a couple of months ago, until my nephew, who lives there, e-mailed me.

Go figure.

(the water that will be poisoned by fracking will filter down to the US water ways)

We can make calls if we can't go up to Canada to help

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/10/17/1248457/-Police-Raid-Elsipogtog-Anti-Fracking-Blockade-Looks-like-War-Zone


Suzane Patles, an Ilnu woman and member of the Mi’kmaq Warrior Society, has called for physical support at the blockade, solidarity actions across Turtle Island on Oct. 18th and a flooding of Kanadian official representatives’ phone and mail lines. The October 18th Day of Action is a response in protest to the court injunction that SWN is now enforcing against the encampment.

Men, with rifles, dressed like GI JOE with rifles aimed at peaceful protesters.

Canadian Soldiers And Police Trained By Blackwater Mercenaries Contracted by Harper since 2006. Oh, good grief.

Apparently Corporate Canada also owns the police and.... are those soldiers or police?

October 17, 2013, 7:30 AM – about 700 Canadian police raided the Elsipogtog anti-fracking blockade in New Brunswick. Police have descended on a blockade encampment of members of the Mi’kmaq First Nation, who have been holding a weeks-long blockade to prevent the Texas-based company Southwestern Energy (SWN) from conducting fracking exploration in their lands.
Several people have been hurt and all of the Mi’kmaq Warrior Society has been arrested. Over 200 supporters broke police lines to join the blockade. Reports of rubber bullets fired, reckless use of pepper spray, brutality, all at the behest of SWN.

Help flood the phone lines and emails of SWN to denounce their support for this violence!
Corporate HQ phone: 281.618.4700 on 10/18/2013

MAKE THE CALL and SHARE WITH OTHERS

Urgent call for solidarity and support
Support #Elsipogtog and Mi'kmaq anti fracking blocakde

Solidarity March
Friday October 18th
3:30 pm, gather at the South side of the Vancouver Art Gallery
March leaves at 4 pm sharp
Unceded xʷmə?kwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) territories.

RCMP, including with snipers and dogs and camouflaged and black-clad RCMP tactical officers, have descended on the Mi’kmaq anti-fracking blockade. There are images of elders drumming, praying and crying as warriors as well as Chief and Council are being arrested. RCMP report 40 arrested at Elispogtog. Stand alongside Elsipogtog and show your support at this critical time.

Watch this video for background on the blockade:
http://www.submedia.tv/stimulator/2013/10/16/mikmaq_blockade/

APTN updates:
https://www.facebook.com/APTNNationalNews

https://www.facebook.com/events/590198034374879/590202771041072/?ref=notif&notif_t=event_mall_reply

http://www.submedia.tv/stimulator/2013/10/16/mikmaq_blockade/

For over two weeks now, a coalition of people including local Mi’kmaq residents, and anglophone and Acadian settlers, have blockaded the road leading to an equipment compound leased to South Western Energy or SWN.

SWN is a Texas based energy company, that has been attempting to conduct natural gas exploration in the area’s shale formations. It is believed that if significant deposits of gas are found, SWN would then employ the controversial extraction method of hydraulic fracturing or fracking. But since this past summer, protests, direct actions and sabotage have thwarted their work, and have turned public opinion on the side of the protesters.

Throughout the summer, police arrested dozens of people conducting non-violent civil disobedience. But since the arrival of members of the Mi’kmaq warrior society, the police have not been as keen to come near protesters.
The blockade is preventing SWN from operating thumper trucks, massive vehicles that gather seismic data to determine the location of natural gas.

During my short stay here I’ve witnessed the co-operation between natives and settlers, a partnership that has kept this blockade fully stocked and operational. Food, wood, hot coffee, tents and other supplies keep streaming all the while SWN berates the police in the media for not arresting the protesters.

In two days time, several people named in a court injuction are due to appear before a judge. In the meantime supporters keep arriving, but the warriors have also issued a callout for further support.

That is not Canada gov lands and there is the same problems on the USA side where heavy trucks are cutting across First Nation Lands! It is not Canadas gov. or Americas gov. land.

“There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.”

– Henry David Thoreau, Walden

Not surprise that scumbag Tory would pull-out the contractor BS like his brother George.

Corporate strong arm thugs. If the Mohawks get involved this could turn into a shooting war fast.

The Six Nations warrior societies are not to be messed with...they also have treaties giving them free passage between international borders plus I don't think they've accepted US citizenship yet. They consider themselves completely sovereign and don't see the Canadian gov as legit either...

Ugh.

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It's going to be the First Nations, Natives -

Us "white men" got our heads up our asses.

If we (and/or the USA) were ruled by First Nation people - the raping of the land would STOP!

Global war, at least that fomented from the USA would grind to a halt.

"Defense" departments would be just that - to defend us from attacks, not "perceived threats",

bombing the shit out of people that MIGHT attack us from afar -

Us white men got so insane it's illegal for people to grow food on their properties, have animals raised for food/milk/wool etc., -

because it offends their neighbors.

BUT - us white man think it's ok to tear up the land (think oil sands) - destroy the vegetation, pollute the waters, kill off the wildlife, AND future generations - all for the almighty $$.

FUCK YOU HARPER!, and all the previous "leaders" that have led us into this shame.

CC

+1

during my lunch break I called Southwestern Energy at 281-618-4700 and tell them stop excavating Native Canadian land and poluting the water, and called Royal Mounted Canadian Police at 506-523-4611 and told them stop using excessive force against the native canadians expecially the women and children who are just trying to protect their land.

the person at Royal Mounted Canadian Police said they are open on Saturday also.

http://www.gofundme.com/4v80u4

Defense fund for the elders arrested.

those of us in MN know of trumpeted up weapons and charges. Just check out RNC 8.