>From: Leonard Peltier Defense Committee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: lpdc news
>Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 16:14:32 -0600
>______________________________________________
>
>Dear Leonard Peltier supporters,
>Below is a press release that can be used for your local actions this
>Saturday the 19th. Also included is a list of cities organizing. If you
>are on the list and we do not have a contact and details for your
>demonstration, please contact us to give us that information. If you are
>not on the list, but should be, please contact us too. If you are
>organizing a protest for this Saturday please give us reports afterwards
>so that we can let everyone know how your event went. Thanks to
>everyone for your work.
>In solidarity,
>The LPDC staff
>
>
>December 15, 1998
>For immediate release:
>
>On December 19th, 1998 cities internationally will be protesting the
>continued incarceration of Native American Political Prisoner, Leonard
>Peltier. Many cities will be including Civil Disobedience as part of their
>protests. Locally there will be a protest at ____________________.
>
>Why? Leonard Peltier applied for Executive Clemency in November of
>1993.
>Millions have since signed petitions, written letters, and passed
>resolutions in support of his immediate release. The European
>Parliament,Jesse Jackson, fifty members of Congress, Amnesty International,
the
>National Congress of American Indians, and The National Council of Churches
>are just a few examples of groups and individuals who have urged
>President Clinton to grant Executive Clemency to Peltier. Normally the
review
>process for a clemency petition takes six to nine months, yet over the
>last five years supporters have received no response from the Clinton
>administration aside from a form letter stating that the petition is still
>under review. A prominent member of the Belgian Parliament recently
>wrote to President Clinton regarding Peltier's case and received no
response
>at all. Meanwhile Peltier's health is deteriorating and his supporters are
>concerned for his life.
>
>Peltier's case has come to symbolize injustice for all Native people. The
>government has conceded numerous times that they do not know who
>killed the agents or what involvement Peltier may have had in their deaths.
They
>say that someone must pay. An investigation into the sixty murders of
>traditional people, AIM members, and supporters during the FBI backed
>"reign of terror" (1973-1976) on the Pine Ridge Reservation has never
>happened. To Native people this exemplifies America's continued
>attitude that Indigenous lives have no value, but when white lives,
especially
>those of law enforcement officers, are lost someone must pay--innocent or
>guilty.
>
> Peltier supporters will again be organizing acts of civil disobedience on
>February 6th which will mark 23 years since Peltier's conviction. This
>campaign will continue until the following actions are taken:
>
>� Peltier is transferred to the Mayo clinic for proper medical treatment
>
>� Peltier is granted executive clemency
>
>� Congress investigates and exposes the Pine Ridge "reign of terror" and
>Peltier's illegal incarceration as a result.
>
>
>For more information contact:
>The Leonard Peltier Defense Committee
>PO Box 583, Lawrence, KS 66044
>785-842-5774 fax: 785-842-5796 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>FREE PELTIER-DECEMBER 19TH, 1998
>
>The following locations are organizing protests
>
>B.C. Canada
>Seattle, Washington-12:00 noon-Federal Court House (Madison/5th) call
>206-325-0085
>Taberg, NY
>Tucson, AZ
>Grantiville, PA
>Cinncinatti, OH
>Greenfield, MA
>San Francisco, CA 10:00am UN Plaza near 7th and Market St. 415-826-
>4127
>Little Rock, AK
>Atlanta, GA
>Albuquerque, NM
>Canton, OH
>Cincinnati, OH
>Hanover, NH
>Portland, OR
>Thorpe, PA
>Wadsworth, OH
>Elmwood Park, Ill
>Burlington, VT
>Cornelius, NC
>Detroit, MI
>Westtown, PA
>Reistertown, MD
>Washington DC- Rally at FBI Bldg. (9th+Pennsylvania NW) march to
>White House
>Laurel, MD
>Lincoln, NE
>New York, NY-Theresa [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Reno, Nevada
>Boston, MA
>Melbourne, Australia-10am at the American Consulate which is situated
>at 553 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne.
>Brussells, Belgium
>Lansing, MI
>Parkersburg, WV
>Los Angeles, CA-11am at the South Coast Plaza Mall, 3333 Bristol St.
>in Costa Mesa
>Gallup, New Mexico
>Austin, TX-south steps of the Capitol from 10am-2pm
>Costa Mesa, CA-South Coast Plaza at 12:00 noon
>Kansas City, MO-Maurine 816-455-3014
>Lawrence, KS-3:30 at 9th and Mass contact the LPDC
>
>LPDC
>PO Box 583
>Lawrence, KS 66044
>785-842-5774
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