[GPSCC-chat] Dozens Arrested in New Brunswick Fracking Blockade

[Brian]

A native protest against a shale-gas project in New Brunswick has 
exploded in violence, sending dozens of people to jail and reducing five
 police cars to smouldering ruins.
The clash between the RCMP and 
the Elsipogtog First Nation, north of Moncton, began early Thursday 
morning when a large number of officers arrived at a compound where SWN 
Resources Canada stores equipment. The police intended to enforce an 
injunction against a native blockade that has prevented SWN, a natural 
gas and oil exploration company, from conducting seismic testing.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/rcmp-move-in-on-first-nation-protesting-shale-gas-development/article14904344/  


It’s a growing grassroots response similar to that of the IdleNoMore 
movement. Groups across the country are mobilizing Thursday after 
violence broke out on the anti-fracking protest line in rural New 
Brunswick.

First Nations people across the country are being asked to show their
 support for Elsipogtog protesters fighting a protest injunction being 
enforced by the RCMP.  


http://aptn.ca/pages/news/2013/10/17/elsipogtog-solidarity-is-spreading-across-canada/

The blockade is preventing [Texas-based South Western Energy] 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.


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

There are armed men, lying on their stomachs with rifles aimed at the tar sands/fracking protesters. 

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

Facebook video has 6,000 shares.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10153336761370274




 		 	   		  
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