Bradley Manning: Please Give Generously

Over $11,100 of the needed $14,800 has already been pledged!
We have until 4pm Pacific / 7pm Eastern today (Saturday, April 21) to raise the last $4,000 needed to place twenty-one “Bradley Manning: Whistle-blower” ads in the DC Metro subway system, that will coincide with Bradley’s next hearing at Fort Meade, Maryland, which begins April 24. Donations can be made via the EpicStep campaign site, or directly through the Bradley Manning Support Network.
There are two ways to support the campaign, either by making a donation on the EpicStep Ad Campaign website, or by donating directly to the Bradley Manning Defense Fund. 
Last day to raise $4000 to place 21 ads on the DC metro coinciding with Bradley’s next April 24th court appearance. Help bring Bradley's case to Washington.

PS You can watch the National Theatre of Wales play The Radicalisition Of Bradley Manning live onstream tomorrow here.

 Dunno why but this has made me quite tearful today.
If the US wasn't mad they'd've given Bradley a medal.
But if the US wasn't mad they wouldn't start so many stupid fucking wars.
What a world! What a world! 

Bradley Manning: Seven Days Too Long

One week to go 'til Bradley Manning finally gets his pre-trial hearing.
There will be a solidarity rally at Occupy LSX, outside St Paul's Cathedral, London EC4 on Saturday December 17th from 6pm - this is also Bradley's 24th birthday.

• Bradley Manning Support Network

Update: There is also a rally outside the US Embassy, London on Saturday at 2pm. Other actions in the UK and Ireland compiled on this blog Wiseupforbradleymanning

Bradley Manning: Finally Gets First Day In Court

After 17 months in custody, Bradley Manning's pre-trial hearing will begin on Friday December 16th at Fort Meade, Maryland.
This is the day before Bradley's 24th birthday.
Actions are planned on both days - and throughout the hearing which is expected to last five days.

From Bradley Manning Support Network.

WikiLeaks: What Does It Cost To Change the World?

What Does it Cost to Change the World? from WikiLeaks on Vimeo*.

MasterCard is one of several big credit card companies that's blocking over $15million in donations to Wikileaks.
Personally I think Julian Assange's vanity is unbearable, and the Bradley Manning Support Network need your money far more.
Credit where credit's due.**

* Takes a while to charge this video up.
** Fangyewverymuch. I'm here all week.

Bradley Manning Newsflash: "Outcry Causes Move From Quantico"

Update 11pm: The story has now been confirmed by the Pentagon.

'WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say the Army private suspected of giving classified data to WikiLeaks is being moved to Fort Leavenworth in Kansas in the wake of international criticism about his treatment during his detention at the Marine Corps base at Quantico, Va.
'The officials say an announcement that Army Pfc. Bradley Manning will be moved is expected Wednesday at the Pentagon. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the move has not yet been made public...'

Associated Press.

• Bradley Manning Support Network. See also commentary from Bradley's lawyer David E Coombs and latest news on Bradley Manning UK on Twitter.

Update: Livestream video from the Pentagon. See comments below...

Update 2: 'Military moves to further isolate Bradley Manning with transfer to Kansas' Bradley Manning Support Network.

Update 3: Wednesday 8.20pm 'Bradley Manning's Family Welcome News Of Move...'.

Wikileaks: Manning Of The Year

Great to see Bradley Manning was behind many of today's leaked documents on Wikileaks.
Full coverage on The Guardian's The US Embassy Cables.
There's no point going on Wikileaks website right now - it's been disabled by a hacking attack.
Interesting...
Bradley Manning is Fagburn's Man of the Year.
Here's how he did it;
"I would come in with music on a CD-RW labelled with something like 'Lady Gaga' … erase the music … then write a compressed split file. No one suspected a thing ... [I] listened and lip-synched to Lady Gaga's Telephone while exfiltrating possibly the largest data spillage in American history."
Coverage of this queer hero in the UK gay press thus far - zero.
These new leaks will almost certainly see more attempts at character assassination of Manning, as an out, proud and angry gay man it's not too hard to predict what many of these will zoom in on.
Witness what's happened to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.
Fagburn say "Free Bradley Manning!"

• The Bradley Manning Support Network “It is a privilege to join the campaign to support Bradley Manning for his courage and integrity in serving his country by helping make the government accountable to its citizens, and to inform the world of what its people should know” Noam Chomsky

The Daily Telegraph ran a profile of Manning on Monday; "Manning was alleged to have told Lamo that he had found "incredible, awful things that belonged in the public domain and not on some server stored in a dark room in Washington, DC". He was also said to have boasted that he had used blank CDs to download classified information while pretending to be listening to Lady Gaga..."