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Chelsea Manning, Ronan Farrow and Ta-Nehisi Coates on terror and bravery at Antidote (Australia)
The Manchester Guardian ^
| September 2, 2018
| Alexandra Spring and Steph Harmon
Posted on 09/04/2018 3:33:04 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
“To be brave, you have to know so you can act.”
They were South African author Sisonke Msimang’s words but could well have been the theme for this past weekend’s Antidote, a festival of ideas which focused on solutions that saw Chelsea Manning, Ronan Farrow, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Maureen Dowd, Msimang and more speaking out on the Sydney Opera House stages.
The event was almost overshadowed by the home affairs department’s decision to issue a notice of intention to deny Manning an entry visa on character grounds last week. But her talk went ahead regardless: Manning video-called in from Los Angeles to talk to Australian journalist Peter Greste, and the delighted crowd gave the US whistleblower a standing ovation for her efforts.
The event was about more than Manning though: there was calls for courage, fearlessness and activism, warnings about surveillance and lashings of political gossip. Even Captain America got a look in. This is what we learned....
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: australia; coates; crazytalk; espionage; farrow; manning; mentalillness; spy
Bradley Manning and I share the same military occupational specialty (MOS) though we were in the service at different times. Private Manning stole thousands of classified documents and released them to unauthorized individuals. I never did so. Organizations are fêting him for his misdeeds and throwing feasts and award dinners in his honor, listening to him like he's one of the three wise men. Someone explain this all to me.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
What a f***ing freak show.
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posted on
09/04/2018 3:34:34 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
“To be brave, you have to know so you can act.”Huh?
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posted on
09/04/2018 3:35:08 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
To: Rummyfan
Did someone say, "freak show?"
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posted on
09/04/2018 3:37:31 PM PDT
by
Perseverando
(For Progressives, Islamonazis, Statists, Commies & other Democrats: It's all about PEOPLE CONTROL!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
".[Bradley] Manning video-called in from Los Angeles"
I was wondering how that worked out.
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posted on
09/04/2018 3:39:38 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Bradley Manning, Ronan Farrow, Take your pick on gender.
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posted on
09/04/2018 3:44:55 PM PDT
by
Vinnie
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Manning has all of the attributes of the mentally ill male feminist INCEL terrorist who hates rejection, and there he is talking about terrorism. Isn’t it ironic? Why did he choose the subject specifically? Rhetorical question regarding a work of a psychopath
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posted on
09/04/2018 3:51:05 PM PDT
by
JudgemAll
(Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Anti-Americanism is very strong in some circles. The circles that you and I abhor for sure.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Chelsea Manning, Ronan Farrow, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Maureen Dowd, Msimang and more speaking out on the Sydney Opera House stages.Latest in the series, "Shows I'd Pay Not to Have to Watch."
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posted on
09/04/2018 5:02:50 PM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(Ain't no reaching across the aisle in Hell.)
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