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New Brunswick fracking protests are the frontline of democratic fight

2013-10-21 18:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The image of burning police cars played endlessly on the evening news. Television and talk radio blared out reports of "clashes" between police and indigenous protestors. Last Thursday in New Brunswick near the Elsipogtog First Nation, we were told the government had enforced an injunction against a blockade of a US shale gas company. There was nothing about the roots of a conflict years in the making. An appeal to the stereotype of indigenous violence was enough: once again, the natives were breaking...

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