Free Leonard Peltier

A call to free Leonard Peltier After 50 Years in Prison

October 15, 2023 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Lawfare, Native American Genocide, Native Americans, Political Prisoners, Prisoners, Prisons and Prisoners, Racism, The War at Home

by Phil Pasquini, published on Countercurrents, September 14, 2023 On Leonard Peltier’s 79th birthday, September 12 his family members along with hundreds of Native American activists and numerous supporters demonstrated at the White House calling on President Biden to grant him clemency so that he will not die in prison. Peltier, who was convicted in 1977 of killing 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[…]

January 22 Oakland, CA United National Antiwar Coalition Rally Draws New Support

January 26, 2023 UNAC Editor Action!!, Protest, Resistance, The War at Home

by Jeff Mackler, January 25, 2023 The United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) call for January 14-22, 2023 nationally-coordinated antiwar and social justice protests commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthdate drew actions in 90 U.S. cities. The protests recalled Dr. King’s historic condemnation of the U.S. war in Vietnam when he excoriated that ten-year genocidal horror that took the lives[…]