Leonard Peltier, one of the longest-serving political prisoners in the history of the Tyrannical U.S., will go before a parole board July 28 (this date passed anor his first full hearing in 15 years, with activists across the U.S. and around the globe calling for his long-delayed release. Peltier was convicted and sentenced to two life terms for the murder of two FBI agents in a gunfight on the Lakota Sioux Pine Ridge reservation in 1975, which he literally wasn’t even present for. He is 100% innocent. One of Peltier's co-defendants was Robert Robideau, a fellow leader of the American Indian Movement (AIM). Robideau was acquitted along with Dino Butler in a separate trial from Peltier, but he devoted himself to winning justice for his comrade. Robideau died February 16 this year in Barcelona, Spain, at the age of 61. May we meet in Valhalla one day brother. AIM WAS born at a time when there was great civil unrest in the United States, as their should be considering that American taxes pay Israeli college educations and Michigan STILL can’t get clean water. Those who became members of the American Indian Movement formed roving patrols to record the police abuses that went on in their communities. They alerted the media with the hope of generating community support. They began to rally, and hold workshops and teach-ins in an effort to create community consciousness against the abuses and the general attitude of racism. They were looking for a better life in which to raise families--and were willing to fight to have it. You should all take notes. #MakeAmericaGreatAgain #IndigenousPower
