Sarah Kunstler

The Freedom to Resist the Frame On Mamdani, Gillibrand, and resisting the political narrowing of moral imagination.

I wish our NY Senator @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social and her comms people would read this, from @sarahkunstler.bsky.social: sarahkunstler.substack.com/p/the-freedo... #voteNYC #antisemitism

#BoycottTesla www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The scariest words in Trump’s so-called “Factsheet” on his “Forceful and Unprecedented Steps to Combat Anti-Semitism”: the infestation/insect language that sounds like Hitler and feels like it is a prelude to an extermination.

Some links (and thoughts) on the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil. medium.com/@sarah.kunst...

A federal judge in NY has blocked any effort by the Trump administration to deport Mahmoud Khalil – whose arrest and imminent deportation Trump celebrated on Turth Social today — until further proceedings play out. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The line about due process is lip service. It’s clear the ADL, which gave Elon Musk’s Naxi salute a pass, has already decided that Mahmoud Khalil must go because of what they think he believes. If they can do this to him they can do this to you and me. If we believe in democracy we must defend it.

UPDATE: ICE locator says Khalil is in Jena, LA.

“If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.” #HaganScotten So impressed by the integrity of the USAO SDNY.
Fight!

“I have no doubt that at some point, sooner, I hope, rather than later, Leonard Peltier will gain his freedom…I only hope that I live long enough to see Leonard free.” - William Kunstler

Biden commutes sentence for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, convicted in killing of FBI agents President Joe Biden has commuted the sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents and is serving life in prison.

Leonard Peltier will get to go home! apnews.com/article/leon...

Today, Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Cong. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) were joined by 32 of their colleagues in a letter to Pres. Biden strongly urging him to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier.

To President Biden: Free Leonard Peltier, Grant Clemency Now I just signed a @theactionnet petition: To President Biden: Free Leonard Peltier, Grant Clemency Now. Sign here: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/to-president-biden-free-leonard-peltier-grant-cleme...

Momentum builds calling upon President Biden to give executive clemency for Leonard Peltier!
Join us: #FreeLeonardPeltier
➡️ Sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/to...
➡️ Call your Rep: freeleonard-peltier.com
➡️ Text “FreeLeonardNow” to 50302 for updates
➡️ Share your story: ndnco.cc/3V8HY0S

Martin Luther King Jr's "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" perfectly described and predicted this moment.

In general, we are very much entering a time he had warned us about if the Civil Rights Movement wasn't fully realized.

Live!

NYU activists have blocked the entrance to Bobsts library on the last day of classes, using a "sleeping dragon" tactic - linking arms together with PVC pipes.

🚨BREAKING:

Following yesterday’s sit-in in Bobst, where administrators failed to disclose the endowment, a sleeping dragons protest has begun in from of the library.

It is the last day of classes of the semester.

No class as usual during a genocide.

Free Leonard Peltier Now

8/ Learn more and take action at FreeLeonardPeltierNow.org. Let’s ensure his story is heard and justice is finally served. ✊ #ClemencyNow

7/ Releasing Peltier would acknowledge the historic and ongoing injustices faced by Native peoples in the U.S. President Biden has the power to grant clemency. It’s time to act. #FreeLeonardPeltierNow #IndigenousRights

6/ At 80 years old, Peltier suffers from diabetes, heart disease, and more. He remains a symbol of Indigenous resistance and a survivor of systemic oppression. Leaders worldwide, including Desmond Tutu and Pope Francis, have called for his release. #FreeLeonardPeltier

5/ The government has since admitted they don’t know who fired the fatal shots. Key evidence was withheld, witnesses were coerced, and the climate of fear and violence on Pine Ridge was ignored. Yet Peltier has been in prison for nearly half a century. #HumanRights

4/ Leonard Peltier was an AIM activist defending his people during this dangerous time. After the FBI agents’ deaths, Peltier fled to Canada but was extradited on false testimony. He was convicted in 1977 in a trial riddled with misconduct. #JusticeForLeonard

3/ During the Reign of Terror, over 60 AIM members and allies were murdered on Pine Ridge, many by the paramilitary “GOON squads,” supported by federal funding. This violence set the stage for the 1975 shootout where two FBI agents and one Native activist lost their lives.

2/ In 1973, AIM occupied Wounded Knee, SD, to protest corruption on the Pine Ridge Reservation and U.S. violations of Native treaties. The federal response was brutal. Pine Ridge became a war zone, and the Reign of Terror began, lasting from 1973-76. #IndigenousRights

Leonard Peltier, a citizen of the Anishinabe & Dakota/Lakota Nations, has been imprisoned for nearly 50 years for a crime he says he did not commit. His story is tied to the American Indian Movement (AIM), Wounded Knee, and systemic injustice. 🧵 #FreeLeonardPeltier

Free Leonard Peltier.

This Thanksgiving, Biden Should Grant Clemency to Leonard Peltier By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Amnesty International has campaigned for Peltier’s release for decades. The group recently sent a letter to President Biden, reiterating their demand.

This Thanksgiving, Biden Should Grant Clemency to Leonard Peltier

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