Almost Gone by Graham Nash and James Raymond

Written and Performed by
Graham Nash and James Raymond

A companion video for "Almost Gone" -- a new song by legendary singer-songwriter Graham Nash and musician James Raymond (son of David Crosby) -- is being released today in support of accused U.S. Army whistleblower Bradley Manning. The free download is available on Nash's website (www.grahamnash.com) and the Bradley Manning Support Network site www.bradleymanning.org.

The release is timed to Manning's first judicial hearing scheduled for December 16th, following more than 17-months in custody, including a year in solitary confinement that Amnesty International has characterized as "harsh and punitive."

Visually, the Almost Gone video is punctuated with bold graphics, disturbing images and harsh facts. Its release is scheduled to precede Manning's pre-trial hearing on December 16, which is the day before his 24th birthday. The Bradley Manning Support Network has named the following day, December 17, its International Day of Solidarity (http://events.bradleymanning.org/). PFC Manning, an Army intelligence analyst who had been stationed near Baghdad, was arrested in May 2010 under suspicion of leaking classified information, including a video showing the killing of civilians, to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks.

Nash and Raymond composed the song "Almost Gone (The Ballad of Bradley Manning)" during this spring's US tour of Crosby-Nash, and the new recording serves as the music bed for the video; it features an impassioned lead vocal by Nash, a two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted (Crosby, Stills & Nash, and The Hollies). "Bradley Manning is a hero to me," he sings, acknowledging Manning's role in making public videos and documents that shed light on such as issues as the true number and cause of civilian casualties in Iraq, human rights abuses by U.S.-funded contractors and foreign militaries, and the role that spying and bribes play in international diplomacy.

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[dclate62]

God Bless you Graham and James.....I went to the Equadorian Embassy in London today to silently support Julian Assange. We must " SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE MADNESS" !!

[CyberterroristWitch]

Americans who refuse to take responsibility for their actions will regret it. U.S. officials made it easy for the losers by framing Brad and Julian Assange as dangerous criminals. People who believe that, after murdering a million Iraqis, belong on locked psych wards. Brad has more brains, guts and respect for us than any of them. He risked his life to get the facts to us. In return, he was tortured in secret by a pack of vile, cowardly hypocrites. They're NAZIS in U.S. military uniforms.

[borntobewilder9]

The truth? You wouldn't know the truth if it crawled inside ur ass and bit you!

[borntobewilder9]

Suck a dick, you foreign faggot. Enjoy it! From USA!

[AthenaH28]

Awesome song and video, btw. Some people just can't handle the truth and shit all over those who are brave enough to speak it.

[AthenaH28]

Fuck you too :-). From Australia.

[tiehut]

this is why gays should be banned from the military. they commit treason.

[julie earnhardtjr]

I dunno why so upset. The Gov doesn't care about any of us lol wake up! Im surprised our gov didnt just put a hit on Bradley. Well done, the worlds well being... on a flash drive.

pick a god, any god because this battles lost. evil has won. we hate the middle east rulers and religions and yet we r the glass house with a celing of lies n floor of secrets.

[gerald morain]

learn the calender system those guys with pyramids did

[RobX9001]

You don't send 700,000 classified documents(that he didn't read) to a foreign organization and claim to be a "whistle blower."

[Deborah Carrino]

Thank you Graham and James... I'm sure most won't hear this song... it won't get lamestream air play, that's for sure.

He's a great man of incredible courage and integrity, and he needs to be freed, now!

[Maure Briggs- Carrington]

History will show Bradley manning to be the greatest hero that ever lived !