END THE TORTURE OF LEONARD PELTIER NOW!
THE LEONARD PELTIER SOLIDARITY FAST/HUNGER STRIKE
STATEMENT
Whereas, the medical condition of American Indian Movement activist and political prisoner Leonard Peltier is severe and could become potentially life threating, the repeated denials by the federal prison system, for two and a half years, of the necessary medical treatment offered by the Mayo Clinic is nothing other than politically motivated torture. Leonard Peltier has been, and is, living daily in excrutiating pain. The U.S. Government should be held accountable for this act of torture. Should Leonard Peltiers condition become critical, the denial of medical treatment offered for free by the Mayo Clinic should be viewed as an act of attempted murder.
Therefore, THE LEONARD PELTIER SOLIDARITY FAST/HUNGER STRIKE will begin on February 6th, and has the purpose of calling attention to and helping to mobilize support to end the torture of Leonard Peltier. This campaign will continue until Leonard is undergoing treatment in the Mayo Clinic.
Upon February 6th, we are asking those who can to join us on this hunger strike. Each day of the fast two different fasters will issue a statement, one in the morning and one in the evening, in their own words calling for the end of the torture. We are also asking people who support this campaign to help widely distribute these statements.
Furthermore, we are asking that supporters on each day of the hunger strike e-mail messages to: Ms. Kathleen Hawk, Director, Bureau Of Prisons at: swolfson@bop.gov , asking that Leonard be allowed medical treatment at the Mayo Clinic. We are also asking supporters to take whatever positive local actions will advance this campaign.In The Spirit Of Crazy Horse
Fasters/Hunger Strikers Dale Pfeiffer, Clarkston, Michigan, IWW Delegate, novelist Arthur J. Miller, Tacoma, Washington, coordinator of the Northwest Leonard Peliter Support Network, IWW Delegate, publisher of Bayou La Rose, marine pipefitter. William Boemmels, Stratford, Connecticut, Malecite, Engineer Gina Chiala, Lawrence, Kansas, International Office of the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee. Keith McHenry, Lawrence, Kansas, International Office of the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee. Ron (Saquiiyona) Dunning, Tupper Lake, New York, Shawnee, Adult Basic Education Teacher, NYS Dept. Of Corrections, jewelry maker, traditional story teller, ornamental gardener/contractor.Lois Brooks, Barbara Fortier, Atlanta, Georgia, Leonard Peltier Support Group-Atlanta, ballet dancer, teacher and dance school director. Waabnong Kwe, Toronto, Ontario, Tsalagi and Ojibway Nations, AIDS Educator. Becky Delaney, Rushville, OH, Darlene Holland-Hayter, Crystal River, Florida, Choctaw/Cherokee, Recording Secretary Native American Indian Center of Citrus/Levy counties of Florida. Pilar de La Serna, Basque Country, Spain, Se Ven Sioux Kolektibo, Leonard Peltier Support Group-Basque Country. John Rosania, Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade. Rachel Ann Carey-Harper, Dennis (Cape Cod), Massachusetts, Yarmouth Friends Meeting, Sisters of the Light, volunteer with Homes For Seven Generations, Clothesline Project. Debbie Hagopian, Quwahia Whisperingfire, Saint Petersburg, Florida, Navajo Artisan, poet. Reid Freeman Jenkins, Atlanta, Georgia, Coordinator Leonard Peltier Support Group-Atlanta, printer. Kyle Browning, Lawrence, Kansas, President Amnesty International local chapter/group #172. Jeff Parente, State College, Pennsylvania, Student, Brooke Sluder, Hartfort City, Indiana, Mohawk & Osage, Autoworker, Photographer, writer. Cliff Alles-Curie, Leonard Peltier Support Group-West Michigan Cathie Dever, Rochester, Michigan Dmitri Ryabinia, Krasnodar, Russia, Federation Anarchists Koban, Pressman Ioso Fernandez Albeniz, Pamplona, Basque Country Spain, Se Ven Sioux Kolektibo, Leonard Peltier Support Group-Basque, cereals merchant. Bernard Blanc, Lorques, France, writer, translator. Teresa Carr, Student, Spartanburg Tech. Trudi Blue, Midlothian, Virginia, Laurie Nape wastewin Wheeler, Florence, Alabama, Lakota, American Indian Movement. Scott sa wu-yo- nv Wheeler, Florence, Alabama, American Indian Movement. Dru Schisn, Denver, Colorado, Graduate Social Work Student. Sarah Adesijj, Coon Rapids, Minnesota, Customer Support Rep. at Minnegasco. White Feather Siouxson, Napa, California, Sioux, Holistic Nurse. John Moss "Crow Wolf", Millbrook, Alabama, Oglala, Susquehennock Church of Native Spirituality. Theresa, Brooklyn-New York Leonard Peltier Support Group Joann Magers, New Jersey Leonard Peltier Support Group Denise Maney, Madison, WI Elizabeth Anne Payne, Clarkston, Michigan, IWW, co0founder of the Evansville Domestic Violence Task Force. Jim Lawler, Atlanta, Georgia, cartoonist, sculptor, house-painter Bob Manross, Atlanta, Georgia, Maintenance man Fulton Arrington, Tate, Georgia, Cherokee, Mechanic Rob Ervin, Atlanta, Georgia, Cherokee, Roofer, Student Jose Javier Bermudez, Pamplona, Basque Country, Se Ven Sioux Kolektibo, Leonard Peltier Support Group-Basque Country. Fermin Martin, Pamplona, Basque Country, Se Ven Sioux Kolektibo, Leonard Peltier Support Group-Basque Country Mike Branum, Detroit, Michigan, Leonard Peltier Support Group-Detroit. Christopher Domhnall Mag Uidhir, Providence, Rhode Island, Irish Republican Socialist Committee of North America, Graduate Student Jesse Alt, Ithaca, New York, Student Keyga Ohda Sweetcorn, Sisseton Wahpeton, Gorka Ramos Hervella, Barcelona, (Catalunya) Spain, Clandestin@ (prisoner support & against prisons anarchist group).FASTERS SIGN-UP
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