free Bradley Manning!/

Since Army PFC Bradley Manning's arrest in May 2010 for allegedly 
sharing the "Collateral Murder" video and other evidence of war crimes 
and government corruption with the whistle-blower website WikiLeaks, 
progressives and human rights activists have been asking, "Why isn't 
President Obama stepping in to help Bradley?"

After all, it was President Obama who in May 2011 declared with regards 
to protests in the Middle East,

"In the 21st Century, information is power; the truth cannot be hidden; 
and the legitimacy of governments will ultimately depend on active and 
informed citizens."

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On Thursday, August 16, US military veterans in Portland OR, Oakland CA, 
and Los Angeles CA, occupied Obama 2012 campaign offices and faxed a 
letter of demands to the Obama campaign's central office. Those letters 
began:

    As those who have spent years serving our country, we have faith
    that as Commander-in-Chief, President Obama will do the right thing
    in answering our request.

<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=cbJsuBYsWAKWUP%2Boh0LmoRzjm4rqdu3G> 
The letter went on to list the following demands:

    That President Obama retract and apologize for remarks made in April
    2011, in which he said Bradley Manning "broke the law." Because
    President Obama is commander-in-chief, this constitutes unlawful
    command influence, violating Article 37 of the Uniform Code of
    Military Justice (UCMJ), and prevents Bradley from receiving a fair
    trial.

    That President Obama pardon the accused whistle-blower, taking into
    consideration his 800 days of pretrial confinement. UN torture chief
    Juan Mendez called Manning's treatment "cruel and inhuman," as it
    included nine months of solitary confinement at Quantico despite
    Brig psychiatrists recommending relaxed conditions.

The Bradley Manning Support Network maintains hope that justice will 
prevail and that President Obama can be the vehicle of change on this 
issue, but first he needs to hear loud and clear from veterans and 
civilians across the country that the American people want amends for 
the unlawful torture of Bradley Manning, and believe he should be freed.

Organizers of the August 16 West Coast actions are now urging others to 
join them in a nationwide effort to hold actions at many more local 
Obama campaign offices on September 6th, the day of candidate's 
nomination acceptance speech. We want to share messages of support for 
Bradley with Obama campaign offices from coast to coast.

Please contact emma at bradleymanning.org 
<mailto:%20emma at bradleymanning.org> for more information about attending 
and/or organizing an event.

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    Veterans occupy Oakland & Portland campaign offices for Bradley, 12
    arrested

<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=PhJRS1fmzdI9DEShn14Pf6iny4D3yjI0>Six 
veterans and activists in Oakland, and six more in Portland, OR, were 
arrested Thursday night at Obama campaign offices for occupying the 
spaces in solidarity with accused WikiLeaks whistle-blower PFC Bradley 
Manning. Dozens of veterans and anti-war demonstrators coordinated a 
West Coast set of actions that also included protests in Los Angeles, 
Las Vegas, and Seattle.

Among the approximately 100 Oakland protesters was Iraq War veteran 
Scott Olsen, who participated in the sit-in, said, "We occupied the 
President's campaign office to raise awareness about the injustices 
Bradley Manning has endured. Bradley has sacrificed for us, doing what 
was right despite potentially spending the rest of his life in jail."

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