-Caveat Lector- The Global Peace Walk project initiator, Rev. Yusen Yamato, has been discussing this same idea and logic below since the initiating route walking from NYC to SF in 1995. Perhaps this Election2000 cycle the idea will gain some momentum and help secure Leonard Peltier's freedom. http://www.freepeltier.org Please support Global Peace Walk 2000 http://www.globalpeacenow.org which will be carrying The Message of Peace and uniting all survival issue messages under the banner of "Global Peace Now!" including Leonard Peltier's inspiring message in support of the Global Peace Walk project http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/peltier.html . This message is clear evidence of his understanding as an indigenous global spiritual leader. This walk will be going by Levenworth Prison and praying to fulfill Leonard's wish to join the Global Peace Walk. On the October 9, 2000, Columbus Day holiday (and 1000 year anniversary of the Viking's coming to America) GPW2000 will conduct a Millennial Peace Ceremony at the Washington Monument on the way to the United Nations for its 55th anniversary October 24, 2000, to help inaugurate the UN Year and Decade of Creating a Culture of Peace for the 21st Century. From: Paul Pureau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: AMADV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; advocate ameri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Fwd: Peltier for President? Date: Sunday, November 28, 1999 3:05 PM Activist Mailing List - http://get.to/activist --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Date: 28 Nov 1999 21:21:02 -0000 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Peltier for President? > > <+>=<+>KOLA Newslist<+>=<+> > > > 2000 -34 > Why is Leonard Peltier still in jail?! > ========================= > online petition for executive clemency at > http://kola-hq.hypermart.net/actlp.htm > > > [article forwarded by Jess Hansen. Thanks!] > > Seattle Times: > Posted at 09:45 p.m. PST; Sunday, November 28, 1999 > > Mark Trahant / Times Staff Columnist > -Native American inmate as president not a > far-fetched idea- > > > > A few months ago I was in Yelm visiting with an > American Indian elder. We > chatted about the twists and turns that one day > become our future. > Who knows what's coming, Janet McCloud said with a > laugh: "Perhaps Leonard > will even be president." > As far-fetched as that may sound at home, across the > globe it is a notion > that makes sense. If South African prisoner Nelson > Mandela could move from a > cell to the world stage, why not Leonard Peltier, > one of America's most > famous inmates? > "I am distressed, saddened and outraged that so many > Americans have > forgotten, or perhaps never known, who he is and > what he represents," writes > former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark in the > introduction to Peltier's > new book, "Prison Writings: My Life is a Sundance." > Peltier may be better known outside the United > States. "Enlightened people > around the world see in him the struggle for all > indigenous people for their > lives, their dignity, their sovereignty and their > future," Clark writes. > Peltier's cause has been championed by dozens of > world leaders, including > Mandela. And as delegates arrive for this week's > World Trade Organization > conference, the Peltier case is a reminder the world > has different > perceptions of U.S. justice than most of us hold at > home. > This chapter of our nation's story began a > quarter-century ago on the Pine > Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. On June 26, 1975, > FBI agents Ronald > Williams and Jack Coler chased a robbery suspect > onto the reservation. Shots > were exchanged between the FBI and members of the > American Indian Movement. > The agents were surrounded, wounded and shot fatally > in the head. > But the atmosphere at Pine Ridge then was one of > war, not law enforcement. > Confusion ran so deep that the government could not > win convictions against > three suspects. > The case against Peltier proceeded on a different > track. He was arrested in > Canada, then tried in Fargo, N.D., and convicted of > murder by a jury that > had no sense of context about the events on Pine > Ridge. Ever since, the > White House has been flooded with petitions to grant > Peltier clemency - > prompting an equally intense response from those who > believe in his guilt. > A recent letter from former FBI agents calls Peltier > a "thug." It argues > that he was fairly convicted and that two appellate > courts rightly refused > to rehear his case. > "Mr. President, since Leonard Peltier couldn't fool > the federal courts, he > is now trying to fool you and the public," said the > agents, who have run > newspaper ads across America. "Don't let him get > away with it. Sympathy is > appropriate only for the dead heroes and their > surviving families." > But what if the trial evidence was wrong? What if > the first trial was > unfair? Then is justice still served? > Earlier this month a Canadian official posed those > same questions. > "I don't know whether or not Peltier fired those > fatal shots," wrote Warren > Allmand, Canada's minister of Indian affairs. "But I > am convinced that there > was fraud and misconduct at both the extradition and > trial - and the benefit > of doubt should favor a new trial." > Documents released under the Freedom of Information > Act show that FBI > testimony misled the jury. Tougher critics, > including Clark, say the > government "suborned our whole system of justice." > Peltier, now 55, is serving two life sentences at a > federal prison in > Kansas. He writes in his book that Mandela is > "living proof that the edict > of the people outweighs the verdict of the > government." > But as I watch the world twist and turn, I again > hear McCloud's laugh. > Who knows what's coming next? > > > Mark Trahant's column appears Sunday and Thursday on > Page A2 of The Times. > > > Copyright � 1999 The Seattle Times Company > > > <+>=<+> > http://users.skynet.be/kola/ > http://kola-hq.hypermart.net > <+>=<+> > if you want to be removed from the KOLA > Email Newslist, just send us a message with > "unsub" in the subject or text body > <+>=<+> > ===== Paul Pureau , International Management Desk, Ameri-Advocate New Work, Santa Cruz, The Neatherlands, New Zealand, Canada Please pray for Fred Buma & Terry Bullock Free:Leonard Peltier,Mumia Abu Jamal, Bob Peace, End Ethnic Cleansing of American Indian People visit us at : http://members.tripod.com/~ellis_smith/ameri-advocate.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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