[antiwar-van] *TUES* Mouth vs. Mic - Chelsea Manning Legal Defense Fundraiser!

[Kira Koshelanyk]

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Mouth vs. Mic #35
~ A Fundraiser for
the Legal Defense Fund of Chelsea Manning ~ 





TUESDAY September 22
8:30pm
Calabash Bistro
428 Carrall Street,
Vancouver




Mouth vs. Mic, a
monthly community-based showcase of amazing and diverse talent, is
dedicating this month's show to the legal defense fund of Chelsea
Manning! The Free Chelsea Manning Campaign – Vancouver, Canada
invites you all to take part in this evening of rhythm and rhymes in
defense of Chelsea Manning, Soldier of Humanity and Wikileaks
Whistle-blower!




Chelsea Manning is
an outspoken fighter for social justice and a courageous
whistle-blower. However, for the last five years she has been behind
bars in a U.S. prison. Her crime? Being a U.S. soldier who blew the
whistle on U.S. war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. Despite the
tremendous hardship of enduring a 35 year prison sentence, she has
continued to speak out against injustice and to defend her actions.




Please join Mouth
vs. Mic to help fundraise for Chelsea Manning’s Defense Fund, which
is currently in urgent need of $40,000 for her upcoming appeal before
the U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals.




Mouth vs. Mic will
feature:
>> Maria
Melendez – Latin American protest songs
>> Can Cala -
Gaelic Super Duo
>> Kerry
O'Donovan - Pianist singer
>>
Estea/Wataru Uno - Percussion & rhyme crew
>> Amber
Harper-Young – Comedian
>> Simple
Machines - Melodic instrumental loops
>> Spits and
Giggles - Hip-hop dudes
and more...




Hosts: Stephen
Gillis & Estea
All funds will be
donated to the Legal Defense Fund for Chelsea Manning
By Donation! All
Ages!




Join on Facebook at:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1764403280453508/





Organized by Mouth
vs. Mic
Supported by: Free
Chelsea Manning Campaign – Vancouver, Canada
For more info:
freechelseavancouver at gmail.com |604-518-7361




WHO IS PRIVATE
CHELSEA MANNING?




Private Chelsea
Manning (formerly Bradley Manning) is the 27 year old United States
soldier convicted of leaking over 260,000 classified US diplomatic
cables, as well as videos and documents which have become known as
the Afghan War Diary and the Iraq War Logs. Published on the
whistleblower site Wikileaks, they further exposed US war crimes
around the world including mass killings, torture, corruption, and
the government’s web of lies and attempted cover-up of United
States atrocities.




For telling the
truth and acting upon her conscience, Private Manning was arrested
and has now been in military prison for over five years. Manning was
also held in solitary confinement for the first 10 months of
incarceration. During this time she was denied meaningful exercise,
social interaction, sunlight, and has occasionally been kept
completely naked. These conditions were unique to Manning and are
illegal even under US military law as they amount to extreme
pre-trial punishment.




On August 21, 2013
military judge Colonel Denise sentenced Private Manning to 35 years
in prison. This case sets a dangerous precedent undermining the first
amendment right of freedom of speech, opening whistle-blowers and
those who help them to extreme persecution. She continues to speak
out in her defense, and has become a powerful voice in the antiwar

and social justice movement.




Public outcry to
free Private Manning has been widespread all around the world.
Besides the public actions and protests for Private Manning, she has
also been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.




Text modified from
Chelsea Manning Support Network Website: www.chelseamanning.org



    
     

    
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