[GPCA Updates] Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee Blog Update

Tue Feb 7 18:15:52 PST 2012

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Dear Green Party Members,

Remember to sign our petition on line if you haven't yet done so.  Or better
yet, download a copy to collect signatures to sent back to me to be sent to
Obama at the end of his term.

Go to www.cagreens.org/caucuses <http://www.cagreens.org/caucuses> to find the
petitions on the Free Leonard Peltier Caucus page.

Ever Green,
Dorothy Kemeny

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Call to Action: Call the White House for Leonard Peltier
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Posted: 05 Feb 2012 10:30 PM PST

Today marks the 36th anniversary of the arrest of Leonard Peltier. Today, be
certain to call the White House comment line to request the release of Leonard
Peltier on humanitarian and constitutional grounds. Call 202-456-1111
<tel:202-456-1111>. If the lines are busy, try the White House
switchboard at (202) 456-1414 <tel:%28202%29%20456-1414>. Ask for the comment
line. You may be placed on
hold until the next available staffer can take your call.

Thank you for all you do on Leonard's behalf.
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06 February Anniversary Message from Leonard Peltier
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Posted: 05 Feb 2012 10:09 PM PST

Greetings to my relations, my friends, and to my many supporters the world over.

It is that time again. Another year has passed, and on February 6th I will be
marking 36 years since my arrest. During all this time, my family and allies
have discovered just how far the government will go to wrongfully convict and
imprison someone they know is innocent. They do this as a message—first to
Indians, and further to anyone who might stand up to injustice—as if to say,
“We will do as we please”.

  From the day of my arrest until now, through you my supporters, I have been
honored with many activist and humanitarian awards. I thank you for keeping
awareness of me and my case alive. Your commitment has really been a special
experience for me.

In addition many celebrities, political figures, and organizations have called
for my release, including 55 members of Congress. This last November, the
National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) passed a permanent resolution
calling for my release. Well let’s hope its not that permanent. The NCAI has
committed to being directly involved with my case so that the message from
Washington to Indian people does not remain, “We will do as we please”.

Still, despite all this attention and with all the leaders and people of
conscience calling for my release, I have been kept in this iron cage. They
have even kept me longer than their own laws say they can. With evidence
corroborating that I did not receive a fair trial, with proof of government
misconduct, with admissions by government officials that they do not know who
killed those two agents that day at the Jumping Bull property, here I sit. “We
will do as we please.”

Recently, as many of you know, an act was passed and signed into law that
allows for indefinite detention of American citizens without charge or trial.
This is perhaps the final straw, the final nail in the coffin of American
freedom, the end of habeas corpus and due process. “We will do as we please.”

We Indians said it for generations: If they can kill us indiscriminately, they
will do it to anyone. If they can take our land, they will do it to anyone. If
they can kidnap our children and take them to prison schools, they will do it
to anyone. If they can starve us and lie to us, they will do it to anyone. If
they can wrongfully imprison us, they will do it to anyone. Now, sadly, this
is another Indian prophecy fulfilled. “We will do as we please.”

Our ancestors and tribal people all over the world prophesized a time of
upheaval and great change. I believe that time is fast approaching. I believe
a part of this is the government’s ongoing overreach of its authority—until
the people rise up and tell Washington, “You will NOT do as you please! We are
NOT your slaves! We will NOT be subjugated! We will NOT be ruled by an iron
fist! We will NOT allow you to steal our liberty or our justice!"

My friends, my relatives, my supporters—Be a part of this latest, perhaps the
last "Indian uprising". Make your voice heard! Be a part of the brave Movement
to come, the Movement that will change the course of human history. Make
change and hope and peace and justice a part of your personal legacy. Be the
change that you envision and know in your heart must take place.

Do this, and on the day you take your last breath and prepare to meet Creator,
you will know your life on this Earth was well spent. Close your eyes knowing
you used your breath and energy to Creator’s good purpose. Smile as you cross
over knowing you changed the world so that the next seven generations can know
a good life. Do these things and know that I am with you. I will embrace you
as my relations—in this life or the next.

Mitakuye Oyasin.

In the Spirit of Crazy Horse,

Leonard Peltier
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