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Statement of Peace and Freedom Party Presidential Candidate Leonard Peltier
by Leonard Peltier
Monday, Mar. 22, 2004 at 8:11 PM
SteveArgue1@yahoo.com
New site started to help facilitate the campaign in Pennsylvania: Leonard Peltier for President of the United States (Pennsylvania) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Peltier_Pennsylvania
Statement of Peace and Freedom Party Presidential Candidate Leonard Peltier:
I am a Native American who has suffered nearly 28 years in prison, even though government attorneys and courts acknowledge that the government withheld evidence, fabricated evidence, and coerced witnesses to fraudulently convict me. But the courts say they have no power to correct the wrongs of our government. If the Courts do not, who does?
I will ensure that all peoples receive justice. Environmental protection is paramount for our survival. The earth is our sacred Mother who nourishes us. Our government is destroying the earth by allowing its usurpation for greedy purposes. I will protect the environment. All minorities must be allowed to maintain their languages and traditions with dignity. I personally suffered the indignity of being deprived of speaking my native tongue and following Lakota traditions. This country has engaged in genocidal policies to exterminate virtually every minority, especially those who express dissent and seek equal justice. Now is the time to end the continuing injustices of this government and ensure liberty and equal health care to all. Luther Standing Bear, a Sioux Chief, stated: "Out of the Indian approach to life became a great freedom - an intense and absorbing love for nature; a respect for life; enriching in a supreme power; and principals of truth, honesty, generosity, equity, and brotherhood as a guard to mundane relations." That statement exemplifies the basic truths of life. I will represent all people, not the entrepreneurs who care only how much money can be stuffed into their pockets.
-Leonard Peltier
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Leonard Peltier for President!
The majority of voters in the March 2nd Peace and Freedom Party Primary voted to put Leonard Peltier on the November ballot in California.
Leonard Peltier is not the first political prisoner to be run for president of the United States. In 1920 Eugene Debs, who was jailed for opposition to US entry into the First World War, ran from prison for the Socialist Party and got nearly a million votes.
Let's make Leonard Peltier’s Campaign a nationwide statement against war, racism, and the capitalist system.
For those who say a vote for Peltier is a vote for Bush: If you elect Kerry and he continues the policies of war, mass incarceration of the poor, environmental destruction, racism, union busting, NAFTA, and the imprisonment of political leaders like Peltier as we've had for the past twelve years of Clinton/Bush you have no-one to blame but your own support to the war rotten Democrat Party.
It’s time to stop letting the Democrats get away with murder.
This is one of a series of sites that has just now been started to facilitate discussion and action in support of Leonard Peltier’s presidential campaign. This type of outreach has already contacted activists who have committed to putting Leonard Peltier on the ballot in New Jersey.
-Steve Argue
groups.yahoo.com/group/Peltier_Pennsylvania
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by DBI Adam
Friday, Mar. 26, 2004 at 7:41 PM
tomjoad@guerrillaunderground.com
This is a very important statement as Leonard is living example of indigenous oppression in the United States, if people are unfamiliar with this topic I recommend checking out:
Peter Matthiessen "In the Spirit of Crazy Horse"
Ward Churchill "Agents of Repression"
Leonard Peltier "My Life is my Sun Dance"
Russell Means "Where White Men Fear to Tread
I spent some time time on Pine Ridge reservation (where so many have lost their live and voice) There are still bullet holes from the FBI sponsored Goon partrols that can be seen today. Not enough can be said about this topic.
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