People of Integrity

Aaron Swartz (1986-2013)
Thank you to Aaron Swartz for protecting internet freedom and social justice. He was one of the brightest stars of a new generation of web activists, a genius who gave real hope for the future of the net. For more info on this brilliant and ethical man, please visit his wiki page or watch one of his videos. Aaron, know that you were loved, respected, and made a huge difference.

Aaron Swartz Bradley Manning
Manning is a US Army soldier who has been held in captivity in America without a trial since July 2010 because he had the courage to pass on evidence of US war crimes to Wikileaks. He is currently facing twenty years to life if convicted by a military court. When the exposure of war crimes is criminalized in this way, war crimes are encouraged, which is why it is important that true justice be done and Manning released. For more info, visit: www.bradleymanning.org

"Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity."

W. Clement Stone

"One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised."

Chinua Achebe

People Who Have Made a Difference

These are a few of the courageous souls who have stood up for peace, freedom and fairness, invariably at great risk to their careers and even their lives. They are the real heros of today, leading lights in an insane world that has temporarily forgotten integrity and responsibility.

Gwenyth Todd / Feb 2013
Not many can say that they averted a war single-handedly, but that is a claim that Gwenyth Todd can maike. Todd was a White House Middle East policy adviser — a job that took her to many Arab-speaking countries and which opened her eyes to American foreign policy. Although originally asked by Clinton to open communication with Iran, subsequent Presidents, especially George Bush, have been under pressure from pro-war lobbyists such as AIPAC (The American Israel Public Affairs Committee) to start a war with Iran. This came to a head in 2007 towards the end of Bush's presidency when a false flag operation to spark conflict was defused by a report Todd sent back to Washington, a report her administrators and handlers tried to block her from sending by revoking all her security passes. Because of her report, war was averted that time, but Todd lost her job as a consequence and has been struggling to get work ever since. This is how Washington repays those who display integrity, the sort of integrity that is in the interest of ordinary people around the world, including the American public. (This is the same sort of response to those who expose US war crimes.) War only serves to enrich and empower the elite, and further extreme and immoral political agendas that have no other way to be realized. You can watch an interview with Todd here.