Intimidation

Written by Jason Wallach  
Sunday, 27 December 2009
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/2279/74/

Six days after heavily armed men took the life of a respected
anti-mining activist in Cabañas, El Salvador, another prominent
community leader has been assassinated. On December 26 at 3:30 pm Dora
?Alicia? Sorto Rodriguez, 32, was killed as she returned from doing
laundry at the river near her home in Cantón Trinidad, in the
municipality of Sensuntepeque, Cabañas. ?Alicia,? as she was known to
friends, was eight months pregnant and carried her 3-year-old son in
her arms as she was shot dead. The child was shot in the foot and is

Central Penitentiary, State of Oaxaca, December 16, 2009

TO THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS
TO HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE GROUPS
TO THE DEMOCRATIC TEACHERS OF SECTION 22, SNTE, OAXACA, OAX.
TO THE LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS MEDIA
TO THE PEOPLE OF OAXACA, MEXICO, AND THE WORLD

Action Alert:  We need more sign-wavers next 2 days to ensure our
safety  in numbers:

http://survey09.ituc-csi.org/

As you open this year's Annual Survey of Trade Union Violations, you may
be thinking of the terrifying impact of the global financial and economic
crisis which hit millions of working women and men around the world in
both industrialised and developing countries in 2008.

Tue Jun 9, 2009

MOGADISHU (AFP) – Somali journalists on Tuesday went on strike to protest the recent assassination of a colleague and demanded protection from the international community.

Around 15 Mogadishu-based journalists held a press conference, two days after the director of private radio Shabelle, Mokhtar Mohamed Hirabe, was assassinated in broad daylight in the capital.

By Anne Slater
Radical Women National Organizer
206-722-6057 (office), 206-708-5161 (cell)

By JEREMY HAINSWORTH, Associated Press Writer Sun May 31, 2009

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Psychedelic rock booms through The Vapour Lounge. In the store, young and some not-so-young people smoke pot through a variety of devices. And owner Marc Emery stands in the middle of it all, proclaiming his goal of defeating the U.S. war on drugs.

Known as the Prince of Pot, Emery has sold millions of marijuana seeds around the world by mail over the past decade. In doing so, he has drawn the attention of U.S. drug officials, who want him extradited to Seattle. Emery has agreed to plead guilty in Seattle to one count of marijuana distribution in exchange for dismissal of all other counts, and the U.S. District Attorney is pressing for a sentence of five to eight years in a U.S. prison.

May 17 2009 Libcom.org

Police apprehended more than 450 labor activists Saturday after a violent protest in Daejeon which left about 150 injured. Labour unrest is set to escalate this month as truck drivers plan to strike and a major labour umbrella group pledged to join.

By TERRY COLLINS, Associated Press May 7, 2009

OAKLAND, Calif. – A former handyman pleaded guilty Thursday to killing two men, including a newspaper editor who was investigating the finances of a community group for which the defendant worked.

ABC - May 4, 2009

Police have launched a major operation at a forest protest camp in the Upper Florentine Valley in southern Tasmania .

The group Still threatened Still Wild says one of its members has been arrested.

Police have set up a command post in the exclusion zone where Forestry Tasmania contractors are working.