Government officials are clearly shook over the recent article published by Vancouver’s Georgia Straight concerning potential sabotage against the Enbridge pipeline. That article, reposted on Warrior Publications, was entitled “Activists plot how to block new pipelines in BC.” Although there have been many calls made for civil disobedience, this is one of the first major public discussions about the potential for sabotage actions against pipeline construction. Continue reading Government officials shook over Straight’s “sabotage” article→
While the Mikmaq anti-fracking struggle on the east coast has subsided for the time being (“SWN Resources Canada is ending its exploration work, but will return in 2015″), the RCMPigs and other state institutions are doing their best punish the Warriors and others who have engaged in this proud resistance. Continued actions, letters, fundraisers and other solidarity efforts are important in the wake of repression.
Since the spring of 2013, the Mi’kmaq, along with Native and non-Native allies, have been resisting exploratory testing by SWN Resources Canada in New Brunswick. SWN, a Houston, Texas-based company, is searching for deposits of natural gas in shale rock formations. If they are successful and find significant deposits, they will then attempt to extract this gas using the process of fracking. Continue reading Statement of Solidarity with the Mi’kmaq Warriors→
