[GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Support Bradley Manning: This Thursday

Tue Feb 1 10:48:27 PST 2011

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From: Kevin Zeese <action at votersforpeace.org>
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Sent: Tue, Feb 1, 2011 9:14 am
Subject: National White House Call-in Day to Support Bradley Manning: This Thursday

Dear Jeffrey,
The events in Egypt show, once again, how  U.S. foreign policy needs dramatic change (analysis of that is coming  shortly).  The U.S. has supported the despotic regime of Hosni Mubarak  for 30 years.  We've seen weapons, tear gas and fighter jets all  provided by the United States used against the Egyptian people.  One of  the abuses of the Mubarak regime has been torture of Egyptians. Today,  the United States is torturing an American soldier-citizen who has not  been convicted of any crime.  Pfc Bradley Manning is accused of leaking a  video to WikiLeaks that shows the wanton killing of civilians  by American soldiers and is being investigated for leaks of diplomatic  cables and Iraq and Afghan war diaries.  We are working with the Bradley  Manning Support Network (www.BradleyManning.org) to  organize a show of support for Manning and make sure the  commander-in-chief takes responsibility for the actions of the  military.  
Please join us in calling the White House this Thursday.  
Thanks.  
Kevin Zeese 
Executive Director 
Voters For Peace

PLEASE JOIN US - PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY - SPREAD THE WORD - STAND WITH BRAD
 http://votersforpeace.us/press/index.php?itemid=4663
National White House Call-in Day to Support Bradley Manning, Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
Whitehouse switchboard: 202-456-1414
(or Whitehouse comments: 202-456-1111)
Call the White House Thursday to voice your support  for accused WikiLeaks whistle-blower US Army PFC Bradley Manning,  specifically that his human rights be respected by the Quantico,  Virginia, brig authorities. Bradley has been held in solitary  confinement-like conditions for over eight months, and his trial is  still months away. This American citizen-soldier has been convicted of  no crime, yet continues to endure inhumane conditions of pre-trial  confinement like no other inmate at the Quantico brig. White House press  secretary Robert Gibbs recently stated that the White House was not  paying attention to Bradley Manning's extreme confinement conditions, or  the fact that recent pre-approved visitors of Bradley's have been  detained and interrogated by military police in order to block their  scheduled visit. It is critical that we educate the White House of this  ongoing injustice!
Recommended points to make:
- US Army PFC Bradley Manning, the accused WikiLeaks  whistle-blower being held at the Marine brig in Quantico, Virginia, is  an American citizen who is innocent until proven otherwise. Yet, he has  been subjected to continuous illegal pre-trial punishment since his  arrest in May 2010. Based on these abuses alone, Manning should be freed  pending court martial.
- Military pre-trial confinement is supposed to be  about ensuring a soldier's presence at court martial, yet for eight  months now Manning has been subjected to extreme pre-trial punishment  through the arbitrary use of rarely applied regulations--specifically  the "maximum security classification" and the "prevention of injury"  order. If he is not freed pending court martial, then at the very least,  Manning's human rights need to be respected, and the illegal pre-trial  punishment must end.
- The arbitrary restrictions placed on Manning, and  no other inmates at Quantico, mean that: Manning is allowed no  meaningful physical exercise, he is allowed no social interaction with  other inmates, he is kept in his cell at least 23 hours per day, and he  is not allowed out of his cell without restraints.
- If the charges against him are true, they actually  show that Manning is a patriot acting to advance an informed democracy.  There is no allegation that Manning did anything but share truthful  information with the American public regarding the realities of our  nation's ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, with absolutely no  benefit to himself, in order to spark public debate regarding foreign  policy.
The Bradley Manning Support Network: www.bradleymanning.org
Sign-up and join us: www.standwithbrad.org
 http://votersforpeace.us/press/index.php?itemid=4663

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