Grand March for Housing, Vancouver, April 4, 2009

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Large 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

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Olympic 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.

Olympic Games a Rich Man's Game

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The 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

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COMMUNIQUE FROM THE LOGISTICS COMMITTEE OF THE OLYMPIC RESISTANCE NETWORK

Vancouver BC, Coast Salish Territory

Olympics Resistance in Kanada

Soumis par Zig Zag le sam, 01/29/2011 - 00:23

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

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2010 Olympics worth $100M to private security firms

Last Updated: Friday, April 17, 2009, The Canadian Press

Military & Police Terrorize Victoria with Bomb Disposal Training

Soumis par Zig Zag le sam, 01/29/2011 - 00:21

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

Soumis par Zig Zag le sam, 01/29/2011 - 00:20

Campaign 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

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The 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?

Soumis par Zig Zag le sam, 01/29/2011 - 00:18

Anti-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

Soumis par Zig Zag le sam, 01/29/2011 - 00:17

Chicago 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

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From 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

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Surrey man, 73, gets police visit after writing Vanoc

By Jeff Lee, Vancouver Sun, April 23, 2009

'Watchdog' Group's Report Criticizes Olympic Secrecy

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Report 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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