Grand March for Housing, Vancouver, April 4, 2009
Sat, 01/29/2011 - 00:28 — Zig ZagLarge Mobilization Against Homelessness, For Social Housing
On Saturday April 4, 2009, as many as 2,000 people participated in the 'Grand March for Housing' in downtown Vancouver.
Olympic Torch Promo Tour Protested in Waterloo, Ont
Sat, 01/29/2011 - 00:27 — Zig ZagOlympic Torch Promo Tour Protested in Waterloo, Ont
WATERLOO—Friday April 3, AW@L activists and members of the Climate Change Containment Unit (CCCU) descended on Coca-Cola’s promotional event for the 2010 Olympic Torch Relay.
Native Resistance Threatens Olympic Illusions
Sat, 01/29/2011 - 00:26 — Zig Zag
First nations activists threaten picture
Olympic Games a Rich Man's Game
Sat, 01/29/2011 - 00:25 — Zig ZagThe Olympic Games look like a rich man's game
By Harsha Walia, Special to the Vancouver Sun, April 10, 2009
For anyone who still maintains any illusions of Olympic prosperity, an updated Olympic budget released by Vanoc last week made clear that there is no projected potential Olympic profit.
'ORN Ultimatum: Convergence 2010 Logistics Communique
Sat, 01/29/2011 - 00:24 — Zig ZagCOMMUNIQUE FROM THE LOGISTICS COMMITTEE OF THE OLYMPIC RESISTANCE NETWORK
Vancouver BC, Coast Salish Territory
Olympics Resistance in Kanada
Sat, 01/29/2011 - 00:23 — Zig Zag
Olympics Resistance in Kanada
By Harsha Walia
Left Turn, Published on: April 07, 2009
http://leftturn.mayfirst.org/?q=node/1305
Olympics worth $100 Million to Security Firms
Sat, 01/29/2011 - 00:22 — Zig Zag2010 Olympics worth $100M to private security firms
Last Updated: Friday, April 17, 2009, The Canadian Press
Military & Police Terrorize Victoria with Bomb Disposal Training
Sat, 01/29/2011 - 00:21 — Zig Zag
Military & Police Terrorize Victoria with Bomb Disposal Training
Video: Soldiers on improvised explosive exercises prepare for Olympic
terrorism and Afghan war.
Campaign to Stop Killer Coke at Shareholders Meeting
Sat, 01/29/2011 - 00:20 — Zig ZagCampaign to Stop Killer Coke to Protest at Coke Annual Meeting: Mobile Billboards in Atlanta Area Will Highlight Coke’s Abuses
[No2010 Note: Coke is one of the top Olympic sponsors and a sponsor for the torch relay]
Monday, April 20, 2009, For immediate release
Report on People Vs. City of Vancouver Protest-Trial
Sat, 01/29/2011 - 00:19 — Zig ZagThe People VS The City of Vancouver
200 hundred people gathered in Vancouver's notorious Pigeon Park in the DTES on Sunday April 19th in support of the DTES community. The event was a People's Community Court designed to protest against the City of Vancouver & its wide spread Social Cleansing campaign.
Anti-Olympic Videos A Window to the Future?
Sat, 01/29/2011 - 00:18 — Zig ZagAnti-Olympic videos a window into what's coming
By Jeff Lee 04-02-2009, Inside the 2010 Olympics, Vancouver Sun
Anti-Olympic Sabotage in Chicago
Sat, 01/29/2011 - 00:17 — Zig ZagChicago Insurgent Network's first strikes at the City Of Chicago and the IOC
from anarchistnews.org, 18 April 2009:
Statement from Network for No Olympics in Tokyo
Sat, 01/29/2011 - 00:16 — Zig ZagFrom the Tokyo 2016 Olympics resistance movement Statement of the gathering 2009 JANUARY 17th.
Today in Shibuya, Tokyo, we had a gathering to consider problems inherent to the Olympics. There was a report on the invitation process for the Tokyo Olympics.
Letter Writer Gets Visit from RCMP
Sat, 01/29/2011 - 00:15 — Zig ZagSurrey man, 73, gets police visit after writing Vanoc
By Jeff Lee, Vancouver Sun, April 23, 2009
'Watchdog' Group's Report Criticizes Olympic Secrecy
Sat, 01/29/2011 - 00:14 — Zig ZagReport criticizes Olympic organizers for lack of transparency
By Travis Lupick, Georgia Straight, 'Straight Talk', April 22, 2009
An unofficial Olympic watchdog group has published a report criticizing Vanoc and the Olympic planning process for what it described as a “dramatic reduction in transparency”.
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