[haw-info] HAW Notes 8/2/13: Bradley Manning; links to recent articles of interest

To members and friends of Historians Against the War,

Below are some sources of updates and other information on the Bradley Manning case, now in its sentencing phase.  They are followed by our occasional set of links to recent on-line articles of interest.

-- the frequently updated website of the Bradley Manning Support Network;
-- an annotated "List of whistleblowers" from 1966 to the present, on Wikepedia;
-- press releases from the Center for Constitutional Rights and Amnesty International;
-- the "Collateral Murder" video originally leaded by Private Manning.

Thanks to Jerise Fogel, James Swarts, Rusti Eisenberg, and Rosalyn Baxandall for leads to the above sources.

Links to Recent Articles of Interest

"They Know Much More Than You Think"

By James Bamford, New York Review of Books, August 15 issue
On the National Security Agency, with historical background

"Top Ten Ways Bradley Manning Changed the World"

By Juan Cole, Informed Comment blog, posted July 31

The author teaches history at the University of Michigan

"Major Opinion Shifts, in the US and in Congress, on NSA surveillance and Privacy"

By Glenn Greenwald, The Guardian, posted July 29

"The U.S. Military's Limited Critique of Itself Ensures Further Disasters"

By William J. Astore, History News Network, posted July 29

The author teaches history at the Pennsylvania College of Technology

"The Assassination of Julian Assange"

By Jonathan Cook, CounterPunch.org, posted July 29

On Alex Gibney's documentary "We Steal Secrets," on Wikileaks and Julian Assange

"Iraq Invades the United States: And Other Headlines from an Upside Down History of the U.S. Military and the World"

By Eduardo Galeano, TomDispatch.com, posted July 23

"Saying No to the Surveillance State"

By Jackson Lears, History News Network (also in the Raritan Quarterly), posted July 22

The author teaches history at Rutgers University

"The Problematic: Penny Lewis Repairs Some Misconceptions About the Vietnam War"

By Michael Uhl, In the Mind Field blog, posted July 21

Review essay on the book Hardhats, Hippies and Hawks: The Vietnam Antiwar Movement as Myth and Memory

Thanks to Rusti Eisenberg, Steve Gosch, Rosalyn Baxandall, and Chad Pearson for suggesting articles that are included in the above list.  Suggestions can be sent to jimobrien48@gmail.com.