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Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 09:00:40 -0800
From: arthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Second Annual Washington Gathering To Fight Racism
Please post widely
From: NORTHWEST LEONARD PELTIER SUPPORT NETWORK
TACOMA OFFICE
P.O. BOX 5464
TACOMA, WA 98514-0464
e-mail; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SECOND ANNUAL
WASHINGTON GATHERING TO FIGHT RACISM
MARCH AND RALLY IN SOLIDARITY WITH
LEONARD PELTIER AND MUMIA ABU-JAMAL
AND THE STRUGGLE FOR NATIVE PRISONER'S RIGHTS
MAY 8, 1999, OLYMPIA, WA
12:00 NOON, MARCH STARTING POINT SYLVESTER PARK
(CORNER OF LEGION & CAPITAL)
1:00 P.M. RALLY, WASHINGTON STATE CAPITAL
This years WASHINGTON GATHERING TO FIGHT RACISM will be focusing on the
long struggles of political prisoners Mumia Abu-Jamal and Leonard Peltier.
These two cases have come to represent the worst in the institutionalized
racism in the U.S. so-called justice system. Also, these two cases
represent just how far the justice system we go to frame those that speak
out against injustice. There is a great bond of solidarity between Mumia
Abu-Jamal and Leonard Peltier, for they both know the great importance
their solidarity means to all political prisoners and the fight against
racism and injustice in this land.
We are also focusing on the struggle of Native Prisoners to regain their
religious rights in Washington State prisons. There has been a new wave of
denial of these rights that few people seem to know about. In focusing on
this issue we do also acknowledge the struggles of other prisoners as the
prison system is becoming more oppressive and reactionary everyday.
We ask for your help in publicizing this years WASHINGTON GATHERING TO
FIGHT RACISM. Please forward this message and our updates to all those that
you can. Please talk amoung you groups and organizations about organizing
people to attend this event. For those who wish to distribute flyers and
posters please contact the NWLPSN- Tacoma Office.
How far we are able to get the word out about this event depends on how
much money we are able to raise. The NWLPSN is a grassroots network with no
outside funding. Please send donations, if you can, to: NWLPSN-Olympia
Office, 5201 Capitol Blvd, Suite 119, Olympia, WA 98501.
MUMIA ABU JAMAL's Message of support for Leonard Peltier
Ona Move!
We, all of us, give solid thanks to Leonard Peltier and his numerous
supporters worldwide, for the principled assistance in France recently. I
deeply appreciate it - we ALL do.
Many years ago, when I was doing radio commentary for several
Philadelphia college stations, I frequently received taped reports from
communications people from AIM (American Indian Movement ), and promptly
reported such information to my audience. What I learned was that the U.S.
government was waging a vicious and unrelenting war against native people.
In (It) was a phase in that war that an innocent Lakota activist, Leonard
Peltier was dogged by this government, and framed for murder.
For almost a quarter of a century, this kind and gentle warrior, this
artist, this son of his people, has withstood the brutal assaults of the
U.S. government, against its own "law," its own constitution, its own
precedent.
On February 6, 1999 the calendar will strike 23 long and lonely years in
U.S. gulags for Leonard Peltier. Twenty-three years since an overtly
illegal extradition from Canada to the U.S. Twenty-three years in a Yankee
Iron Cage for the "crime" of resisting American repression. As we enter a
new century, it is past time for us to correct this vile injustice against
Leonard Peltier. Let a new century begin with an act of justice for the
Oglola people.
Free Leonard Peltier!
Free the MOVE 9! Long Live John Africa!
In the Spirit of Nat Turner
And Crazy Horse!
Ona Move!
Mumia
LEONARD PELTIER'S STATEMENT IN SOLIDARITY WITH
MUMIA ABU-JAMAL
Greetings friends, supporters and Mumia,
I know that this must be a sad and frustrating time for you as the
negative defeats that we have received in my case have been to us. I know
it is easy for me and others to tell you to not give up the fight. I
personally understand and know the feeling many times through this
twenty-three years of wanting to say the hell with it and give up--
believing that there is no way to defeat this evil empire. Sometimes it
just seems hopeless.
When this happens I am always reminded by my courageous supporters, like
those of you who are here today, that to accept defeat is not a warrior's
way.
As long as the people have not accepted defeat, neither will we. So I
would like to encourage you to stay strong and continue the fight until
Mumia is victorious.
It is an outrage that the courts continue to ignore blatant evidence and
continue to play legal games with our lives. This insanity is a huge
insult, not only to those of us who remain unjustly imprisoned, but to all
of you who dedicate your lives to our freedom and are ignored by the
corporate owned justice system and media.
I want to encourage supporters to intensify the struggle for Mumia's life.
I know you can stop this execution because no matter how evil a
government may be they still cannot defeat the power of the people. Your
work and help is needed more than ever. We must now live and breathe
Mumia's case twenty-four hours a day.
If we are able in unity to stop the execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal, we are
not only saving the life of the man who speaks for those who are not often
heard and who's stories are rarely told, but you are saving all of us who
remain unjustly behind bars from the depths of hopelessness. FREE MUMIA
ABU-JAMAL!
In The Spirit Of Crazy Horse
Leonard Peltier
END THE TORTURE OF LEONARD PELTIER NOW!
The federal Bureau Of Prisons continues to deny Leonard Peltier the
medical treatment that has been offered to him by the Mayo Clinic that
would end his continuous, excruciating pain. They do this even though the
doctors at the federal Springfield Medical Prison facility have stated that
there is nothing they can do for Leonard. This denial of the medical
treatment that Leonard needs is nothing short of politically motivated
torture! Please send e-mail messages to: Ms. Kathlenn Hawk Sawyer,
Director, Bureau Of Prisons, at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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