And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 12:44:07 -0800 >From: arthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >CC: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >ADate: 6/01/99 12:35:04 PM >X-Mailer: Acorn Email v1b2 >Subject: A CALL TO ACTION FOR PELTIER > > PLEASE POST WIDELY >NORTHWEST LEONARD PELTIER SUPPORT NETWORK >TACOMA OFFICE >P.O. BOX 5464 >TACOMA, WA 98415-0464 USA >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > AN INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR ACTION > > INTERNATIONAL DAY IN SOLIDARITY WITH LEONARD PELTIER > FEBRUARY 6, 1999 > > INTERNATIONAL LEONARD PELTIER SOLIDARITY FAST > > There comes a time when people who believe in social justice need to >pull together in time of great need. This is just such a time. The situation >of political prisoner and American Indian Movement activist Leonard >Peltier is at a critical stage. With your help we can move Leonard's >struggle to a higher level that it needs to be at. We acknowledge the >many important struggles that are going on throughout the world. >Leonard Peltier, himself, also has acknowledged the importance of the >on going struggles of the people. He has issued statements asking his >supporters to also actively support Mumia Abu-Jamal. He has actively >supported other political prisoners, while he himself has been locked-up >in the iron house. He has publicly supported the Zapatistas and the >indigenous people's struggles in Chiapas, and has used his support >network to gather food and supplies for them. Leonard has directly >supported countless other struggles of the people. > Now Leonard needs the direct support of all of us. We apologize for >pushing the call to action so hard every where we are able to. But we >have limited resources, whereas the powers of oppresion have near >unlimited resources. > >1. BACK GROUND ON THE STRUGGLE OF LEONARD PELTIER >2. END THE TORTURE OF LEONARD PELTIER NOW! >3. INTERNATIONAL DAY IN SOLIDARITY WITH LEONARD PELTIER >4. INTERNATIONAL LEONARD PELTIER SOLIDARITY FAST >5. FOR MORE INFORMATION > > 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 that there would be resistance. In the area of >Sheep Mountain of 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. And to create a diversion to hide their illegal taking 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 that was >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 >campaign of terror against traditional Lakota people in which homes >were burned, cars were run off the road, drive by shootings into people's >homes and there were 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's property for the >purpose of protecting the people and the 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 a person that they said they >were looking for in the case of a 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's property in the same manner as the >drive by shootings had taken place. The AIM members believed that >they were under attack by the death squad and the defended >themselves. As a result of the firefight one AIM member and two FBI >agents died. Under the assult of hundreds of government guns the AIM >members were able to excape. > Later three AIM members were capture 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 pick 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 Leonard directly to the agents >deaths. The government also coerced witnesses into giving false >testimony against Leonard. Leonard was completely framed and found >guilty and sentenced to imprisonment for two lifetimes. > Over the years Leonard's defense has disproven the governmet's case >to the point that the U.S. prosecutor has stated that the government >does not know who killed they agents, and that Leonard is only guilty >of "aiding and abetting" because he was there 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 food. 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 writen 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: >[EMAIL PROTECTED], or write to her at: 320 First St., 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 DAY IN SOLIDARITY WITH LEONARD PELTIER > FEBRUARY 6, 1999 > Feb. 6th of this year marks the 23rd year of Leonard's arrest. Each >year we mark this day with international marches and rallies. This year >is even more important than in the past because of the torture of >Leonard and the renewed growing campaign for justice for Leonard. >Please, where ever you maybe throughout the world, join with us in this >day of solidarity. We need to make a massive statement to end the >torture of Leonard and that people throughout the world demand justice >for Leonard. If you can help please contact the Leonard Peltier Defense >Commttee at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] We are asking that on that day that groups >write up solidarity statements for people in their areas to sign and send >them to: U.S. Pardon Attorney, Roger C. Adams, 500 First St. NW, >Suite 400 Ref: Leonard Peltier #89637-132, Washington, D.C. 20530 >USA. President Bill Clinton, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, >DC 20500 USA. (These should include support for clemency). To: Ms. >Kathlenn Hawk, Director, Bureau of Prisons, 320 First St., Washington, >DC 20534 USA. Warden Booker, Leavenworth Federal Prison, P.O. Box >1000, Leavenworth, KS 66048 USA. (These should demand the end of >the torture of Leonard and support for his treatment at the Mayo Clinic). >Please send copies to: LPDC. P.O. BOX 583, Lawrence, KS 66044 >USA. > NWLPSN FEBRUARY 6, 1999 MARCH AND RALLY--TACOMA, WA. >The march starts at 12:00 noon at the Puyallup Nation Tribal Grounds >(off I-5, exit 135 north, State Route 164 in Tacoma. The Tribal Grounds >are about a 1/4 mile on the right hand side of the road). We will march >from the Puyallup Nation Tribal Grounds to the Federal Court House in >downtown Tacoma at 1717 Pacific, where the rally will take place. > CARPOOLS will be leaving Seattle at 10:30 am from "Planned >Parenthood" parking lot at Madison and 22nd. In Olympia the >Committee for Justice for Mumia Abu-Jamal is organizing a carpool that >will met at 10:30 am at the parking lot of Value Village (corner of >Harrison and Division). > > INTERNATIONAL LEONARD PELTIER SOLIDARITY FAST > > Starting on February 6th the INTERNATIONAL LEONARD PELTIER >SOLIDARITY FAST will begin. The purpose of this fast is to end the >torture of Leonard Peltier NOW! The fast will continue with teams fasting >for two weeks at a time, then a new team will take over. We plan to >continue this fast until the torture of Leonard ends. On each day of the >fast different fasting people will be issueing statements calling for the >end of the torture. Starting on the first day of the fast, we are asking that >supporters each day send e-mail messages to: Ms. Kathleen Hawk, >Director, BOP at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] asking that Leonard be sent to the >Mayo Clinic and thus end the torture of Leonard Peltier. Those who wish >to be a part of this by either fasting or getting that statements of the >fasters please contact the NWLPSN at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > FOR MORE INFORMATION > > In the northwest of the U.S. and Canada you can contact us at: e-mail >bayou@blarg, or to get petitions, or to order our pamphlet "THE CASE >OF LEONARD PELTIER" ($3 for 1-5 copies or $2 for 6 or more copies) >or to make a donation (which we are badly in need of), or to be placed >on our mailing list or e-mail list, please write to: NWLPSN-OLYMPIA >OFFICE, 5201 Capital Blvd. Ste. 199, Olympa, WA 98501 USA. Or >vist our web site at; >http://members.aol.com/TurquoisWm/JusticeforLeonardPeltier.html. > > Outside of the northwest please contact: The Leonard Peltier Defense >Committee, P.O. Box 583, Lawrence, KS 66044 USA. Phome 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 the 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 > > Though we try to get out information on Leonard as widely as possible, >we do not wish to send our messages to anyone that does not want >them. To be removed from the NWLPSN list please send us a message >to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "remove" in the message. Thank you. > <<<<=-=-=FREE LEONARD PELTIER=-=-=>>>> If you think you are too small to make a difference; try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito.... African Proverb <<<<=-=http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ =-=>>>> IF it says: "PASS THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW...." Please Check it before you send it at: http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/blhoax.htm
