#mikmaqblockade

[thelastamericanindian]

While The Last American Indian On Earth performance art piece is about stereotypes, identity and perception, but in the spirit of solidarity for #Elsipogtog #rexton #mikmaq #mikmaqblockade

[skepticalspectacles]

The last 48 hours tell us a lot about the next 2 years in Canada. #mikmaqblockade #elsipogtog

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

"Solidarity with the Mi’kmaq People who are fighting for all people on Turtle Island and on Mother Earth..."

Via Melanie Cervantes / Dignidad Rebelde

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

A statement of solidarity initiated by the Progressive Student Action Front - Palestine and the Palestinian Progressive Youth Union. Endorsements welcome:

From one stolen land to another, we express our highest solidarity with the Mi'kmaq and Elsipogtog people, the Mi'kmaq Warriors Society and the members of their blockade, defending their lands and confronting colonial resource extraction and profiteering. The blockade, which began September 30, closed Highway 134 in New Brunswick, in the Canadian state, in order to prevent devastating resource extraction (hydraulic fracturing or "fracking") by SWN Resources, a large U.S. corporation.

This blockade is a powerful action of Indigenous people exerting their right to their land, to protect it and prevent its exploitation and destruction taking place, and demanding justice, dignity and decolonization. SWN Resources claims the blockade has cost it $60,000 daily as it attempts to carry out natural gas exploration in the area for hydraulic fracturing. Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) is a destructive process to extract shale gas that is devastating to the environment and water.

The Mi'kmaq Warriors Society and their allies at the blockade were attacked on October 17 by approximately 200 armed Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), who besieged the blockaders, releasing tear gas, tasering protesters, using police dogs and firing rubber bullets. At least 40 land defenders, including Elsipogtog Chief Arren Sock, Mi'kmaq Warriors, and reporters, have been arrested.

Indigenous people in Canada have faced genocide and crimes against humanity, including cultural genocide in residential schools, forced displacement, containment on reservations, controls on movement, and massive land theft and expropriation. They have been resisting for hundreds of years on their land, continually confronting settler colonialism and occupation.

As Palestinians, we also face a settler colonial occupier. We also face occupation, apartheid, resource exploitation, the destruction of our olive trees and the theft of our land and labour for a colonial settler project based on the dispossession, expulsion and oppression of our people. We are struggling to bring settler colonial rule to an end, along with the occupation and apartheid that it creates, and for the right of return of Palestinian refugees, expelled from their homeland for over 65 years.

The Canadian settler colonial state has been one of the foremost international supporters of our settler colonial occupier, Israel. Canada supported the partition of our land, and is now constantly heard in international arenas supporting Israeli wars against Palestinians and Arabs, attacking Palestinian rights, and labelling itself Israel's best friend. Canadian state officials denounce Palestinian efforts to hold Israel accountable under international law for its crimes against Palestinians, the indigenous people of Palestine - at the same time that Canada attempts to quash and suppress international efforts by Indigenous people to seek justice, accountability and decolonization.

From Palestine to Turtle Island, we have one struggle, and we affirm our solidarity and common resistance!

Progressive Student Action Front (Palestine) Palestinian Progressive Youth Union

To sign on please use the form or email: [email protected]

[ut4ps]

Review of what happened yesterday by an eyewitness, participant. 

"These officers are shooting at us like objects, like a video game." 

#mikmaqblockade #elsipogtog #fracking #idle no more

[activistmode-blog]

Escalation After Protester Shot

Fracking Strong Arms Locals, They fight Back.

@strife_moribund RCMP vehicles were set on fire AFTER guns were pointed at a peaceful camp and AFTER a man was shot in the leg. Nice try tho

— Rhonda Doxtator (@kawisaha99) October 18, 2013

[ut4ps]

Armored personnel carrier and riot cops. via @stimulator

Check out more images and video from earlier here.

[ut4ps]

Canadian cops invade peaceful anti-fracking protest on First Nations land

RT @Mimiges: I want to cry ... #RCMP are attacking my people in #Elsipogtog .. cops brought snipers #mikmaqblockade

9-feathers:

Camouflaged and black-clad RCMP tactical officers move into woods around Mi’kmaq-led anti-fracking blockade. Photo via @NRK_NDN

Following video via @DeepRootsUnited

So when police arrive to a peaceful protest with snipers in toe, they're definitely asking for response.  They got it. 

photo via @stimulator

The riot squad is reportedly on the way, so stay tuned. 

Inevitably some news outlets will run the images of the burned cop cars before any mention of how the police arrived, how they provoked, how they fired live rounds at unarmed people who are willing to die in this struggle, how they isolated and alienated people on the front lines from their supporters in the community, and the news will probably also gloss over the true depths of ultimately what it is the people are resisting-> destruction of their local water sources, a complete undermining of any sovereignty they may have had, and catastrophic disruptions of the planet's climate. 

But we know who "started" this riot, we know who the terrorists are-> today they're the RCMP. 

For more background on the demonstration and the issue, click here.