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Indigenous prisoner Leonard Peltier fled jail with two other colleagues in the United States

45
years ago
Sheila Steele (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

20 July 1979,

Indigenous prisoner Leonard Peltier fled jail with two other colleagues in the United States. Militant of the Indian Movement of America. He was charged with the murder of two FBI agents with false evidence. It was later proved that the FBI used the counter-intelligence program Cointelpro against dissent. He has been detained again for over 40 years in prison.

Sheila Steele (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Source:

Leonard Peltier, My life is my dance of the Sun (Txalaparta).

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1979-01-14
The Civil Guard rebelled against the concentration against the Lemoiz power plant in Mungia
1979-02-03
Ecologists managed to stop a convoy from Lemoniz to the Ascó II nuclear power station in Tarragona.
1979-02-03
100,000 women took to the streets against restricting their rights in Tehran
1979-02-12
The World Climate Conference met for the first time in Geneva
1979-03-03
23 Basque prisoners in Soria prison cut their veins
1979-03-28
Three Miles Island nuclear accident occurred in the United States
1979-04-23
New Zealand Professor Blair Peach was killed by police in England during a demonstration against fascism
1979-05-04
ETA boss Txomin Iturbe was shot at a minibus in Biarritz when he was travelling by car
1979-05-11
The workers of the port of Bizkaia refused to download the materials intended for the Lemoiz plant
1979-06-03
A civil guard in Tudela killed ecologist entrepreneur Gladys del Estal
1979-06-10
'Francis' is killed by a street dress police in Errenteria
1979-06-22
The plenary of the Ondarroa City Hall supported the disobedience campaigns being carried out to stop the Lemoiz nuclear power plant.
1979-06-26
Mirentxu Purroy, director of the newspaper 'Egin', and Mikel Lmalda, director of trade, are arrested
1979-07-19
FSLN guerrillas entered the Nicaraguan capital of Managua and ended the Somoza dictatorship
1979-07-20
Indigenous prisoner Leonard Peltier fled jail with two other colleagues in the United States
1979-07-27
Marielle Franco is born, Afro-Brazilian feminist and socialist activist
1979-08-30
American actor Jean Seberg, a follower of the Black Panthers, committed suicide
1979-09-01
Donostiarra Iñaki Kijera was shot by Spanish police during his demonstration in favor of refugees
1979-11-02
Assata Shakurre, a member of the Black Panthers, fled jail in the US
1979-11-04
The Basque movement is born in the Basque Country
1979-11-11
Mikel Arrangi Marin was killed by the Civil Guard in Etxarri Aranaz
1979-12-13
The Basque prisoner was released from prison by Amnesty's decree: Fran Aldasoro
1979-12-15
Jesús Mari Leizaola, president of the Exile Government, returned to Euskal Herria

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