Chelsea Manning

The Growing National (In)Security State

June 27, 2013 Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, www.truthout.org Educate! Chelsea Manning, NSA, Surveillance, Wars and Militarism, Whistleblowers

As real and perceived threats against US security result in a national security response of more military, more spying and more intervention, the consistent response abroad is more threats to the security of Americans and attacks on the US military and transnational US corporations. Reaction by the United States is inevitably more security state violence. And the cycle continues to spiral. Real feelings of insecurity have been used to scare people in the United States into accepting the growing erosion of our civil liberties. We are taught to treat each other as potential terrorists and to be on the lookout for threats. We are accustomed to being complicit with gross invasions of our privacy as a trade-off for greater "security." But this is an illusion, as is the idea that if someone is not doing anything wrong, then this state of hypervigilance doesn't affect them. Now these illusions are being exposed.

Artists, Activists Unite at Bradley Manning Trial

June 26, 2013 David Dishneau, www.ap.org Organize! Chelsea Manning, Wars and Militarism

On Wednesday, about 50 sympathizers of Bradley Manning attended and heard from a former State Department official who testified about access to diplomatic cables. About 30 supporters were allowed in the courtroom and the others watched a closed-circuit video feed from a trailer outside the courthouse. Manning's supporters try each day to fill the 20 seats reserved for the public and media in the small courtroom, and have done so most days. They do so because they are united in skepticism of the U.S. government and the belief that Manning exposed wrongdoing by leaking hundreds of thousands of battlefield reports and State Department cables, as well as Iraq and Afghanistan war video.

Justice American Style: The Obama War on Dissent

June 18, 2013 Nick Egnatz, www.intrepidreport.com Educate! Chelsea Manning, Criminal Justice and Prisons, Freedom of Speech and Assembly

The International Court of Justice in 1996 unanimously interpreted the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty as, “There exists an obligation to pursue in good faith and bring to a conclusion negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament in all its aspects under strict and effective international control.” Yet the Obama administration’s Justice Department threw the book at three peace demonstrators who took part in a peaceful demonstration to abolish our nuclear arsenal at the nation’s Y-12 nuclear bomb making facility in Tennessee. Their non-violent action was entirely in the spirit of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty that, as a signed and ratified treaty, is deemed the “supreme law of the land” by none other than the U.S. Constitution. They were convicted of sabotage and could be each sentenced in July to 30 years in jail.

Popular Resistance Newsletter – What’s Your Breaking Point?

June 13, 2013 Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, www.popularresistance.org Newsletter Chelsea Manning, Environment, NSA, TransCanada, Türkiye, Wars and Militarism, Worker Rights and Jobs

When Edward Snowden reached his breaking point, the world saw the truth about the vast extent of spying by the NSA on Americans and people around the world. In an act of conscience, Snowden released secret information, saying “My sole motive is to inform the public as to that which is done in their name and that which is done against them.” Snowden sparked protest, lawsuits, criticism of the administration and US intelligence. His action shows the power that comes when someone inside the system break ranks and tells the truth. Successful movements depend on people breaking ranks: questioning, demurring, disobeying, defecting and withdrawing support.

Marching with Bradley Manning

June 12, 2013 Ellen Davidson, www.indypendent.org Resist! Chelsea Manning, Wars and Militarism

Ninety-five degree temperatures did not deter hundreds of protesters from marching in the blazing sun at Ft. Meade, Md., on June 1 to support WikiLeaks whistleblower Bradley Manning. “Any day that we are out on the streets for justice is a good day,” said Ashley McCauley, one of the protesters. The rally and march took place two days before the beginning of Manning’s trial on June 3. Participants included three busloads of people from New York City, members of organizations such as Veterans For Peace, Iraq Veterans Against the War, CODEPINK and Courage to Resist, and others that came from around the country in support of Manning.

The Judicial Lynching of Bradley Manning

June 11, 2013 Chris Hedges, www.truthdig.com Educate! Chelsea Manning, Wars and Militarism

The military trial of Bradley Manning is a judicial lynching. The government has effectively muzzled the defense team. The Army private first class is not permitted to argue that he had a moral and legal obligation under international law to make public the war crimes he uncovered. The documents that detail the crimes, torture and killing Manning revealed, because they are classified, have been barred from discussion in court, effectively removing the fundamental issue of war crimes from the trial. Manning is forbidden by the court to challenge the government’s unverified assertion that he harmed national security. Lead defense attorney David E. Coombs said during pretrial proceedings that the judge’s refusal to permit information on the lack of actual damage from the leaks would “eliminate a viable defense, and cut defense off at the knees.”

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