Anti-2010 campaign escalating?
Mon, 02/14/2011 - 00:08 — Zig Zag
Anti-2010 campaign escalating?
What do bank windows, “Welcome to Vancouver” signs and a construction truck have in common?
10 Windows of an RBC on Coast Salish Territories (Vancouver) Smashed
Mon, 02/14/2011 - 00:07 — Zig Zag10 Windows of an RBC on Coast Salish Territories (Vancouver) Smashed
Vancouver: Action Blocks PNWER Summit Boat Tour!
Mon, 02/14/2011 - 00:06 — Zig ZagVancouver: Action Blocks PNWER Summit Boat Tour!
No Smooth Sailing for PNWER Elites: Marina Entrance Blocked by Activists A group of activists blocked access to the Westin Bayshore marina on Wednesday July 23 [2008] to protest the Pacific NorthWest Economic Region (PNWER) summit.
Olympic Profits Vs. Downtown Eastside
Mon, 02/14/2011 - 00:05 — Zig ZagOlympic Profits: The 2010 Games versus Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
By Christopher A. Shaw, Briarpatch Magazine, August 2008
Grassy Narrows Youth Anti-2010
Mon, 02/14/2011 - 00:03 — Zig Zag
Grassy Narrows Youth Anti-2010
August 9, 2008 - 11:06 — no2010
Beijing Olympic Police State
Mon, 02/14/2011 - 00:02 — Zig Zag
Beijing Lockdown
by Geofferey York
Globe and Mail, July 26, 2008
In the small Beijing suburb of Hongxialu, there's a new force in town. The government has recruited a special unit of 288 residents, mostly middle-aged or elderly, to work as “security volunteers” in the lead-up to the Olympics.
BC Premier questioned about 2010 protests in China
Mon, 02/14/2011 - 00:01 — Zig ZagCampbell fires back at Chinese critics
Questions about homelessness, rock slide from government newspaper reporters stir response
Jeff Lee, Vancouver Sun
Published: Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Military twist to Beijing Games, Gordon Campbell questioned about Vancouver sheriff vehicle firebombing
Mon, 02/14/2011 - 00:00 — Zig ZagMilitary twist to Games
By BOB MACKIN
24 Hours Vancouver
Thursday, August 14, 2008
BEIJING -- The Beijing Olympics are already the most militarized global sporting event since Moscow in 1980 and perhaps Berlin 1936. Organizers up the ante every day.
Resistance 2010! Against the Olympics, G8 and SPP in 2010
Sun, 02/13/2011 - 23:59 — Zig ZagResistance 2010! Against the Olympics, G8 and SPP in 2010
(english and french versions)
RESISTANCE 2010!
- No Olympics on stolen land!
- Disrupt and abolish the G8 and SPP
- Active support and solidarity for local struggles of self-determination, justice and dignity
[August 2008 – OTTAWA]
Will oilsands tar 2010 Winter Games?
Sun, 02/13/2011 - 23:59 — Zig Zag
Will oilsands tar Winter Games?
The Edmonton Journal, Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Summary of Olympic Repression in Beijing
Sun, 02/13/2011 - 23:58 — Zig ZagTallying the human cost of the Beijing Games
GEOFFREY YORK
From Monday's Globe and Mail
August 24, 2008 at 10:47 PM EDT
McDonalds attacked in Guelph, Ontario
Sun, 02/13/2011 - 23:57 — Zig Zag
McDonalds attacked in Guelph, Ontario
On the afternoon of August 24 [2008], a McDonalds was attacked in Guelph Ontario. We cemented shut the pipes, disabling the toilet in the bathroom stall. We were inspired by a similar action in Victoria, BC on May 31 carried out against McDonalds because of their involvement in the 2010 Olympics.
Santa Cruz, California, McDonalds Attacked
Sun, 02/13/2011 - 23:56 — Zig ZagSanta Cruz McDonalds Attacked
by not lovin' it
Monday Aug 25th, 2008
2010 Earthquake?
Tue, 02/08/2011 - 01:03 — Zig ZagEyes of world on quakes rumbling near Olympic site
ROBERT MATAS
Globe and Mail, August 28, 2008
VANCOUVER— A “swarm of earthquakes” off the coast of Vancouver Island that caused no damage drew international attention yesterday as the global media shifted its gaze from Beijing to Vancouver, the site of the 2010Winter Olympics.
Vandals Cover Olympic Clock in Paint
Tue, 02/08/2011 - 01:02 — Zig Zag
Olympic vandals paint themselves into hot water
CTV News, Aug. 28 2008, Darcy Wintonyk, ctvbc.ca
A group of vandals have hit Vancouver B.C.'s Olympic Countdown Clock.
Police spokesperson Jana McGuinness says just after midnight Thursday they received a call that three people had doused the clock with white paint.
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