[Peace-discuss] FW: WORLD LABOR HOUR - SAT. APRIL 16th

[David Johnson]

WORLD LABOR HOUR

SATURDAY APRIL 16TH   

11 AM – 12 NOON  Central Time 

90.1 FM and webcast LIVE world-wide at www.weft.org 

 

Patrick Burns – will call in to the world Labor Hour from Seattle Washington
to discuss the Labor and international campaign that freed Mexican American
political / community activist Nestora Salgado. 

Nestora Salgado made numerous trips from her residence in Renton,
Washington, to deliver clothing and supplies to the desperately poor
residents of her hometown of Olinalá, Guerrero. Seeing the need to organize
against economic and social injustice, she instilled in the women of Olinalá
confidence in their ability to lead such a struggle. As a result, she was
elected coordinator of a local armed indigenous police force officially
authorized by the Mexican Constitution and Guerrero state law 701. Crime
rates plummeted and killings stopped with the inauguration of the community
police. 

Nestora’s “only act of defiance was exposing the connection between the
government officials of Olinalá and organized crime. Mexican government
officials retaliated by arranging Salgado’s arrest on trumped up kidnapping
charges. After her arrest, the Mexican government maintained a military
occupation of Olinalá to intimidate residents and punish those who protested
Salgado’s imprisonment. Nestora was finally released from prison last month
after more than three years in prison. 

 

Stay tuned after the World Labor Hour for “ THE UNION EDGE “, broadcast from
Pittsburgh Pa. with Host Charles Showalter.

WEFT – Listener supported community radio for Central Illinois and the
world.

 

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