Photos from the NYC International Women’s Day protest 2015

Posted on March 11, 2015 by freedomsocialistparty

This past weekend, the Free Nestora contingent of NYC Radical Women helped spread word of Nestora’s wrongful incarceration at the International Women’s Day march organized by the International Working Women’s Day Coalition. Emily Yamasaki, flanked by members of RW, the Freedom Socialist Party, the Free Nestora Committee, and other international activists, spoke of Nestora’s case at Herald Square on behalf of Radical Women.

Holding the banner on the left for Women Workers for Peace/Mujeres Trabajadoras por la Paz are the immigrant rights activists Nieves Ayress and Victor Toro.

Miriam Padilla – MLK day 2015 speech for Free Nestora Committee

Posted on February 9, 2015 by freedomsocialistparty

Miriam Xiomara Padilla speaking on behalf of the Libertad para Nestora/Freedom for Nestora Committee at the Martin Luther King Day Rally at Seattle’s Federal Courthouse on January 19th following a march from Garfield High School. This annual Seattle celebration is attended by thousands of people of all ages.

LA Times – “2 sides at odds over plight of activist-kidnapping suspect in Mexico”

Posted on January 16, 2015 by freedomsocialistparty

In continuing with the recent (and very welcome) string of coverage on Nestora Salgado, the LA Times has released a story discussing the specific roadblocks – namely victims-rights advocate Isabel Miranda de Wallace – to Nestora’s release. De Wallace claims that Nestora Salgado kidnapped and ransomed innocent “victims,” but we stand firmly with Nestora’s husband Jose Luis Avila, who claims, “there are no ‘victims'” in this case, only “people who had broken laws and were under arrest.”

Click here to read the full story.

Freedom fighter, journalist and political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal speaks out on behalf of Nestora Salgado.

Posted on December 23, 2014 by freedomsocialistparty

Mumia Abu-Jamal

In two broadcasts on Prison Radio, which is carried by over one hundred radio stations, Mumia explains the case of indigenous leader Nestora Salgado who is a political prisoner in Mexico. Mumia also reads excerpts from her October message to students protesting the disappearance of 43 of their classmates in Ayotzinapa in the state of Guerrero.

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KPLU’s coverage of Seattle’s Ayotzinapa protests

Posted on November 21, 2014 by freedomsocialistparty

Click here to read and listen to KPLU’s coverage of the protests surrounding Ayotzinapa, Nestora Salgado, and the 43 missing students. The link includes a brief interview with Grisel Rodriguez, Nestora’s daughter.

Nestora’s daughter Grisel speaks at the Mexican Consulate in Seattle on 11/20

Posted on November 21, 2014 by freedomsocialistparty

Call to demonstrate on November 20th at Mexican embassy in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Posted on November 18, 2014 by freedomsocialistparty

Stephen Durham speaks at Union Square protest in New York City on behalf of the 43 missing Ayotzinapa students and Nestora Salgado.

Posted on November 18, 2014 by freedomsocialistparty

On November 16, New York City FSP leader Stephen Durham spoke at Union Square on behalf of the Campaign to Free Nestora Salgado. The event was a rally to protest Mexican political oppression and the disappearance of 43 students from the Escuela Normal Rural Raúl Isidro Burgos in Guerrero, Mexico.

FSP’s open letter implores Secretary of State John Kerry to cut military aid to Mexico

Posted on November 6, 2014 by freedomsocialistparty

On Wednesday, November 5, the Freedom Socialist Party’s International Secretary Guerry Hodderson released an open letter to Secretary of State John Kerry demanding that, while Nestora is imprisoned and the murderers of the 43 students from Ayotzinapa are still at large, the U.S. government must cease all military aid to Mexico. Below is the full text of the letter: Continue reading →

Supporters amass over 1,200 signatures for petition to free Nestora

Posted on November 5, 2014 by freedomsocialistparty

Fred Hyde stands with the many pages of signatures provided in support of Nestora.

Members and supporters of the Libertad para Nestora/Freedom for Nestora – U.S. Committee gathered over 1200 signatures on a petition to Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto that states:

”We demand the immediate release of Nestora Salgado, Dr. José Luis Mireles, Marco Antonio Suástegui, Gonzalo Molina and Arturo Compos and all the political prisoners from indigenous community self defense forces in Guerrero and the autodefensas in Michoacán as well as other social activists imprisoned and denied their right to due process under your administration.”

Shown with the petitions is Fred Hyde, who wrote the cover letter shown below on behalf of the campaign.