Vol. 73/No. 33      August 31, 2009

Members of the Nepalese left and various Maoist organizations are actually not only part of writing the new constitution and leading this new Nepal forward, but also among those leading the call for a multiparty system of government.

I find it curious that the Militant, which is known for its internationalist viewpoint, hasn’t written a single editorial about what’s going on in Nepal, so readers in the U.S. can glimpse at what working people and peasants are accomplishing over there.

Jim Brash
East Orange, New Jersey

Leonard Peltier
Leonard Peltier is an Annishinabe/Lakota Indian activist framed up for the deaths of two FBI agents at a government shootout in 1975 in Pine Ridge, South Dakota.

In Portland, Oregon, 40 or more people turned out for a vigil July 27 demanding his freedom. Signs read: “Political Prisoner 33 years”; “Free Leonard Peltier”; and “Parole Now.”

His first full parole hearing in many years was held July 28. The board has three weeks to issue its decision.

Visit the Web site whoisleonardpeltier.info for updates and more information.

Marta De León
Beaverton, Oregon

Editor’s note—as of August 19 the parole board had not announced a decision on Peltier’s case.