Saturday, February 21, 2015

#tarsands #canada #terrorism #carbondemocracy: RCMP talks of opposition to oil in the language of national security and terrorism, part of wider criminalization of protest

This illustrates the political struggle described by Zalik, the tactics of hegemony, the legitimization of coercion (violence) in defense of extractivism, and the increasing criminalization of all forms of opposition.


(Zalik, Anna (2011). "Protest as Violence in Oilfields: The Contested Representation of Profiteering in Two Extractive Sites" in S. Feldman, C. Geisler and G. Menon (eds) Accumulating Insecurity. Athens, University of Georgia Press. p 261-284.)




More on the 'anti-terror' legislation: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/c-51-confusion-abounds-as-tories-rush-anti-terrorism-bill-to-committee-1.2963569