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Leonard Peltier joins Hard Knock Radio from house arrest on Turtle Mountain, grateful to be home yet blunt about the political moment. He warns of rising fascism, culture-war censorship, and the real danger of global conflict, arguing that only broad, cross-racial unity can blunt the slide. While skeptical of both parties, he urges strategic voting and mass participation to defend what freedom remains.Asked about turning to Indigenous philosophies, Peltier says we cant go back, but we can move forward by restoring principles that long predated the U.S."healthy separation of religion and government, gender equity in governance, and land stewardship. He stresses Land Back as a practical goal: reclaiming federally controlled lands that rightfully belong to Native nations, but only through unity and invitation from tribal traditionalists.Peltier links the present to erased histories: Indigenous innovations in agriculture and health, matriarchal authority, and the trauma of stolen child