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Justice Denied and Delayed—Leonard Peltier Commutation While Marcus Garvey Is Pardoned

January 31, 2025 UNAC Editor Native Americans, Racism, Resistance, The War at Home

by Abyome Azikiwe, published on Global Research, January 30, 2025 On this year’s annual holiday to commemorate the life, times and contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968), news had quickly spread regarding the long-delayed decision to commute the life sentence of American Indian Movement (AIM) leader Leonard Peltier. Peltier was charged in the 1975 killing of two FBI[…]

Leonard Peltier’s 46 Years in Prison: ‘What Else Do You Want?’

April 1, 2023 UNAC Editor Native Americans, Police Corruption, Political Prisoners

by Mark Trahan, published on Fire This Time, Winter Edition 2023 (originally published on the Navajo/Hopi Observer, October 18, 2023) Sadly, though according to this article, Leonard Peltier’s request for Clemency was sent to the President months ago, he remains in prison to this day. Justice delayed is justice denied. Free Leonard Peltier NOW! [jb] Leonard Peltier’s name has[…]

Clyde Bellecourt: the Thunder Before the Storm

January 19, 2022 UNAC Editor Native Americans, Peoples' Movements, Resistance

by Stephanie Tromblay, published on Workers World, January 18, 2021 Hundreds gathered to honor the life of Clyde Bellecourt, White Earth Ojibwe, in Minneapolis, Jan. 13. Bellecourt, 85, was the last living founding member of the American Indian Movement and a lifelong civil-rights activist known worldwide. (Star Tribune, Jan. 13) Bellecourt, whose Ojibwe name is Neegawnwaywidung, (the Thunder Before the[…]