Biden commutes life sentence for Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist who spent nearly 50 years in prison
Biden, in one of his final presidential actions Monday, commuted the life sentence of Native American rights activist Leonard Peltier. After 49 years of unjust imprisonment, Peltier, 80, was released to house arrest.
Peltier "is now 80 years old, suffers from serious health conditions, and has spent most of his life (nearly half a century) in prison. This commutation will allow Mr. Peltier to spend his remaining days in home confinement, but will not pardon him for the crimes he committed," the White House said in a statement.
In 1977, one of the leaders of the American Indian movement, Leonard Peltier, was sentenced to two life terms on trumped-up charges. In recent years, he suffered from deteriorating health: diabetes, hypertension, partial blindness after a stroke.
For decades, political and public figures and human rights activists from many countries around the world have advocated for Peltier's release. In the USSR, the Soviet Peace Committee spoke out for his release, the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee was active, and actions were repeatedly held in support of Peltier as a fighter for Indian rights.
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Biden, in one of his final presidential actions Monday, commuted the life sentence of Native American rights activist Leonard Peltier. After 49 years of unjust imprisonment, Peltier, 80, was released to house arrest.
Peltier "is now 80 years old, suffers from serious health conditions, and has spent most of his life (nearly half a century) in prison. This commutation will allow Mr. Peltier to spend his remaining days in home confinement, but will not pardon him for the crimes he committed," the White House said in a statement.
In 1977, one of the leaders of the American Indian movement, Leonard Peltier, was sentenced to two life terms on trumped-up charges. In recent years, he suffered from deteriorating health: diabetes, hypertension, partial blindness after a stroke.
For decades, political and public figures and human rights activists from many countries around the world have advocated for Peltier's release. In the USSR, the Soviet Peace Committee spoke out for his release, the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee was active, and actions were repeatedly held in support of Peltier as a fighter for Indian rights.
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Forwarded from Hüseyin Dogru Journalist / red. media founder
Did you know that the CIA once orchestrated the execution of today’s DR Congo’s first Prime Minister by a firing squad? On this day in 1961, Patrice Lumumba, the first democratically elected leader of the Congo, was executed by a firing squad following assassination plots concocted by the US and Belgian governments.
Lumumba’s anti-imperialism and vision of a united Congo made him an adversary of both Belgium and US imperialism. Although the CIA ordered his assassination, they weren’t able to carry it out themselves.
Instead, Washington and Brussels secretly funneled cash and aid to rival politicians who organized a coup and arrested Lumumba. He was then beaten, tortured, and killed.
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Lumumba’s anti-imperialism and vision of a united Congo made him an adversary of both Belgium and US imperialism. Although the CIA ordered his assassination, they weren’t able to carry it out themselves.
Instead, Washington and Brussels secretly funneled cash and aid to rival politicians who organized a coup and arrested Lumumba. He was then beaten, tortured, and killed.
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On the 101st anniversary of his death, we celebrate the great contributions of Comrade VI Lenin.
He was the great Marxist thinker who reinstated the revolutionary content into Marxism and updated it for the era of imperialism. His work remains as essential as ever to all those struggling for a better world.
https://thecommunists.org/2024/01/28/news/theory/lenin-remains-guide-for-our-time/
He was the great Marxist thinker who reinstated the revolutionary content into Marxism and updated it for the era of imperialism. His work remains as essential as ever to all those struggling for a better world.
https://thecommunists.org/2024/01/28/news/theory/lenin-remains-guide-for-our-time/
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Lenin’s work remains a guide for our time
What are some of the key lessons we need to take from Lenin and the Bolsheviks in the coming period of rising revolutionary struggle?
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The increase in the export of capital to the colonies and dependent countries; the expansion of "spheres of influence" and colonial possessions until they cover the whole globe; the transformation of capitalism into a world system of financial enslavement and colonial oppression of the vast majority of the population of the world by a handful of "advanced" countries all this has, on the one hand, converted the separate national economies and national territories into links in a single chain called world economy, and. on the other hand, split the population of the globe into two camps: a handful of "advanced" capitalist countries which exploit and oppress vast colonies and dependencies, and the huge majority consisting of colonial and dependent countries which are compelled to wage a struggle for liberation from the imperialist yoke.
- Vladimir Lenin. Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism.
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When Sectarian Identity Threatens Survival: The Story of a Woman Who Hides Her Belonging to Preserve Her Life
In Syria, the Zainabiya abaya is no longer just a costume, but a distinguishing mark that can cost the wearer his life. A Syrian woman was forced to change her appearance for fear of sectarian persecution that threatens her and her family.
She says with regret: “The Shiites of Syria are being slaughtered genocidally, and if I wear the abaya it will cost me my life and the life of my family, and I will disappear from the face of the earth, and they burned everything related to the Shiites before our eyes.”
In a country that was once a symbol of coexistence, its future is now engulfed in the darkness of sectarianism and persecution.
When Sectarian Identity Becomes a Life-Threatening Risk: A Woman Hides Her Affiliation to Survive
In Syria, the Zaynabiyya cloak is no longer just attire; it's a deadly mark. Fearing for her life and her family's, a woman alters her appearance to avoid sectarian violence.
She says, devastated: “Syrian Shiites are being massacred, and wearing the cloak could cost us our lives. Everything linked to Shiites has been destroyed.”
Once a symbol of coexistence, Syria's future now lies in the shadows of sectarian persecution.
In Syria, the Zainabiya abaya is no longer just a costume, but a distinguishing mark that can cost the wearer his life. A Syrian woman was forced to change her appearance for fear of sectarian persecution that threatens her and her family.
She says with regret: “The Shiites of Syria are being slaughtered genocidally, and if I wear the abaya it will cost me my life and the life of my family, and I will disappear from the face of the earth, and they burned everything related to the Shiites before our eyes.”
In a country that was once a symbol of coexistence, its future is now engulfed in the darkness of sectarianism and persecution.
When Sectarian Identity Becomes a Life-Threatening Risk: A Woman Hides Her Affiliation to Survive
In Syria, the Zaynabiyya cloak is no longer just attire; it's a deadly mark. Fearing for her life and her family's, a woman alters her appearance to avoid sectarian violence.
She says, devastated: “Syrian Shiites are being massacred, and wearing the cloak could cost us our lives. Everything linked to Shiites has been destroyed.”
Once a symbol of coexistence, Syria's future now lies in the shadows of sectarian persecution.