[Occupymendocino] Chelsea Manning petition

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*Oppose new threat to Chelsea Manning!
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Whistleblower Chelsea Manning is now facing the threat of “*indefinite
solitary confinement*” in prison at Fort Leavenworth, where she is serving
a 35-year sentence for providing WikiLeaks with documentation of a vast
array of war crimes and deception by the U.S. government.

*Click here to sign an emergency petition that will be delivered to prison
authorities before a scheduled hearing early next week.*
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After you’ve signed the petition, *please share this urgent appeal with
your friends**.*

RootsAction is promoting this petition in solidarity with Chelsea Manning
and in cooperation with other groups supporting her.*Together, we can and
must gather a huge number of signers on this petition -- quickly.*

Please *become a signer now*
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but don’t stop there. It’s urgent that you forward this message to your
friends right away.

As the petition says, *“Putting any human being in indefinite solitary
confinement is inexcusable, and for offenses as trivial as these (an
expired tube of toothpaste, and possession of magazines?) it is a discredit
to America's military and its system of justice.”*

The petition concludes: *“We demand that these charges against Chelsea
Manning be dropped, and request that Chelsea's hearing on August 18th be
made open to the public, to ensure she is treated fairly."*

*By clicking here, you can add your voice to that demand.*
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An ACLU attorney just told *BuzzFeed News*, “Here Chelsea is at risk of
losing various support networks simply because she had *an expired tube of
toothpaste*, the *Vanity Fair *magazine that featured Caitlyn Jenner, and
requested a lawyer when she felt she was being accused of misconduct.”

The *charges against Chelsea are petty, absurd and vindictive*. As Trevor
Timm of the Freedom of the Press Foundation writes, she “is now being
threatened with ‘indefinite solitary confinement’ for alleged infractions
that are *so minor it's actually hard to believe*.”

If justice had prevailed, Chelsea Manning would never have spent a day in
prison -- let alone enduring official abuse that began with prolonged
solitary confinement before trial that amounted to torture.

*Chelsea Manning deserves our undying gratitude and support* for bravely
informing all of us about terrible realities, with evidence like the
infamous “Collateral Murder” video that showed the flippant and callous
killing of unarmed civilians in Baghdad from U.S. military aircraft.

*Help the petition take off today.*
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Chelsea has already paid a huge personal price for her *moral courage*. Now
the government is ramping up persecution with charges that range from
ridiculous to repressive to preposterous.

*Time is short.* The hearing that could lead to “indefinite solitary
confinement” for Chelsea Manning is fast approaching. Please take a minute
to follow up on signing the petition by sharing it with everyone you know
who appreciates what Chelsea has done to help make this a better world.

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your name and your help.

Thank you!

After signing the petition, *please forward this message to your friends*.
You can also share it from the webpage after taking the action yourself.

This work is only possible with your financial support. *Please chip in $3
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-- The RootsAction.org Team

P.S. RootsAction is an independent online force endorsed by Jim Hightower,
Barbara Ehrenreich, Cornel West, Daniel Ellsberg, Glenn Greenwald, Naomi
Klein, Bill Fletcher Jr., Laura Flanders, former U.S. Senator James
Abourezk, Coleen Rowley, Frances Fox Piven, Lila Garrett, Phil Donahue,
Sonali Kolhatkar, and many others.

Background:
>  *Newsweek:* Chelsea Manning Faces Solitary Confinement for Having
Caitlyn Jenner Magazine, Other Infractions
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>  *Trevor Timm, Freedom of the Press Foundation:* Chelsea Manning
Threatened with ‘Indefinite Solitary Confinement’ for Expired Toothpaste
and Asking for a Lawyer
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>  *BuzzFeed News:* Chelsea Manning Faces Solitary Confinement Under New
Charges, Lawyer Says
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