Indymedia Reporter Detained in 'No Man's Land' Enroute to Vancouver
Tue, 11/23/2010 - 20:55 — Zig Zag
Indymedia Reporter Detained in "No Mans Land" on his way to Vancouver Olympics
by Vancouver Media Co-op →2010 Olympics
RUSH TRANSCRIPT
VMC: Another independent journalist was turned away at the US-Canada
border Tuesday on his way to Vancouver to cover protests at the 2010
Olympic Games. John Weston Osburn, a long time indymedia activist,
David Zirin Column on Olympic Police State
Mon, 11/15/2010 - 23:51 — Zig ZagThe arrest of an independent reporter in the run-up to the Vancouver Winter Olympics is a troubling sign of a crackdown on dissent.
Dave Zirin - The Nation - February 10, 2010
Take Back Our City Call Out
Mon, 11/15/2010 - 23:48 — Zig ZagTAKE BACK OUR CITY:
‘Welcome’ the 2010 Olympic Torch with Free Games, Free Food and Free Speech!
* Friday, February 12, 2010, 3pm
* Vancouver Art Gallery (Georgia Street, between Howe and Hornby)
Join us in a public festival at the Vancouver Art Gallery at 3pm followed
by a march to protest the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Olympics at BC
Vancouver: 'Drug Central' of North America
Mon, 11/15/2010 - 23:44 — Zig ZagVancouver: 'Drug Central' of North America
Security Sety to Deal with Olympic Protesters
Mon, 11/15/2010 - 23:34 — Zig ZagSecurity set to deal with Oly protests
Cops say they will 'ramp up' forces if necessary
Damian Inwood
The Province
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Hockey mom Theresa Watts carries the Olympic torch just after
leaving the Langley Events Centre on Monday.
CREDIT: Ian Smith, PNG
Olympic security police say they won't hesitate to "ramp up" their
Olympic Protesters Send Mixed Messages
Mon, 11/15/2010 - 23:27 — Zig ZagOlympic protesters send mixed, memorized messages
Activists point fingers at Afghanistan, India, aboriginal land
claims
Mark Hasiuk
Vancouver Courier
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
On an unseasonably warm afternoon last Thursday, while snow melted
on Cypress Mountain and road closures scattered downtown traffic, a
Security Plan Sends in Troops
Mon, 11/15/2010 - 23:24 — Zig ZagSecurity plan sends in the troops
The Globe and Mail
By Steven Chase, The Globe and Mail Posted Thursday, February 11,
2010 12:17 AM ET
The nerve centre of the Canadian military force that will envelop
Vancouver's Winter Games in unprecedented security is based in a
drab Ottawa industrial park that belies its vital importance.
Just Pawns in the Game, Letter to Editor
Mon, 11/15/2010 - 23:23 — Zig ZagJust pawns in the Games [letter]
Vancouver SunFebruary 11, 2010
A14
With some misgivings, I supported Vancouver's Olympic bid in 2003,
partly because my son plays basketball for Team Canada and has his
own Olympic aspirations but mostly because the socially conscious
politicians Mike Harcourt and Jim Green were enthusiastic. My
Be a Good Sport and Forget $8 Billion Olympics
Mon, 11/15/2010 - 23:18 — Zig Zag
Be a good sport and try to forget the $8-billion price tag
Games benefits, once touted at $10 billion, are hard to pin down
By Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver SunFebruary 11, 2010
Before they light the cauldron to open the Winter Games on Friday,
one last look at the greatest of all international sporting events,
Olympic Tent Village Request for Support
Mon, 11/15/2010 - 23:11 — Zig ZagOLYMPIC TENT VILLAGE NEEDS YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT!
Since Feb 15, 2010 the Olympic Tent Village has been set up at 58 West
Hastings, an empty lot owned by notorious condo developer Concord Pacific,
currently being leased by VANOC as a parking lot for the Olympics.
The first few days at the Olympic Tent Village have gone strongly and
Solidarity Action in Bristol, UK, Feb 23, 2010
Mon, 11/15/2010 - 23:08 — Zig ZagBristol solidarity with anti-Olympic athletes
web link includes photo:
http://bristol.indymedia.org/article/691939
Bristol demo in solidarity with anti-olympic protests in Vancouver, Coast
Salish Territories No Olympics on Stolen Native Land!
Anti-Olympic Solidarity Action in Calgary, Feb 14, 2010
Mon, 11/15/2010 - 23:07 — Zig Zag
http://anarchistnews.org/?q=node/10676
Valentine's day 2010, Calgary's finest Anarchists smashed up a local
McDonalds establishment in solidarity with comrades in Vancouver.
Olympic sponsors all over Calgary have been targeted in acts of
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