[Peace-discuss] Help place Bradley Manning ads in the DC Metro, On the gender issue, Vets for Peace statement

Fri Mar 2 17:54:49 CST 2012

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Help place Bradley Manning
ads in the DC Metro, On the gender issue, Vets for Peace statement

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Help place Bradley Manning
ads in the DC Metro, On the gender issue, Vets for Peace statement. 

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Help us place Bradley Manning Ads in the DC
Metro!

Earlier this year, the Bradley Manning Support Network unveiled a billboard calling for the release of Bradley Manning in Washington D.C. so as to display broad public support and to catch the eye of military decision-makers passing by.
Now that Manning’s trial is officially moving to court martial after the accused whistleblower and Nobel Peace Prize nominee approaches 650 days in prison, we’re launching a new ad campaign in the DC Metro (subway).
Supporters can use their dollars to vote on which design will be used. Here is the current ad design with the most votes:

Our goal is to fund 21 DC Metro ads in May, ahead of Bradley's upcoming
court martial at nearby Ft. Meade, Maryland. Government employees use the DC
Metro every day -- these ads will grab their attention, letting them know
that the public demands Pfc. Manning's freedom.

In order to achieve this level of publicity, our goal is to raise $14,800 by April 21st.

Learn more about the ad campaign here, and pledge your support!

Feminist, trans advocates should support Bradley Manning

By Rainey Reitman, Bradley Manning Support Network Steering Committee. March 1, 2012. (Originally published in the Washington Blade)
Some thoughtful feminist scholars have recently called on the Bradley Manning Support Network to begin referring to the accused WikiLeaks whistle-blower with a female pronoun. Emily Manuel’s essay in Global Comment highlighted why many of us who strongly support transgender rights are sensitive to the pronouns we use when we refer to Manning.

As an ardent supporter of Bradley Manning and a feminist, I have given this issue a great deal of thought.
Given the unusual and perhaps unprecedented circumstances of the situation, I wanted to explain why I’m still calling him Bradley. In so doing, I also hope to demonstrate why folks who care passionately about queer and transgender rights should come out in support.
First, we should bear in mind the basis upon which some have made suppositions about Manning’s preferred gender identity. By and large, we are dealing with evidence that has not been established as fact. We can look at some Google searches found in forensic evidence, a smattering of late-night private chat logs, and potential testimony from those in whom Manning may have privately confided.
If these materials are to be believed, then it appears that Manning was questioning his gender identity. Manning’s lawyers have noted that he had sought counseling, but we don’t know if any final decision was ever made. We don’t know whether Manning wanted “Breanna” to be a primary identity, or if this was an alter ego that was never meant to be indicative of primary gender identification. We do know — from our own private conversations with friends and family members — that prior to his incarceration, Manning had not asked people to refer to him with a female pronoun.

Read the complete article.

Veterans For Peace demand Bradley Manning’s freedom
By Veterans For Peace. March 1, 2012. 
A national organization representing thousands of military veterans is calling on the US Army to abandon court martial proceedings against Private Bradley Manning, the accused Wikileaks whistleblower. The young soldier, who has been imprisoned for 21 months, will be formally arraigned today (Thursday, Feb. 23) at Fort Meade, Maryland. Army prosecutors say they will file 22 charges against PFC Manning, including “aiding the enemy,” a crime that can be punished by the death penalty or life in prison.
“Where is the justice?” asks Gerry Condon, a Board member of Veterans For Peace. “The Army is shirking its duty to punish soldiers who have committed rape and murder. Yet they are trying to destroy the life of Bradley Manning, who has not harmed a hair on a person's head.”
In May 2010, the Army arrested PFC Manning, then 22, in Iraq, where he was working as a low level intelligence analyst. He is accused of leaking classified information, including an Army video that shows US soldiers in Baghdad shooting down unarmed civilians, including two Reuters employees, from an Apache helicopter. The video, dubbed “Collateral Murder,” has been viewed millions of times on YouTube.
Prosecutors have also accused Manning of giving Wikileaks thousands of Army diaries from its occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. The Army's own reports reveal that the killing of civilians was a regular occurrence and that the Army regularly lied about it... The diaries also show that the Army was lying to the American people about the progress of the wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

Read the complete article.

Donate now to the Bradley Manning defense fund.
For more information about the defense fund
click here. 

Thank you for supporting PFC Bradley Manning.

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