Longtime political prisoner Leonard Peltier’s “Walk to Justice” has marched 500 miles in four weeks, as of Indigenous Peoples Day Oct. 10, in a 2½-month demonstration, putting pressure on President Joe Biden to grant executive clemency and release Peltier after 46 years in prison. The LA Sentinel reported Aug. 11 . . .
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Over 100 Indigenous activists and allies marched through Boston Oct. 8 to demand the state of Massachusetts abolish Columbus Day and instead recognize the second Monday of October as Indigenous Peoples Day. Indigenous Peoples Day Boston marches on the Massachusetts Statehouse, Oct. 8. Credit: Howard Rotman Today’s action was part . . .
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Houston Activists in Houston celebrated Indigenous Peoples Day Oct. 9 with music, dance, poetry and food. Participants made an altar with photos, food and the traditional cempasuchil flowers. One of the photos was of Berta Caceres, the Honduran environmental activist and Indigenous leader assassinated in 2016. Another photo was of . . .
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By Jorge Cadima This article was published Sept. 29 in Avante, the newspaper of the Portuguese Communist Party, in which the author contributes analytical articles, often about imperialist militarism. Translation: John Catalinotto. New York protest, September 2013. Credit: WW If hypocrisy and lies paid taxes, the speeches made by the . . .
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Las imágenes y los relatos dramáticos de la devastación causada por el huracán Ian siguen dominando las noticias. El número de muertos, que se acerca a los 100 en el momento de escribir este artículo, se espera que aumente. Más de un millón de personas siguen sin energía eléctrica en . . .
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