Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 13:42:23 From: Mitchel Cohen <mitchelcohen-AT-mindspring.com> Subject: Peltier: Last Day to Call White House FLOOD the WHITEHOUSE WITH PHONE CALLS FOR PELTIER! This message from Joan Kincaid, Central Nassau Greens: Just to remind everyone, today (Thursday) is the last day to call the white House re. Leonard Peltier. Please don't forget him. To reach the White House Comments Line just call (202) 456-1111. You will get a recording, but you can skip it by dialing "0" for the live people. Thanks, JPK >From Mitchel Cohen: I just called the White House hotline, and told them to free Leonard Peltier immediately; that Clinton has had 8 years to do this and it is appalling that he is first getting around to it now, and that we're sick of the orchestrated FBI bullshit campaign (yes, I used that word. The low-paid operator on the other end laughed!) of lies and torture. We want clemency for Leonard immediately. (Well, that's what I said. I think she wrote it all down.) Here's a message from the Peltier Defense Committee: CALL NOW TO FREE LEONARD PELTIER! The Leonard Peltier Defense Committee says it is ^Óextremely urgent^Ô for supporters of freedom for the Native American political prisoner to ^Ócall the White House comments line every day through Dec. 1^Ô and ^Óto organize as many friends and supporters as possible to make the calls as well. Clemency may be decided soon [before Clinton leaves office]. It^Òs now or never. The FBI camp has initiated their own phone campaign to the White House protesting clemency. We must drown them out. Leonard's support across the country is huge, but we must now make ourselves heard, more than ever.^Ô The Defense Committee continues: ^ÓTo reach the White House Comments Line just call (202) 456-1111. You will get a recording, but you can skip it by dialing "0" for the live people. What counts is that hundreds of calls come in every single day. Clinton needs to know he has our full support for Leonard's release. ^ÓYou may get an operator who seems very interested in talking, or someone who does not want to talk at all and doesn't care. This doesn't matter at all either. Whoever answers your call, they must tally the total at the end of the day and send the numbers upstairs to Mr. Clinton. Keep the message courteous and straightforward. Here is a sample:^Ô 1. Identify yourself and your state, any nation you belong to and any job title if you wish. 2. Explain that you want Clinton to immediately and unconditionally release Mr. Peltier. 3. Explain that Mr. Peltier never got a fair trial because the FBI coerced witnesses and concealed the ballistics test reflecting his innocence. 4. Mr. Peltier especially deserves clemency because of his incredible record of good deeds behind bars, such as sponsoring a Native scholarship program, adopting children in Central America, supporting battered women's centers and substance abuse programs, and sponsoring an annual Christmas clothing and toys drive for the children of Pine Ridge. 5. Time is running out to resolve this national tragedy, because Peltier now suffers from diabetes, a heart condition and high blood pressure. 6. Releasing Mr. Peltier will be an important first step in national reconciliation between the United States government and the Native American people of this country. [Really, this is all bullshit propaganda. A REAL first step would be to return all the lands, pack up the malls, stop genetically engineering the corn, free all political prisoners, pay reparations in the trillions (how about the total profits by every US corporation for the next 10 years?), permit Native peoples to rewrite the history books, realize that 1492 was the year the Indigenous people of Turtle Island discovered Columbus on their beach!!, get rid of the BIA ... to start with. -- Mitchel] ----------- For information, Leonard Peltier Defense Committee (785) 842-5774, www.freepeltier.org
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