Journalist Miles Howe has been at the anti-fracking blockade since the beginning, and providing reliable coverage when everyone else was ignoring this. He's still the go-to reporter and he's come through for us again with this summation of yesterday's events, including the role of agent provacateurs in this struggle.
RCMP bring 60 drawn guns, dogs, assault rifles, to serve injunction on the wrong roadhttp://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/rcmp-bring-60-drawn-guns-dogs-assault-rifles-serve/19358Though the mainstream media has tried to portray this as a "clash" that "erupted into violence," the encampment has been peaceful, and up until yesterday at dawn, interactions with the police had been peaceful and at times even cordial. Yesterday the Mi'kmaq and their allies woke up to flaming police cars and guns in their faces. The man who threw the molotov cocktails is not a member of the Mi'kmaq blockade. He turned up shortly before the policed did, started the fires, and then walked out past the police line without being arrested. Draw your own conclusions.
Solidarity actions with Elisipogtog:
http://www.idlenomore.ca/eventshttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0AosCZUVjH-UBdF9PakZmNzFDd3RtTzYwM0FxMTlBclEhttp://www.wearepowershift.ca/stand_with_elsipogtog_actionsSome history on the land rights issues in the region:
http://www.mediacoop.ca/story/elsipogtog-clashes-300-years-making/19357For ongoing developments, follow the #Elsipogtog feed on twitter:
https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Elsipogtog&src=hash
