Leonard Peltier, a former American Indian Movement member, is a political prisoner here in the United States. He continues to rot in prison without any hope for a re-trial or clemency despite the fact that much of the evidence held against him has been proven to be false, fabricated and coerced.

Peltier and the two men who were on trial before him and exonerated, were victims of the FBI's COINTELPRO action which was a series of covert, and often illegal, projects aimed at investigating and disrupting "dissident political organizations."

Groups targeted by the FBI included the Black Panthers, and the non-violent civil rights movement, including individuals such as Martin Luther King, Jr. and others associated with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Congress of Racial Equality, the American Indian Movement, and other civil rights groups; a broad range of organizations labeled "New Left."

Statement from Amnesty International »

Leonard Peltier's supporters include:

Amnesty International
The Dalai Lama
Sen. Daniel Inouye
Rev. Jesse Jackson
The Late Coretta Scott King
Martin Luther King III
Winona LaDuke
Nelson Mandela
Peter Matthiessen
The Late Mother Teresa
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
National Congress of American Indians
National Council of Churches
Willie Nelson
Bonnie Raitt
Carlos Santana
The Oglala Lakota Nation
Sister Helen Prejean
Robert Redford
Oliver Stone
Desmond Tutu
U2

How You Can Help

Call the White House and ask President Obama to give Leonard Peltier executive clemency.

White House Phone Numbers:
Comments:
(202) 456-1111 or (202) 456-1112

Switchboard:
(202) 456-1414 (Ask to be connected with the Comment Line)

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Album Notes

Please note, none of the tracks have been mastered and many of the tracks are raw.

The power is definitely there though, and there are some standout unreleased tracks including C.O.C.'s "Land of Free Disease," Josh Homme's first demo (pre-naming of Queens of the Stone Age), Helmet's "Just a Patsy," the Beastie Boy's "(R)Evolution Time," and the Minutemen cover "The Punchline" by Zack De Lo Rocha and C.O.C. Also included are two Native American acts, Beaver Chief and Brother Sun.

To the artists: I apologize for the release of these materials without getting anyone's approval, but I believe the cause needs to be heard and I trust you will remember why you chose to take place in this benefit 16 years past. Apologies to those artists whose tracks were not part of the archive I had but who were listed in some of the compilation notes including Big Chief, Gruntruck and Neurosis.