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Leonard Peltier, imprisoned Native American activist, has new message for Biden in clemency push
Peltier, 77, has been held since 1977 for the deaths of two FBI agents. He maintains his innocence, and supporters say he deserves to be released on compassionate grounds.
Erik Ortiz, NBC News, March 24, 2022
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/leonard-peltier-imprisoned-native-american-activist-new-message-biden-rcna19731
Leonard Peltier, the Native American activist who has been imprisoned for nearly half a century for the murders of two FBI agents he has always maintained he didn't commit, is hopeful he'll have a chance to clear his name before he dies.
Peltier, 77, wants President Joe Biden to review his case and grant him clemency so he won't die in prison.
He's not looking for a presidential pardon, because it would be granted for a crime he insists he is innocent of.
Instead, he wants a new trial.
Even DNC Members Are Urging Biden To Let Leonard Peltier Go Home
“It is a matter of justice and compassion,” the DNC’s Native American Caucus leaders said of granting clemency to the ailing Indigenous rights activist.
Jennifer Bendery, HuffPost, Mar. 17, 2022
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/leonard-peltier-clemency-joe-biden_n_6233570ee4b009ab92f51d14
President Joe Biden is now facing pressure from within the Democratic National Committee to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier, the 77-year-old Indigenous rights activist who has served 46 years in prison despite no evidence that he committed a crime.
Democratic National Committee – Native American Caucus
Statement in Support of Clemency for Leonard Peltier
March 16, 2022
https://docs.google.com/viewerng/viewer?url=https://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/athena/files/2022/03/17/62336338e4b0d39357c49bcb.pdf
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Leonard Peltier, imprisoned Native American activist, has new message for Biden in clemency push
NBC news story carried by:
Leonard Peltier Asks Biden for Clemency, Insisting He Didn’t Kill 2 FBI Agents in 1975
Steve Neavling, ticklethewire.com, 3/24/2022
https://www.ticklethewire.com/2022/03/24/leonard-peltier-asks-biden-for-clemency-insisting-he-didnt-kill-2-fbi-agents-in-1975/
'I got to fight': Native American activist imprisoned since 1977 seeks new trial
by Elizabeth Faddis, Breaking News Reporter, Washington Examiner, March 24, 2022 02:20 PM
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/i-got-to-fight-native-american-activist-imprisoned-since-1977-seeks-new-trial
'I got to fight': Native American activist imprisoned since 1977 seeks new trial
The Gazette
https://gazette.com/news/us-world/i-got-to-fight-native-american-activist-imprisoned-since-1977-seeks-new-trial/article_ea325f96-4105-5d43-8d1b-92402e4de9cc.html
Leonard Peltier, imprisoned Native American activist, has new message for Biden in clemency push
NBC News - Erik Ortiz
https://flipboard.com/topic/coronavirus/leonard-peltier-imprisoned-native-american-activist-has-new-message-for-biden-/a-BIgA5ALyQFSws2tjTigWPw%3Aa%3A47769541-0033f8d2e2%2Fnbcnews.com
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OPINION: We Must Free Leonard Peltier
Eric B. Alipio, South Seattle Emerald, March 17, 2022 Editor
https://southseattleemerald.com/2022/03/17/opinion-we-must-free-leonard-peltier/
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| Featured Image: Chauncey Peltier talks for his father, Leonard Peltier,
at Many Rivers Festival on Oct. 2, 2016. Photo by Atl360Pic/Shutterstock.com |
High Times Greats: Leonard Peltier
Activist Leonard Peltier has been serving time for a crime many people believe he did not commit.
High Times, Sept 11, 2020
https://hightimes.com/culture/high-times-greats-leonard-peltier/
Free Political Prisoner Leonard Peltier
change.org
https://www.change.org/p/joe-biden-free-political-prisoner-leonard-peltier
IITC Letter to Biden Administration – Leonard Peltier. COVID-19
International Indian Treaty Council, Feb 2, 2022
https://www.iitc.org/iitc-letter-to-biden-administration-leonard-peltier-covid-19/
>download letter
Native activist Leonard Peltier remains in prison after 1975 shoot-out at Pine Ridge reservation
Recent diagnosis of COVID-19 spurs more calls to free Peltier
Katherine Locke, Navajo-Hopi Observer, Mar 8, 2022
https://www.nhonews.com/news/2022/mar/08/native-activist-leonard-peltier-remains-prison-aft
Activist Leonard Peltier asks President Biden for clemency
NewsCenter1 Staff, March 24, 2022
https://www.newscenter1.tv/activist-leonard-peltier-asks-president-biden-for-clemency/
Chair Grijalva speaks with imprisoned indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, sends updated clemency request to President Biden
From US Natural Resources Committee, Char-Koosta News Mar 4, 2022
“Like far too many of his Indigenous brothers and sisters, Mr. Peltier’s history has ben fabricated, rewritten, and erased at the hands of the U.S. government,” Chair Grijalva said. “In this case, it is not too late to take a stand against that injustice and move towards making it right. The Biden administration must take this opportunity to correct the record and free Leonard Peltier.”
http://www.charkoosta.com/news/chair-grijalva-speaks-with-imprisoned-indigenous-activist-leonard-peltier-sends-updated-clemency-request-to-president/article_a926b6fe-9bff-11ec-ae81-5bfeae55a297.html
Justice for Leonard Peltier
WORDS BY RUTH H. HOPKINS, 2.22.2022
“Leonard did not receive a fair trial,” she said. “The fact that Leonard is still behind bars speaks volumes to many of us who have or had incarcerated loved ones. Native Americans have not yet been included in any promise of federal justice reform, this needs to change.” Ruth and others held a Rise Up for Peltier Rally in Fargo, North Dakota, on February 7, 2022, in solidarity with other rallies held regionally, nationally, and globally demanding Leonard Peltier’s release. Jean Roach participated in another rally held that same day in Rapid City, South Dakota.
https://atmos.earth/justice-for-leonard-peltier/
WFNB
News > Kite Line > March 4, 2022: Freedom for Leonard Peltier
We return to the topic of long-term prisoner Leonard Peltier. Leonard Peltier is an American Indian organizer who has been imprisoned for 46 years. Now 77, he is suffering from a variety of illnesses exacerbated by his long imprisonment, including diabetes, partial blindness, and an aortic aneurysm. He recently was infected with COVID. A member of the American Indian Movement, Peltier participated in the communal defense of the Pine Ridge reservation in 1975, which had been overrun with police and FBI agents, along with government-backed paramilitaries. He participated in a shootout that led to the deaths of two FBI agents and another Native militant, but denies firing on the feds. He was found in Canada in 1976 and extradited based on false testimony. Today, he is the focus of a renewed effort to secure his release, with nine members of congress signing onto a letter requesting clemency. The question of whether Peltier will die in prison currently hangs in the balance so we are sharing this overview piece from the International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee.
https://wfhb.org/news/march-4-2022-freedom-for-leonard-peltier/
San Francisco Declares February 24th a Day of Solidarity with Leonard Peltier
Levi Rickert, Native News Online, 2/24/2022
The San Francisco City and County Board of Supervisors has declared February 24, 2022 as a Day of Solidarity with Leonard Peltier through a resolution passed unanimously at its regularly scheduled meeting on Feb. 15, 2022.
https://www.nativenewsonline.net/currents/san-francisco-declares-feb-24th-a-day-of-solidarity-with-leonard-peltier
This Day in History: Feb. 27, 1973 – American Indian Movement Takes Over Wounded Knee
Native News Online Staff, 2/27/2022
https://nativenewsonline.net/sovereignty/this-day-in-history-feb-27-1973-american-indian-movement-takes-over-wounded-knee
for the first time, New York Times reports on the cause:
Supporters Seek Clemency for Native American Activist Convicted in Killings
Mike Walker, New York Times, 2/24/2022
Leonard Peltier, sentenced to two life terms 45 years ago in the shooting of two F.B.I. agents, is now 77 and in poor health.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/26/us/politics/leonard-peltier-clemency-native-american.html
Why Wouldn’t Biden Grant Clemency to Leonard Peltier?
by Gustavo A Maranges and Bill Hackwell Dissident Voice, Feb 2, 2022
https://dissidentvoice.org/2022/02/why-wouldnt-biden-grant-clemency-to-leonard-peltier/
It’s time to free Leonard Peltier, America’s longest serving political Prisoner
KCRW, Scheer Intelligence, by Robert Scheer Dec. 03, 2021
Now, as Peltier struggles with his health at the age of 77, there is mounting pressure for President Biden to offer the Native American activist the presidential pardon so many of his predecessors--including Bill Clinton--have failed to give him. This week Sen. Patrick Leahy became the most senior U.S. government official to call for Peltier’s release, joining hundreds of thousands of people, including Pope Francis, Coretta Scott King, and Willie Nelson, who have expressed their support for Peltier. Even James Reynolds, the U.S. attorney who helped put Peltier in prison in the 1970s, appealed in a letter to Biden to send Peltier home.“I write today from a position rare for a former prosecutor: to beseech you to commute the sentence of a man who I helped put behind bars,” he wrote. “With time, and the benefit of hindsight, I have realized that the prosecution and continued incarceration of Mr. Peltier was and is unjust. We were not able to prove that Mr. Peltier personally committed any offense on the Pine Ridge Reservation.”
https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/scheer-intelligence/its-time-to-free-leonard-peltier-americas-longest-serving-political-prisoner
Leonard Peltier is one of America’s longest-serving Political Prisoners, and Biden may be his last hope
San Fransisco Bay View
repost: https://sfbayview.com/2021/12/leonard-peltier-is-americas-longest-serving-political-prisoner-and-biden-may-be-his-last-hope/
David Amram Supports Leonard Peltier Freedom Campaign
Dec 20, 2021
Silent Bear
https://youtu.be/ceM12bFQOxo
Opinion > Columns
Jonathan P. Baird: It’s time to release Leonard Peltier
By JONATHAN P. BAIRD
For the Monitor
Published: 12/20/2021 6:00:21 AM
https://www.concordmonitor.com/Jonathan-P-Baird-It-is-time-to-release-Leonard-Peltier-44028190
Leonard Peltier: The US’ Longest-Serving Political Prisoner
Dec 18, 2021
Going Underground on RT
https://youtu.be/6XdbViiZb4g
Free Peltier
Rutland Herald, Dec. 15, 2021, by Duane Natvig
https://www.rutlandherald.com/opinion/letters/free-peltier/article_b18719d8-4028-5766-a72e-59016321aaea.html
Graham Nash Pleads for Freedom for Leonard Peltier
Silent Bear, Dec 13, 2021
https://youtu.be/H1iojgGiFk0
Tom Morello Supports Leonard Peltier Freedom Campaign
Silent Bear, Dec 6, 2021
https://youtu.be/wIW1TxclGc0
Traditional Way of Life (feat. Tom Morello & Leonard Peltier)
DJ Free Leonard, Jan 10, 2021
https://youtu.be/_BOTWp7qEQQ
Leonard Peltier "I Will" Clemency Campaign - Part 3 - The Last Internationale
Douglas Busby, 6/24/2015
https://youtu.be/enb1aivC-Sw
High Times Greats: Leonard Peltier
Activist Leonard Peltier has been serving time for a crime many people believe he did not commit.
by High Times, Sept 11, 2020
https://hightimes.com/culture/high-times-greats-leonard-peltier/
yahoo news carries the story
'Pure Torture': Leonard Peltier Details Appalling Prison COVID Care
Jennifer Bendery, HuffPost, Feb 23, 2022
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/pure-torture-leonard-peltier-details-224320050.html
“I urge President Biden to commute Leonard Peltier’s prison sentence and release him from federal prison,” Leahy said in a statement. “Peltier, a prominent Native American activist, was imprisoned for crimes he and many other legal experts and advocates maintain he never committed. His trial was so riddled with flaws that even one of the prosecutors trying him has acknowledged that Peltier was wrongfully convicted. Peltier, now 77 years old and ailing with multiple health problems, has served more than 44 years in federal prison.”https://www.huffpost.com/entry/patrick-leahy-biden-leonard-peltier_n_61fd7fade4b0b69cfe8ee30e
Supporters of Leonard Peltier, activist FALSELY convicted of murdering FBI agents, call for his COVID release
WFLA News Channel 8, 1/31/2022
https://www.wfla.com/news/hillsborough-county/supporters-of-leonard-peltier-activist-convicted-of-murdering-fbi-agents-call-for-covid-release/
https://youtu.be/lO9DBYVhR_s
Indianz.Com covers the story:
International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee Press Conference
https://www.indianz.com/covid19/2022/01/31/leonard-peltier-defense-committee/
1/31/2022
www.WhoIsLeonardPeltier.info
For Immediate Release
Press Conference to Demand Immediate Hospitalization and
COVID Release from Prison for Native political prisoner Leonard Peltier
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| ILPDC Press Conference 1/31/2022 |
U.S. Federal Courthouse, 801 N. Florida Ave., Tampa FL (live feed info below)
International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee: facebook.com/PeltierHQ
Native political prisoner Leonard Peltier, who has been in U.S. federal prison for 46 years despite worldwide calls for his freedom, tested positive for COVID on Friday, Jan. 28.
Carol Gokee and Jean Roach, co-directors of the International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee (ILPDC) are hosting a press conference on Monday, Jan. 31 at 1:00 pm in Tampa to expose the failure of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to follow CDC guidelines and COVID guidelines issued by former Attorney General William Barr.
At 77 years old with severe health problems, Leonard Peltier is at great risk. Supporters are demanding his immediate transfer to a hospital to prevent complications that could endanger his life. He has diabetes, an aortic aneurysm, untreated kidney disease and high blood pressure. He also had open heart surgery recently.
Despite the extremely high transmissibility of the Omicron variant, the BOP had not provided booster shots to the prisoners at the Coleman I penitentiary, particularly to the Elders Unit, where Mr. Peltier is imprisoned.
“We are calling for Leonard to be transferred to a hospital immediately. He waited all day from 8:00 am on Friday when he told the authorities he was sick. He was not tested for hours. It was only at 7:00 pm that he was told the test result was positive,” says Gokee.
Roach says, “It is unconscionable that Leonard Peltier and the other prisoners were not given the booster shot. We demand that he be provided hospitalization to assure a higher chance of survival and recovery. Despite his eligibility for COVID release due to the pandemic, we are alarmed that he could face a death sentence by the BOP’s negligence. Leonard Peltier needs to be hospitalized, not just isolated in the prison.”
There is a growing chorus of voices calling on President Biden to free Mr. Peltier. On January 26, Brian Schatz, (D-Hawaii) Chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, wrote to President Biden, saying in part, “I write to urge you to grant a commutation of Leonard Peltier’s sentence.”
James H. Reynolds, who was the prosecutor at Mr. Peltier’s trial, wrote Biden on July 9, 2021, “I write today from a position rare for a former prosecutor: to beseech you to commute the sentence of a man who I helped put behind bars. … I have realized that the prosecution and continued incarceration of Mr. Peltier was and is unjust.”
A national Change.org petition is calling for Leonard Peltier’s hospitalization and freedom: Chng.it/xChWLc5vT6
The press conference will be livestreamed on the International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee Facebook page. Please join us at 1pm on January 31st at the link below:
https://www.facebook.com/1525759891020315/posts/3055748038021485/
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Tampa Bay CL carries the story:
Tampa rally calls for release of Leonard Peltier after he caught COVID-19 in prison
Peltier is an Indigenous activist wrongfully imprisoned and incarcerated in Coleman Correctional Institution about an hour north of Tampa.
Justin Garcia, 1/31/2022
https://www.cltampa.com/news/tampa-rally-calls-for-release-of-leonard-peltier-after-he-caught-covid-19-in-prison-12797050
Peltier’s Defense Committee Demands Release of 77-Year-Old Activist
Darren Thompson, Native News Online, 1/31/2022
https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/peltier-s-defense-committee-demands-release-of-77-year-old-activist
Yahoo carries Native News Online story:
Peltier’s Defense Committee Demands Release of 77-Year-Old Activist
Darren Thompson, 1/31/2022
https://news.yahoo.com/peltier-defense-committee-demands-release-032045709.html
'Please Do What Is Right': Native American Lawmakers Urge Biden To Free Leonard Peltier
The ailing Indigenous rights activist, who is 77, "deserves to live his final years among his people," say dozens of Native state legislators.
Jennifer Bendery, HuffPost, 2/01/2022
Activists call for release after Leonard Peltier positive for COVID-19
Arielle Stevenson, 2/2/2022
https://www.wmnf.org/activists-call-for-release-after-leonard-peltier-positive-for-covid-19/
Press conference to demand immediate hospitalization and COVID release from prison for Native political prisoner Leonard Peltier
Indian Country Today, 1/31/2022
https://indiancountrytoday.com/the-press-pool/press-conference-to-demand-immediate-hospitalization-and-covid-release-from-prison-for-native-political-prisoner-leonard-peltier
Leonard Peltier, Native American Political Prisoner, Tests Positive for COVID-19
Calls for clemency from legislators and longtime Peltier advocates have increased.
Lexi McMenamin, 2/2/2022
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/leonard-peltier-covid-clemency
Supporters of Leonard Peltier ask for COVID-19 release
Jim Monk, KVRR Local News, 2/1/2022
FARGO (KVRR) – Advocates say Leonard Peltier, the man convicted of killing two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, has COVID-19 and should be transferred to a hospital.
“On Friday, January 28, Leonard Peltier tested positive for COVID-19 at Coleman I U.S. Federal Penitentiary” according to the International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee.
https://www.kvrr.com/2022/02/01/supporters-of-leonard-peltier-ask-for-covid-19-release/
‘Please Do What Is Right’: Native American Lawmakers Urge Biden To Free Leonard Peltier
Geoge Smith, News Concerns, 2/2/2022
https://newsconcerns.com/please-do-what-is-right-native-american-lawmakers-urge-biden-to-free-leonard-peltier/
HuffPost
'Please Do What Is Right': Native American Lawmakers Urge Biden To Free Leonard Peltier
Jennifer Bendery, Yahoo!news, 2/1/2022
https://news.yahoo.com/please-native-american-lawmakers-urge-220618101.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANLVl7HPDi9Tr-Z3Y5Dw75YVP7s7Z1UxwtwGmzCdeCWxkh9VeDhFoPk5WxPvgZosI_gnpSh_D4pzYPsUPhweZ
Hxj0FzM25dYp5q6J5c5ZbHFyasnvzrcdyrJ5ye29wAsvCkNJnchvqWO2Uux3n4Zx1r4IaiWBN9peckAgKRmxEa6
‘We request that Mr. Peltier be immediately released’
Sen. Shendo again petitions Biden administration for AIM leader to leave prison after he caught COVID
Shaun Griswold, Source NM, 2/3/2022
https://sourcenm.com/2022/02/03/we-request-that-mr-peltier-be-immediately-released/
Leonard Peltier is America’s longest-held Indigenous prisoner. He should be freed
Millions have called for Peltier’s release since his incarceration, including Nelson Mandela and Bishop Desmond Tutu before their deaths. It’s time to act.
Janene Yazzie and Nick Estes, The Guardian, 2/2/2022
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/02/leonard-peltier-is-americas-longest-held-indigenous-prisoner-he-should-be-freed
US Political prisoner Leonard Peltier tests positive for COVID-19
Supporters are demanding hospitalization and clemency for the longest-serving US political prisoner following his COVID-19 diagnosis
Peltier’s trial was rife with misconduct.
Peoples Dispatch, 1/31/2022
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/01/31/us-political-prisoner-leonard-peltier-tests-positive-for-covid-19/
Morning Star online carries the story:
US political prisoner Leonard Peltier tests positive for Covid-19
Supporters are demanding hospitalisation and clemency for the longest-serving US political prisoner following the Native American rights activist’s diagnosis
Morning Star Online 2/3/2022
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/f/us-political-prisoner-and-native-american-rights-activist-leonard-peltier-tests-positive
Why Wouldn’t Biden Grant Clemency to Leonard Peltier?
Gustavo A Maranges and Bill Hackwell, Dissident Voice,2/2/2022
But why should Biden grant executive pardon to an Indigene who allegedly killed two FBI agents? Recognizing the injustice might be the first reason to do it since there is plenty of evidence supporting Peltier’s long-standing innocence.
https://dissidentvoice.org/2022/02/why-wouldnt-biden-grant-clemency-to-leonard-peltier/
Biden Should Free Peltier Right Now
On behalf of all Indigenous people in the U.S. and across the globe, enough is enough. We call on President Biden to commute the sentence of Leonard Peltier.
Levi Rickert, Common Dreams, 2/2/2022
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/02/02/biden-should-free-peltier-right-now
Leonard Peltier has COVID-19: Action needed to get him care
Joyce Chediac, Liberation News, 2/2/2022
https://www.liberationnews.org/leonard-peltier-has-covid-19-action-needed-to-get-him-care/
Free Leonard Peltier - Message from Ani DiFranco
righteousbaberecs, Dec 10, 2021
https://youtu.be/Ti13_jiLpEo
Indigenous Political Prisoner Leonard Peltier Has Covid and Is Being Denied Treatment
Native American activist and political prisoner Leonard Peltier has Covid-19. Decades of imprisonment in torturous conditions and multiple health issues place him in great danger. He must be treated and freed immediately.
Sam Carliner, Left Voice, 2/4/2022
https://www.leftvoice.org/indigenous-political-prisoner-leonard-peltier-has-covid-and-is-being-denied-treatment/
Indigenous Leaders Advocating for Release of Leonard Peltier
Local News, Rapid City News, South Dakota News
C.J. Keene, Newsradio KOTA, 2/4/2022
http://www.kotaradio.com/2022/02/04/indigenous-leaders-advocating-for-release-of-leonard-peltier/
Democracy Now!, 1/31/2022
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/1/31/leonard_peltier_covid_19_prison_conditions
https://youtu.be/2e-RvgRRkvI
Free Speech TV carries the story:
Leonard Peltier Has COVID; His Lawyer — an Ex-Federal Judge — Calls for Native Leader to Be Freed
1/31/2022
https://freespeech.org/stories/leonard-peltier-has-covid-his-lawyer-an-ex-federal-judge-calls-for-native-leader-to-be-freed/
President Biden: Enough is Enough, Free Leonard Peltier
Levi Rickert
Sun, January 30, 2022
https://www.yahoo.com/now/president-biden-enough-enough-free-153812689.html
Free Leonard Peltier! COVID-19 inside prison
Judy Greenspan, Workers World, 1/31/2022
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic currently raging through the jail, prison and detention centers of this country, Leonard Peltier (Turtle Mountain Band, Chippewa Nation), an Indigenous leader and political prisoner, has issued a cry for help.
https://www.workers.org/2022/01/61466/
Massive love and prayers to go Leonard to successfully fight this virus, and gain immunity
1/30/2022 Press Release:
INTERNATIONAL LEONARD PELTIER DEFENSE COMMITTEE
Elder Political Prisoner Leonard Peltier contracts Covid 19 at USP
Coleman 1 as BOP fails to follow CDC Covid Guidelines. ILPDC
Demands Covid Release for Leonard Peltier
https://leonardpeltiermatters.com/Press_Release.pdf
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| Painting by Leonard Peltier |
Leonard Peltier has COVID, 46 years in prison! Hospitalize and free him now!
change.org petition
https://chng.it/z57pwWNG2K
Dear President Biden: Release Leonard Peltier
The Last Real Indians, 10/30/2021
https://lastrealindians.com/news/2021/10/30/dear-president-biden-release-leonard-peltier
Peltier Defense Committee: CDC Guidelines Are Not Followed at U.S. Penitentiary — Leads to Peltier Contracting COVID-19
Levi Rickert, Native News Online, 1/29/2022
https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/peltier-defense-committee-cdc-guidelines-are-not-followed-at-u-s-penitentiary-leads-to-peltier-contracting-covid-19
Leonard Peltier Tests Positive For COVID-19
Levi Rickert, Native News Online, 1/29/2022
https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/breaking-news-leonard-peltier-tests-positive-for-covid-19
Leonard Peltier Tests Positive For COVID-19
The ailing 77-year-old Native American rights activist has been pleading for help in prison and was never given a coronavirus booster shot.
Jennifer Bendery, HuffPost, 1/28/2022
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/leonard-peltier-covid-positive_n_61f4a8f2e4b04f9a12bd7138?fbclid=IwAR0oLCGy_HNFbA5iW8vduC4_Lj_YGRJVjvznFDtJLCwj1iurDOagEh7hky0
yahoo carries the story:
https://news.yahoo.com/leonard-peltier-tests-positive-covid-035323995.html
The Bharat Express News carries the story:
https://www.thebharatexpressnews.com/leonard-peltier-tests-positive-for-covid-19/
Leonard Peltier tests positive for COVID-19; attorney pushing for compassionate release from federal prison
Angie Wieck, Inforum, 1/29/2022
https://www.inforum.com/news/aim-activist-leonard-peltier-tests-positive-for-covid-19-in-federal-prison
Native American Activist Leonard Peltier Pleads from Prison Amid Pandemic
NPR: The Takeaway, January 27, 2022
For the past 45 years, Leonard Peltier has been behind bars for a crime he says he didn't commit. The Native American activist was accused of killing two FBI agents during a shootout on Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota in 1975. Peltier was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences, and he's been denied parole several times since. Over the years, his imprisonment has been denounced by people like Pope Francis, Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama, and more. Many people expected former President Bill Clinton to grant him clemency, but he didn't — and neither have any subsequent presidents. The U.S. attorney who helped put Peltier in prison has even pleaded with President Joe Biden to grant him clemency. Now, Peltier is begging for help amid the COVID pandemic. According to reporting from the Huffington Post, he says quote "fear and stress" associated with his prison's COVID lockdowns are taking a toll on everyone, including himself. At 77 years old, Peltier has serious health problems including an abdominal aortic aneurysm and diabetes. For more on Peltier and his activism, The Takeaway spoke to Kent Blansett, the Langston Hughes Associate Professor of Indigenous Studies and History at the University of Kansas and a Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Shawnee, and Potawatomi descendant.
https://www.npr.org/podcasts/381444253/pri-the-takeaway?fbclid=IwAR1wlzGQTRf_r-BSweMQ_rr7AY7ma5uE6AxE-_41P7k-_CfssU3jqlPFEyg
Could America’s longest-serving ‘political prisoner’ be on the verge of freedom?
Native American Leonard Peltier has spent four decades in jail and is in poor health. Clemency from President Biden is his only hope, writes Jade Bremner
Independent, 12/27/2021
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/leonard-peltier-clemency-joe-biden-b1976098.html
My Turn: Leonard Peltier is America’s Nelson Mandela
David Detmold, Greenfield Recorder, 11/30/2021
https://www.recorder.com/my-turn-detmold-FreeLeonardPeltierNow-43773954
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| Marchers carry a large painting of jailed American Indian Leonard Peltier during a march for the National Day of Mourning in Plymouth, Mass., on Nov. 22. AP |
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| Former South African President Nelson Mandela (R) listens to Clyde image: Bellecourt, director of the American Indian Movement, making an appeal for the case of Leonard Peltier at the Minneapolis Club in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Nov. 21, 2000. |
Peter Gabriel Supports Leonard Peltier Freedom Campaign
Silent Bear, 12/6/2021
https://youtu.be/Fn4yHyHMmEo
Pressenza - L'appello di Naila Clerici per la liberazione di Leonard Peltier
Pressenza Italia, 12/31/2021
https://youtu.be/z2wNx9gxC6A
‘60 Songs That Explain the ’90s’: When Rage Against the Machine Brought the Revolution to the Suburbs
Rob Harvilla, The Ringer, 1/19/2022
“Freedom” is the last song on the first Rage Against the Machine record; its video, ubiquitous on MTV for a time, is an explicit plea for the release of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted of aiding and abetting the murder of two FBI agents during a shootout at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota in 1975. Peltier has been imprisoned since 1977 despite widespread outcry that he is innocent, that key evidence was withheld at the trial, and that the eyewitnesses who testified at the trial were coerced by the FBI. Leonard Peltier is still in prison. The “Freedom” video ends with the statement WE DEMAND AND SUPPORT THE REQUEST THAT LEONARD PELTIER BE GRANTED EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY AND BE RELEASED; JUSTICE HAS NOT BEEN DONE, broken up a few words at a time in giant white letters on screen while the band thrashes through the loudest and screamiest and raddest part of the song.https://www.theringer.com/2022/1/19/22890721/rage-against-the-machine-killing-in-the-name
The author is Virginia Beavert. But that’s not her only name.https://mynorthwest.com/3325860/anaku-iwacha-book-of-yakama-legends-and-stories-is-back/
“My Indian name is Tuxámshish,” she said at the start of a recent interview with KIRO Newsradio.
Beavert has led – and is still leading – an amazing life. For decades, she has done so much to preserve and share Sahaptin dialects and other Native languages, as well as the culture and history of the original inhabitants of the Columbia Plateau – maybe more so than anyone else. She was born in Oregon in 1921, and grew up in the Yakima Valley with parents and grandparents who spoke many tribal dialects and languages that she learned to speak as well.
It is time for Leonard Peltier to go home. https://t.co/FpiKbNlqwP
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) January 29, 2022
Sen. Brian Schatz Urges Biden To Commute Leonard Peltier’s Prison Sentence
The ailing 77-year-old Native American rights activist “meets appropriate criteria” for going home, says the Senate Indian Affairs Committee chair.
Jennifer Bendery, HuffPost, 1/26/2022
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/brian-schatz-leonard-peltier-native-american-prison-clemency_n_61f1dfbde4b094ce54a5b58c
Senator Brian Schatz' letter to Biden: https://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/athena/files/2022/01/27/61f1e86be4b094ce54a5bbc1.pdf
Details on yesterday's letter to Biden from Sen. Schatz, chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee:
“Mr. Peltier meets appropriate criteria for commutation."
https://twitter.com/jbendery/status/1486787138532392962
Schatz to Biden:
"Mr. Peltier meets appropriate criteria for commutation: (1) his old age and critical illness, (2) the amount of time he has already served, and (3) the unavailability of other remedies."
"Mr. Peltier should be granted a commutation of his sentence.”
9:08 PM · 1/26/2022
The Bhrat Express News carries the story:
Senator Brian Schatz urges Biden to Commute Leonard Peltier's prison sentence
1/22/2022
https://www.thebharatexpressnews.com/senator-brian-schatz-urges-biden-to-commute-leonard-peltiers-prison-sentence/
yahoo carries the story:
Sen. Brian Schatz Urges Biden To Commute Leonard Peltier’s Prison Sentence
Jennifer Bendery
Wed, January 26, 2022
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, on Wednesday urged President Joe Biden to commute Leonard Peltier’s prison sentence and let the Native American rights activist finally go home.
“I commend your administration’s commitment to righting past wrongs in our criminal justice system. In continuing that work as you consider recommendations for individuals to receive clemency, I write to urge you to grant a commutation of Leonard Peltier’s sentence,” Schatz wrote to Biden in a new letter obtained by HuffPost.It's time for President Biden to use his vast clemency power
“Mr. Peltier meets appropriate criteria for commutation: (1) his old age and critical illness, (2) the amount of time he has already served, and (3) the unavailability of other remedies,” the Democratic senator said. “Mr. Peltier should be granted a commutation of his sentence.”
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/sen-brian-schatz-urges-biden-010745244.html
Darren Thompson, Native News Online 1/4/2022
MINNEAPOLIS — The American Indian Movement’s Grand Governing Council (AIMGGC) announced on Tuesday that it’s organizing a freedom walk for Leonard Peltier later this year, from September 1 through November 14, 2022.
https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/american-indian-movement-announces-walk-for-leonard-peltier
Tampa Bay activists to host a 'Free Leonard Peltier' event and film screening this month (January)
By Justin Garcia on Mon, Jan 17, 2022
Peltier is an Indigenous prisoner still being held despite calls from around the world for his release.
https://www.cltampa.com/news/tampa-bay-activists-to-host-a-free-leonard-peltier-event-and-film-screening-this-month-12716493
CLEMENCY FOR NATIVE AMERICAN ELDER LEONARD PELTIER
https://act.amnestyusa.org/page/96017/action/1?locale=en-US&fbclid=IwAR1_PKetFSLuIUx7TshnUgNEDI8jmvsMfsU1-vOjk0EfvxlpiGZk0Tkj7jg
President Biden: Enough is Enough, Free Leonard Peltier
By Levi Rickert, Native News Online, 1/30/2022
https://nativenewsonline.net/opinion/president-biden-enough-is-enough-free-leonard-peltier
'Tears of joy': Large turnout to Dakota memorial ride to honor slain ancestors
Jordan Smith, Free Press, 12/26/2021
Several others lamented the imprisonment of Leonard Peltier, who for 44 years has been behind bars for his alleged involvement in the 1975 killing of two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Peltier says he was present for the shoot-out, which also left one Native American dead, but steadfastly denies having killed anyone.
Riders carried a staff made for Peltier and had a moment of silence to pray for the man whom human rights groups designate a political prisoner. A 77-year-old diabetic with heart problems, Peltier has grown increasingly frail in prison.
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America’s longest-serving political prisoner Leonard Peltier has said that prison has become a “torture chamber” as Covid-19 lockdowns have turned “an already harsh environment into an asylum”.
The Native American activist, who has spent more than four decades behind bars for a crime he says he didn’t commit, told HuffPost that the pandemic has pushed life inside “back to the Dark Ages” and that the “fear and stress” is taking its toll on both inmates and staff. Could America’s longest-serving ‘political prisoner’ be on the verge of freedom?
“COVID has turned Coleman Prison back to the Dark Ages,” he said.Longest-serving political prisoner in U.S. history Leonard Peltier begs for help in COVID lockdowns
“I’m in hell, and there is no way to deal with it but to take it as long as you can. I cling to the belief that people are out there doing what they can to change our circumstances in here.
“The fear and stress are taking a toll on everyone, including the staff. You can see it in their faces and hear it in their voices. The whole institution is on total lockdown.”
Peltier, who is 77 years old and has various health conditions, described the loneliness of being locked down with “no phone, no window, no fresh air — no humans to gather — no love ones voice” as similar to “staring down the face” of a death penalty.
“In and out of lockdown last year at least meant a shower every third day, a meal beyond a sandwich wet with a little peanut butter — but now with COVID for an excuse, nothing,” he said.
“No phone, no window, no fresh air — no humans to gather — no love ones voice. No relief. Left alone and without attention is like a torture chamber for the sick and old.”
He added: “They are turning an already harsh environment into an asylum, and for many who did not receive a death penalty, we are now staring down the face of one!
“Help me, my brothers and sisters, help me my good friends.”
Leonard Peltier Pleads For Help Amid Constant COVID Lockdowns In Prison
The Native American rights activist, now 77 and ailing, says "fear and stress" from unbearable periods of isolation is breaking him and others.
Jennifer Bendery, HuffPost, 1/23/2022
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/leonard-peltier-prison-covid_n_61eb2a5be4b03216750ab8ea
Leonard Peltier Is America’s Longest-Serving Political Prisoner. Biden May Be His Last Hope.
The FBI put the Native American activist behind bars 44 years ago based on lies, threats and no proof he committed a crime. Why is he still there?
Jennifer Bendery, HuffPost, 11/12/2021
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/leonard-peltier-prison-clemency-biden_n_618049f3e4b059d0bfc19e5c
Leonard Peltier Pleads For Help Amid Constant COVID Lockdowns In Prison
Oliver Smith, News Concerns, 1/23/2022
https://newsconcerns.com/leonard-peltier-pleads-for-help-amid-constant-covid-lockdowns-in-prison/
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Leonard Peltier Calls Prison Conditions “Torture” Amid COVID Lockdowns and Neglect
Democracy Now headline, 1/26/2022
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/1/26/headlines/leonard_peltier_calls_prison_conditions_torture_amid_covid_lockdowns_and_neglect
In the Dark Political Prisoners Wish for Light
Vijay Prashad, Consortium News, 1/25/2022
https://consortiumnews.com/2022/01/25/in-the-dark-political-prisoners-wish-for-light/
ADAMS: Reflections on Bloody Sunday
Gerry Adams, Irish Echo 2/3/2022
Leonard Peltier has Covid. The Native American rights activist has spent almost 45 years in prison and was already suffering ill-health. His family and supporters are deeply concerned at this serious risk to his life and have renewed their appeal for President Joe Biden to exercise clemency. I support their call for Leonard to be freed.
https://www.irishecho.com/2022/2/adams-reflections-on-bloody-sunday
Free Leonard Peltier! COVID-19 inside prison
By Judy Greenspan, Workers World, 1/31/2022
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic currently raging through the jail, prison and detention centers of this country, Leonard Peltier (Turtle Mountain Band, Chippewa Nation), an Indigenous leader and political prisoner, has issued a cry for help.
https://www.workers.org/2022/01/61466/
Bury My Heart with Leonard Peltier
How long will he still be with us? How long will the genocide continue?
Michael Moore. 1/30/2022
https://www.michaelmoore.com/p/freeleonardpeltier
Patrick Leahy Agrees: It's Time to Free Leonard Peltier
The American Indian Movement activist—often called America's longest-incarcerated political prisoner—has been jailed 44 years after being dubiously convicted of murdering two FBI agents.
Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams, 12/1/2021
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/01/patrick-leahy-agrees-its-time-free-leonard-peltier
52nd National Day of Mourning
K. James, Workers World, 12/31/2021
https://www.workers.org/2021/12/60646/
Decolonizing the holiday: A way forward on Thanksgiving?
Albert Bender, People's World, 12/14/2021
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/decolonizing-the-holiday-a-way-forward-on-thanksgiving/
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