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Chelsea Manning Ordered Free From Prison — but Will Still Have to Pay Massive Fines
The whistleblower still faces state-enforced financial ruin because the judge that set her free refused to vacate her exorbitant fines.
Natasha Lennard
Natasha Lennard is a columnist for The Intercept. Her work has appeared in The Nation, Bookforum, and the New York Times, among others. She is the associate director of the Creative Publishing & Critical Journalism graduate program at the New School for Social Research in New York. She is the author of “Being Numerous: Essays on Non-Fascist Life.”
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Chelsea Manning’s Suicide Attempt While Imprisoned for Resisting a Grand Jury Is Further Proof She Must Be Freed
Chelsea Manning can only continue to be imprisoned for the purpose of coercing her to testify before a grand jury. That’s not going to happen.
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Trump Is a Disaster for Abortion Rights — but Joe Biden Can't Be Trusted to Fight for Choice
Until last year, Joe Biden supported a law that restricted federal funding for abortion — and his flip-flop smacks of political expediency.
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The Law Says Chelsea Manning Must Be Freed From Prison
Chelsea Manning was imprisoned for refusing to testify before a grand jury investigating WikiLeaks. She refused — and now she must be set free.
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Yes, a Progressive President Could Cancel Student Debt on Day One — by Following the Grassroots
Debt strike activists found a button to destroy all student debt. We just need someone to push it.
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The Majority of Voters Now Support Decriminalizing Sex Work. It’s About Time.
A new poll tracks a dramatic shift in attitudes toward sex work, marking a victory hard fought by sex worker organizers on the front lines.
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"Public Charge" Ruling Shows the Supreme Court Won’t Save Us From Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Agenda
The court’s conservative majority has made its support for fascistic policies clear. We need a political response to Trumpian excess, not just a legal one.
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Iran Tensions Showed How Much More Work an Effective U.S. Anti-War Movement Needs to Do
A path forward exists: the path of a solidarity-oriented mass movement coupled with direct action.
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Chelsea Manning Spent Most of the Last Decade in Prison. The U.N. Says Her Latest Stint Is Tantamount to Torture.
Manning is steadfastly refusing to testify before a grand jury on WikiLeaks, so her coercive imprisonment is pure punishment without legal grounds.
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How the Prosecution of Animal Rights Activists as Terrorists Foretold Today's Criminalization of Dissent
A new documentary “The Animal People” tells the story of the SHAC 7, who were sentenced to prison on terrorism charges over their protest activity.