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Free Leonard Peltier

from It Is Right to Rebel by Mat Callahan & Yvonne Moore

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    It Is Right to Rebel is an exciting and thought provoking new record from Mat Callahan & Yvonne Moore and friends. The double LP consisting of 15 tracks are mostly rooted in the folk music tradition with the unifying elements of rhythm, group singing and acoustic music. Lyrically it deals with topics such as the Zapatista uprising in Chiapas, political prisoners and environmental issues.

    The central theme of the record is awareness. It Is Right to Rebel is a battle cry, a wake up call, an invitation to join the struggles of our time, a celebration of rebellion and social movements and a musical thumbs up to all the people that realize that big changes have to be made.

    The double album comes in a gatefold sleeve with cover art made by graphic designer and author of The Encyclopedia of Political Record Labels, Josh McPhee, from the Just Seeds collective.

    It Is Right to Rebel is a true product of internationalism. It is recorded in Switzerland by an American and a gang of Swiss musicians, the cover art is made by an American activist from Brooklyn and the record is released by a Norwegian leftist record label.

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I began hearing about Leonard Peltier shortly after the occupation of Alcatraz (November 20, 1969 – June 11, 1971). Alcatraz captured the world's attention and it wasn't long before the American Indian Movement (AIM) was headline news. Peltier was a nationally known leader of AIM, at the forefront of the Trail of Broken Treaties (1972) and Wounded Knee (1973) protests and a key figure in the explosive situation developing on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. When two FBI agents were killed in a shootout on that Reservation Peltier was charged with their murders. Because he was a well-known and respected leader and because similar attacks had been made on the Black Panthers, it was clear to me that this was a setup to destroy not only Peltier but the whole AIM organization. In 1977 Peltier was sent to prison. The fight to free him has been going on ever since. This struggle was brought back to my attention by a recent story in a Swiss newspaper. It inspired me to write this song.
– Mat Callahan

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Free Peltier

Remember Alcatraz and Wounded Knee
Indian people’s movement, making history
Trail of Broken Treaties raised the cry
A thousand government promises, and every one a lie

Why? Telling you why -

Chorus:
We got to free Peltier, free Peltier, free Peltier, free Peltier

Ain’t no doubt about it,
We got to free Leonard Peltier
Free Leonard Peltier

Federal agents gunning for Peltier
Leonard was a leader the government did fear
Took him to the courthouse to be tried
This was the same government committed genocide

Why? Telling you why -

Repeat Chorus:

More than forty years have come and gone
People the world over shouting out to right this wrong
Now it’s time for justice to be done
and to fight for Leonard’s freedom, is to fight for everyone

Repeat Chorus:

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from It Is Right to Rebel, released July 29, 2022

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Mat Callahan & Yvonne Moore and friends will release their album It is Right to Rebel in 2022.

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