Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Bradley Manning: how keeping himself sane was taken as proof of madness

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Bradley Manning: how keeping himself sane was taken as proof of madness

Click here to access article by Ed Pilkington from The Guardian.

I am posting this piece primarily for two reasons. 1) There is extremely scant media coverage of his pre-trial hearing in which he gave testimony confirming widespread reports in alternative media that he received "cruel and unusual punishment" at the hands of the Defense Department for his alleged acts as a whistleblower who transferred files that gave evidence of US crimes against humanity to Wikileaks. 2) To encourage people to support his defense in any way they can.