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Title:
Chelsea Manning International Victory Day
When:
05.17.2017 - 05.17.2017 
Category:
Community Events

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CHELSEA MANNING
International Victory Day!
17 May 2017
DEFEND ALL WHISTLEBLOWERS

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Photo selected by Chelsea.

Chelsea Manning is going to be free! Celebrate with us!
On International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, Chelsea will come out of prison after seven years.
Her 35-year sentence was commuted by Obama. It was a victory for Chelsea of course, but also for all of us in many countries who supported her and benefited from her courageous whistleblowing: the international women and lgbtq+ movements, the anti-war and anti-racist movements, the movements of whistleblowers, war veterans, refuseniks and everyone who stands for justice.
Chelsea’s freedom will be celebrated in many cities:
Auckland, New Zealand
6pm
We are celebrating Chelsea's release with a toast to freedom at Verona Cafe on Karangahape Rd, as part of the Amnesty International Auckland Central Group's Happy Hour:
Beer Sheva, Israel (near where Palestinians prisoners are on hunger strike)
evening
Refusenik and supporter of the Palestinian-led Boycott, Sanctions & Divestment movement against Israel Yonatan Shapira will dedicate his Concert to Chelsea.
Berlin, Germany
(12 May)
All day
Celebration and screening of 6 years to Free Chelsea video at event Prisoners of Dissent.
Boston, US
7pm
Pot luck dinner celebration. Committee for International Labor Defense & Boston Chelsea Manning Support Network
Chicago, US
6 pm - 10 pm
A house party / fundraiser for Chelsea Welcome Home Fund
4745 N. Beacon St, #3S, Chicago. No one turned away for lack of funds. Sponsored by the Gay Liberation Network
Dublin, Ireland
(on May 21st 2017)
5 - 8.30pm
Remembering, Celebrating, Solidarity Teachers’ Club, Parnell Square, 1 - Music, song and words with Joe Black, Donal O’Kelly, RoJ, Robbie Sinnott and more. Organised by Action from Ireland (AFRI)
London, UK
5.30 – 7 pm
Celebration vigil organised by Payday & Queer Strike on the steps of St Martin-in-the-Fields (Trafalgar Sq. WC2 N 4JJ)
London, UK
from 7pm
Peace News party at Housmans bookshop, 5 Caledonian Rd, Kings Cross, London N1 9DY
Philadelphia, US
4:30 – 6:30pm (Speakout at 5:30)
Rally and Speakout, 15th and JFK Boulevard (across from the NW corner of City Hall). Called by Payday men’s network (215-848-1120) with Brandywine Peace Community, Delaware Valley Veterans for America, Global Women’s Strike and Women of Color in the GWS, Veterans for Peace Chapter 31.
Mannheim, Germany
(on 15 May)
6.30 to 9.30pm
Celebration at the inauguration of "André-Shepherd" footpath, Fritz-Salm-Str. 12 in 68167 Mannheim. By Connection e.V.
San Francisco, US
6-7pm
Gather & Rally at Harvey Milk Plaza (Castro & Market street), Co-sponsors: Code Pink; Gays Without Borders; Queer Strike and the South African Human Rights Coalition.
Seattle, US
7pm
Chelsea Manning Release Celebration organised by Veterans For Peace Greater Seattle Chapter 92
New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S. Seattle, WA 98122
► WE INVITE YOU TO ORGANISE AN EVENT, no matter how small: a protest, a vigil, a party. Please send us news and photos of your event and we’ll help publicise it.
In February, Chelsea wrote an extraordinary article thanking her mates in prison.
Tweet her (@xychelsea), send her a card or a photo to give her strength in these last days of her imprisonment. We must remain vigilant against any further persecution.
Send money to the Welcome home fund to help Chelsea reconstruct her life when she goes home.