Crisis situation here in New Brunswick

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Important.
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Link to contact info to speak up .... Your voice will help

http://www.idlenomore.ca/solidarity_with_mi_kmaq

 

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http://earthfirstjournal.org/newswire/2 ... nfiscated/

In retaliation against a violent police raid this morning on a peaceful First Nations blockade, Mi’kmaq warriors and supporters have fought back.

The RCMP appear to have arrested journalist Miles Howe, who has been reporting on the Elsipogtog struggle against the illegal gas grab on indigenous lands. More than 200 RCMP are participating in the raid, including snipers in fatigues. Ambulances have been prevented from treating protestors wounded by pepper spray, plastic bullets, and general brutality.

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As of the time of writing this, six RCMP vehicles have been torched, and melees of stones have been hurled in response to tear gas, plastic bullets, and pepper spray from the RCMP. Mi’kmaq allies have also confiscated fracking equipment in continued efforts to maintain the blockade against the gas company.

Blockades are reportedly springing up elsewhere throughout Mi’kmaq territory, as news has spread of police brutality and unnecessary use of force against peaceful protestors, including elders and children. Idle No More’s twitter account has called on all the Sacred Fires of the World, and solidarity demos in DC, NYC, Vancouver, BC, and Winnipeg have already been announced.

The Mi’kmaq Blockade has cost the gas company an estimated $50,000 per day, and has been ongoing for two weeks. Today’s crack down is a direct betrayal of a peace process ongoing between the Elsipogtog and the New Brunswick premier, and a violation of the rights of Indigenous Peoples as according to the UN. The government of Canada has instigated a major diplomatic incident, and global solidarity is coming in from countries around the world.

The whole world is watching!

 

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Paramilitary RCMP are attacking anti-fracking Miqmac protesters as they try to protect their land. http://ow.ly/pVnaV

They're using pepper spray and rubber bullets. There have been reports of snipers: "The RCMP, some with long rifles, entered the woods. Shots were reportedly fired, and screaming was heard."

Solidarity events in support of New Brunswick anti-fracking protest: Stand in Solidarity with Elsipogtog First Nation!! Find your city here >>http://on.fb.me/19bPcTK

Photo: #Elsipogtog Chief & council getting arrested along with protesters http://on.fb.me/16RxEfX

Video: Anti Shale Protesters surrounds SWN Equipment
>http://bit.ly/1bDx6u0

CTV: Protesters arrested, pepper-sprayed at N.B. shale gas protest http://bit.ly/16R58uV

"CBC reporter Tori Weldon said it sounded as if shots were fired, although that hasn't been confirmed." >http://bit.ly/1bCsPac

FB post , unconfirmed "news in rexton : Corrina Smiley -Ekkan gould from eskisoni has been shot twice warriors do not know his condition as they dispersed to avoid getting shot the rcmp are already shooting unarmed people in rexton we need your support for this is now a battle for our environment and waters." http://on.fb.me/16RHhv8, another post http://on.fb.me/1gP3Kgg

APTN LIVESTREAM: http://bit.ly/17OdXRY

Sniper, Photos: http://bit.ly/19UkIGV (RCMP, some in full camouflage and wielding assault rifles, moved in on Mi’kmaq led anti-fracking blockade early Thursday morning. 1st Photo via @maryposa74) MORE PHOTOS http://on.fb.me/1d05zGY, http://on.fb.me/1cZGjAP, http://bit.ly/17wvkHW http://on.fb.me/H6y4EM, http://on.fb.me/16eupkv, http://bit.ly/175vTOJ, http://bit.ly/19NMP8J, http://bit.ly/1d0hiFA

VIDEOS: http://ow.ly/pVnaV, http://ow.ly/pVqhp, http://on.fb.me/19NADVq, http://bit.ly/19UtrZr, http://on.fb.me/1fGciXE, http://on.fb.me/16iANSc, http://on.fb.me/16iRkFP,http://bit.ly/1cxyTSr

Independent journalist Miles Howe who has written extensively on the protests in New Brunswick reportedly may have been arrested by RCMP while covering ongoing Mi'kmaq-led blockade against fracking http://bit.ly/19UqPwH

Here's reporter Miles Howe's latest story, a bombshell:
'Advisers to Chief Sock in Anti-shale gas negotiations are provincial government employees.' http://bit.ly/1fCXwB3

20% of NB's RCMP force is present (source: https://twitter.com/KentDriscoll/status ... 9733350400)

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NB Media CO-OP http://bit.ly/19UqPwH
CBC: http://cbc.sh/0ILEEOm
CTV: http://bit.ly/18pIOsF
http://earthfirstjournal.org/newswire/2 ... vs-thrown/ -ß

UPDATES: http://www.facebook.com/groups/112468105590081/

 

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Wow. Scary stuff.

 

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Short Video of solidarity blockade tonight in Fredericton
https://www.facebook.com/events/2199403 ... 2254577926

Some of my classmates were there
I missed it as I didn't find out until after I arrived home from my evening class late this evening

 

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/ ... DF20131017

Police arrest 40 as Canada shale gas protest turns violent

By Julie Gordon

Thu Oct 17, 2013 5:33pm EDT

(Reuters) - Police in the eastern Canadian province of New Brunswick arrested about 40 people on Thursday after efforts to dismantle a highway barricade turned violent and protesters against shale gas exploration set several police vehicles on fire.

The incident came in response to a weeks-long protest by activists and local aboriginals, who blocked a road near the town of Rexton to try to slow work by SWN Resources Canada, a subsidiary of Southwestern Energy Co, which is exploring shale gas properties in the area.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) moved in early on Thursday to break up the blockade. They said officers were attacked with Molotov cocktails and at least one shot was fired, but not by them.

Susan Levi-Peters, the former chief of the nearby Elsipogtog aboriginal reserve, said the police had moved in aggressively on unarmed protesters.

"The RCMP is coming in here with their tear gas - they even had dogs on us," she said. "They were acting like we're standing there with weapons, while we are standing there, as women, with drums and eagle feathers. This is crazy. This is not Canada."

Levi-Peters said six police vehicles were burning in the street and the Elsipogtog chief and some of the reserve's council members had been arrested.

A police spokeswoman was not immediately available to confirm the arrests, but pictures of Elsipogtog chief Aaron Sock and two others being escorted away by police were posted on Twitter.

The RCMP said dozens of people were arrested on various charges, including weapons offences, mischief and refusing to abide by the court injunction.

"The RCMP has worked diligently with all parties involved in hopes for a peaceful resolution," said Constable Jullie Rogers-Marsh. "Those efforts have not been successful. Tensions were rising and serious criminal acts are being committed."

Members of the Elsipogtog reserve have long opposed SWN's efforts to explore for gas in the region. They want a moratorium on shale gas exploration and say the company did not consult them before starting work.

Their efforts have been buoyed by the "Idle no More" movement, a grassroots effort to bring more attention to the poor living conditions on native reserves and to help aboriginal communities gain more control over natural resource projects.

(Reporting by Julie Gordon; editing by Christopher Wilson)