Chelsea Manning
Chase Strangio on Democracy Now (December 21, 2016): Her Life Depends On Obama Taking Action Now From the interview – excerpted from the Truth-out.org transcript. AMY GOODMAN: To talk more about Manning, we’re joined by Chase Strangio, staff attorney at...Read more
Chase Strangio writes about this special day: In the face of everything, Chelsea engages with the world, models accountability, transparency and camaraderie, and imagines a more just future. Even as she is punished when she fights to live or chooses...Read more
Chelsea Manning’s Petition Achieves 100,000 Signatures via RootsAction.org From the article: On October 4, 2016, Chelsea was again placed in solitary confinement. This time as punishment for her July 2016 suicide attempt. Chelsea had been working on her appeal for...Read more
Chelsea Manning’s Whitehouse.gov Petition surpassed 113,000 signatures on Tuesday. These last 30 days have been incredible. Last Saturday, we reached 100,000 signatures! During the campaign, we received support from numerous organizations and people from all over the world. Amnesty International,...Read more
Rolling Stone covers this amazing development: See Anohni’s Stark ‘Obama’ Video, Plea for Chelsea Manning Release From the article: Anohni released a chilling video for “Obama,” the latest in a series of similarly-styled clips promoting her recent LP, Hopelessness. In...Read more
This Saturday will be Chelsea’s 29th birthday. It will be her seventh birthday since she has been incarcerated. We’re making a list of vigils and birthday parties here, please let us know if you’d like to be listed in your...Read more
For Immediate Release: December 12, 2016 Contact: Christina DiPasquale, 202.716.1953, christina@balestramedia.com 100,000+ Chelsea Manning Supporters Urge President Obama to Exercise His Clemency Powers to Commute Manning’s Sentence to Time Served WethePeople Petition Surpasses Target For White House Response On Saturday,...Read more
On Saturday, December 10th, Chelsea’s petition passed the 100,000 signatures required to require a response from the White House. The petition is still collecting signatures at a rapid rate. Please keep sharing and signing until December 14th, so we can...Read more
Chelsea Manning Is Running Out of Time By Evan Greer for the Huffington Post. From the article: Transparency activist Chelsea Manning has already spent more time behind bars than any other whistleblower in U.S. history. She’s been systematically mistreated, subjected...Read more
Chelsea Manning and Other Trans Prisoners Face Exceptional Cruelty in Jail—Will Obama Do Anything? By Nico Lange for OUT Magazine Nico Lange asks: When sentenced to prison, trans women find themselves housed in facilities that misgender them and make them...Read more