And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 08:49:37 -0800
>From: arthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>ADate: 26/02/99 8:39:14 AM
>Subject: E-mail meesages need today for Leonard Peltier
>
> PLEASE POST WIDELY
>NORTHWEST LEONARD PELTIER SUPPORT NETWORK
>TACOMA OFFICE
>P.O. BOX 5464
>TACOMA, WA 98415-0464 USA
>e-mail; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> 21st Day of the LEONARD PELTIER SOLIDARITY
> FAST/HUNGER STRIKE
> END THE TORTURE OF LEONARD PELTIER NOW!
>
> This has been a very hard struggle and we know that many people
>have put in a lot of hard work. But today we need the largest push of
>pressure on the Bureau Of Prisons (BOP) yet.
> The BOP knows full well that they are violating their own rules and all
>sense of ethical moral values by refusing political prisoner Leonard
>Peltier the medical treatment he needs that the Mayo Clinic has offered
>him. Their refusal is motivated by just one reason. The BOP wants
>Leonard to suffer because he has not stopped speaking out against
>injustice in the 23 years he has been in prison. The message the BOP
>is sending to all of us is that resistance will be met by great oppression
>and in the case of Leonard, even the use of torture.
> The BOP keeps telling us that they will respond to messages they
>have received from people throughout the world. But each time they say
>this they have missed to time for which they said the would do so.
>Mr. Scott Wolfson, of the BOP, stated yesterday that he wants this
>resolved because he is tried of all the e-mails, faxes, letters and phone
>calls. But he and all of the BOP must understand that the only way this
>will end is when they send Leonard to the Mayo Clinic for the medical
>treatment LEONARD NEEDS NOW!
> Please, everyone who reads my words send an e-mail message today
>to: Ms. Kathleen Hawk Sawyer at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and Scott Wolfson
>at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask that Leonard be sent to the Mayo Clinic
>for medical treatment now. Thank you for your time.
> In The Spirit Of Unity
And Action
> Arthur J. Miller
> NWLPSN-Tacoma
Office
>
> BACK GROUND ON THE STRUGGLE OF LEONARD PELTIER
>
> Leonard Peltier is an Ojibwa-Lakota American Indian
>Movement (AIM) activist who was framed on murder
>charges in the deaths of two FBI agents in a firefight on the
>Pine Ridge Oglala Lakota Reservation in South Dakota on
>June 26, 1975. The following are two of the main reasons
>that the firefight took place on that day.
> 1. Because the Lakota people had refused to take money
>for the stolen Paha Sapa (Black Hills), the U.S. Government
>knew that if they were to take any more Lakota land there
>would be resistance. In the area of Sheep Mountain on the
>Pine Ridge Lakota land, the U.S. Geological Survey had
>located major uranium deposits. Working in the direct
>interests of the nuclear power and weapons industry, agents
>of the U.S. Government set out to do two things: First, to
>suppress the traditional Lakota people and their allies AIM,
>who would resist the taking of their land. Second, to create
>a diversion to hide their illegal acquisition of the Sheep
>Mountain area. At the same time that the firefight took
>place, the papers were signed that took away 133,000
>acres of Lakota land and gave it to the U.S. Government.
> 2. AIM was viewed as a direct threat to the interests of
>multi-national companies that sought the great amount of
>mineral resources found on Native land. AIM and others
>had inspired a new movement of resistance to the U.S.
>Government's Indian policies. For this reason the FBI
>used it's COINTELPRO program to try to destory AIM.
> After the 1973 Wounded Knee Liberation the U.S.
>Government tried to suppress AIM by the means of
>placing hundreds of its members on trial across the country.
>On the Pine Ridge Lakota land, there was a campaign of
>terror against traditional Lakota people in which homes
>were burned, cars were run off the road, there were drive
>by shootings into people's homes and 66 known murders
>of traditional Lakota people.
> Because of this reign of terror traditional Lakota people
>asked for help from AIM. AIM set up a camp on the
>Jumping Bull property for the purpose of protecting the
>people and setting up self-determination community
>programs. Before the firefight, hundreds of government
>agents were brought in to Pine Ridge. The day before
>many family members of the death squard were moved
>out of Pine Ridge. On the morning of the firefight roads
>were blocked off around the area. The FBI used the lame
>excuse of following a truck in which they claimed there
>was a person who was wanted for the theft of a pair of
>boots. Rather than stopping the truck out on the blacktop,
>two unmarked cars came rushing on to the Jumping Bull
>property in the same manner in which the drive-by shootings
>had taken place. The AIM members believed that they
>were under attack by the death squad and accordingly
>defended themselves. As a result of the firefight, one AIM
>member and two FBI agents died. Under the assault of
>hundreds of government guns, the AIM members were
>able to excape.
> Later, three AIM members were captured and
>placed on trial. Because Leonard was captured in
>Canada, the first trial included only two AIM members.
>In their trial they were found not guilty for reason of
>self-defense. Leonard was extradited based upon false
>documents given to the Canadian court. Then the
>government transfered Leonard's trial from the original
>judge to a hand picked judge who would not allow self-
>defense evidence or evidence of the government's illegal
>use of false documents. To insure Leonard's conviction
>the government fabricated ballistic reports in order to
>connect him directly to the agents deaths. The
>government also coerced witnesses into giving false
>testimony against Leonard. Leonard was found guilty
>and sentenced to imprisonment for two lifetimes.
> Over the years, Leonard's defense has disproven the
>government's case to the point that a U.S. prosecutor
>assigned to the case has stated that the government does
>not know who killed the agents, and that Leonard is only
>guilty of "aiding and abetting" because he was there on
>that day. What this means is, since the first two defendants
>were found not guilty for reason of self-defense, then
>Leonard has been locked-up for 23 years for "aiding and
>abetting" an act of self-defense.
>
>END THE TORTURE OF LEONARD PELTIER NOW!
>
> Over the years the government has continuously harassed
>Leonard in prison. Leonard is currently suffering from
>complications of a previous maxilla-facial surgery at the
>Springfield Medical Prison facility. In that surgery Leonard
>almost died. Not only did that surgery not improve Leonard's
>condition, it made it far worst. Leonard is now in continuous,
>excruciating pain. He cannot open his mouth enough to bite
>his food, nor can he even chew. Leonard, for very good
>reasons, does not want to go back to Springfield. The
>renowned maxilla-facial surgeon Doctor Keller of the Mayo
>Clinic has written to the prison telling them that he is willing
>the treat Leonard. But so far, the federal Bureau Of Prisons
>(BOP) has refused to let Leonard be treated. If the
>government, for political reasons, causes and allows a
>prisoner to suffer great pain, there is no other word for
>that than torture.
> We are calling upon all people who believe in social
>justice to help in the campaign to end the torture of
>Leonard Peltier NOW! Please send e-mails to:
>Ms. Kathleen Hawk, Director, Bureau Of Prisons
>at:e-mail; [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED],
>or write to her at: 320 First St.NW,
>Washington, DC 20534, or fax: 202-514-6878, or
>call: 202-307-3198 and ask that Leonard be allowed
>treatment by Dr. Keller at the Mayo Clinic.
>
>INTERNATIONAL LEONARD PELTIER SOLIDARITY
>FAST/HUNGER STRIKE
>
> On February 6th, the INTERNATIONAL LEONARD
>PELTIER SOLIDARITY FAST/HUNGER STRIKE
>began. The purpose of this fast is to end the torture
>of Leonard Peltier NOW! Some people will be fasting in teams
>and others will be fasting for longer times. We plan to continue
>this fast until the torture of Leonard ends. On each day of the
>fast, different fasting people will be issuing statements calling
>for the end of the torture. Starting on the first day of the fast,
>we are asking that supporters daily send e-mail messages to:
>Ms. Kathleen Hawk, Director, BOP at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] asking that Leonard be sent to the Mayo
>Clinic and thus end his torture. It make also be a good idea
>to send copies of messages to elected or government officials
>in your area.
> At this time there are over 73 faster across the U.S., Canada,
>France, Basque Country, Russia, Spain and South Africa
> Those who wish to be a part of this by either fasting or
>getting the statements of the fasters, please contact the
>NWLPSN at: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>FOR MORE INFORMATION
>
> For more information on Leonard's case and what you
>can do to help please contact: The Leonard Peltier
>Defense Committee, P.O. Box 583, Lawrence,
>KS 66044 USA. Phone number (785) 842-5774.
>fax (785) 842-5796, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ask to be put
>on the LPDC e-mail list) Web page:
>http://members.xoom.com/freepeltier/index.html.
>
> We wish to thank everyone who has helped in this long
>struggle and those who helped by reposting this message.
> In Solidarity
> Arthur J. Miller
> NWLPSN-Tacoma Office
>
>.
>
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