Free Peltier & Mumia Action Feb. 6 Boston
Mahtowin Munro & Moonanum James (uaine19@nfi.com)
Sat, 1 Feb 1997 12:17:49 -0500
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There will be a Boston demonstration to demand freedom for Leonard
Peltier, Mumia Abu-Jamal and all political prisoners on Thursday, February
6 at 4:30 pm. The action will take place in front of the McCormick Post
Office & Federal Courthouse Building on Congress Street in Post Office
Square, downtown Boston.
The demonstration is being sponsored by United American Indians of
New England (617-773-0406, email at uaine19@nfi.com) and the National
Peoples Campaign (617) 522-6626.
February 6th marks the anniversary of the arrest of American
Indian Movement warrior Peltier on February 6, 1976. Framed up by the
U.S. government for the shooting deaths of 2 FBI agents on Pine Ridge
Reservation in 1975, he is currently serving two consecutive life terms in
federal prison. Substantial evidence demonstrates Peltier's innocence,
including the fact that the FBI itself says that they do not know who
killed the 2 agents. The courts have denied all of Peltier's appeals for
a new trial, and Pres. Clinton refuses to review the clemency petition
that has been before him since his first term of office. The only way
Peltier, an innocent man, will gain his freedom is for is supporters to
take to the streets!
Mumia Abu-Jamal, noted African-American journalist and former
Black Panther Party leader, has been on Pennsylvania's death row since
1982, falsely convicted of shooting a Philadelphia cop. Mumia's
supporters fear that Pennsylvania courts will not grant him a new trial
and will soon order his execution.
The cases of these two political prisoners are known by millions
internationally and symbolize the repression of the U.S. government
against any political resistance.
Please join us on February 6. If you don't live in the Boston
area, we call on you to organize something where you live. We will be
happy to supply informational flyers, etc.
We are not vanishing. We are not conquered. We are as strong as ever.
UAINE