Mi’kmaq Blockade

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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 (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.

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59 thoughts on “Mi’kmaq Blockade”

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  2. Zach

    Submedia and Stim I thank-you for doing this important report. Your work continues to be crucial to the resistance. Fracking, yes fracking, in so called “Canada”, to sacrifice the water for short term private gain means this is full acknowledgement of incremental Fascism accelerated.

  3. Ozan

    “There never was a white man who did not hate Indians and there never was an Indian who did not hate whites. As for himself, God Almighty had made him an Indian, not an agency Indian either- not one of those cracker-and-molasses chiefs- and he did not intend to be one.” — Sitting Bull.

  4. Ozan

    1864 Regarding the massacre of Cheyenne by the wasichus (pale face)
    Major Scott Anthony reported the murder of a child about three years old: “I saw one man get off his horse at a distance of about seventy-five yards and draw up his rifle and fire. He missed the child. Another man came up and said, ‘Let me try the son of a bitch. I can hit him.’ He got down off his horse, kneeled down, and fired at the little child, but he missed him. A third man came up, and made a similar remark, and fired, and the little fellow dropped.”

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  6. Bonnie Roi

    Where exactly is this going on??? State, city??? Country? Canada or Usa?

  7. Stan Squires

    I am from vancouver,canada and this friday i am going to a rally in support of the Mi’kmaq in their fight against Fracking on their land.All people and unions should support this.The Native People is taking the lead in the fight against Fracking.They deserves the support of everyone. keep up the good work.

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  13. Stan Squires

    Someone wanted to know where these activites were going on.It is happening in New Brunswick,Canada.

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  43. Stan Squires

    I am from vancouver and i supports the Mi’Kmaq Blockade.This is the kind of action that is needed to prevent fracking on Native Land.Idle No More and its allies can put an end to fracking on Native Land.Victory to the Mi’Kmaq Nation of New Brunswick.

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