There are four things you can do to help him:
1. Write to Bradley Manning at the following addres: Inmate Bradley Manning, 3247 Elrod Avenue,Quantico, VA, 22134
2. Sign the petition at the link above.
3. Donate to his defense fund using the above link.
4. Write to your Congress person on his behalf
I have contacted Cindy Sheehan and she is familiar with the organization, Courage to Resist, that is hosting this site. She states that Courage to Resist is highly credible and that she has donated to them. You don't have to worry about being scammed or giving money to a con artist.
Bradley Manning is the Daniel Ellsberg of our time. Manning faces up to 56 years in a military prison for these charges. Ellsberg also faced significant prison time but was not tried, apparently because the government decided the resulting publicity would only make things worse. Fortunately for Ellsberg, the media had largely turned against the war by the time he released the Pentagon Papers. Manning is not so lucky in this regard. The media mostly underreport the war. However, most Americans now oppose the war in Afghanistan and if we generate enough publicity, we can turn this around for Mr. Manning.
Please do what you can: sign the petition, donate to his defense fund, write or call Congress, write letters to the editor--and most of all, spread the word about Manning's courage and what the government is trying to do to him. If enough people oppose the government's attempt to silence him, he will be freed. Don't let a courageous man spend 56 years in prison for trying to stop a war that is devastating the civilian populations of Afghanistan and Iraq.
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