2010 Olympics

Poverty Olympics Torch Relay (onto London 2012)

Tami Starlight — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 09:30:31 +0000

The Corporate Olympics are going to London, England-- and so are the Poverty Olympics!

Poverty Olympics Torch handover ceremony took place at the dreaded Olympic Cauldron at the Vancouver Convention Center.

No surprise to many activists, since "the Olympic Cauldron" is a major symbol of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.

D.O.A. - Talk - Action = Zero. an interview with Mr. Shithead.

Dan Kellar — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:45:27 +0000

AW@L radio was lucky enough to catch up with Joey Keithley of DOA before the band played their anti-olympic show at the Rickshaw theatre in Vancouver on the 20th of February as anti-olympic protests were continuing through the city. Discussion includes the new album, the olympics, and tent city.

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Man Arrested for Lighting Cigarette with the Torch

shameon2010 — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:05:43 +0000

Youtube link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FsmYwcbNeM

The 2010 Olympics and Repression of Independent Media

nigelparry — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:59:20 +0000

A report for Rustbelt Radio

Listen to/download the Report (MP3 format, 34.8MB)

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Balaclava! VMC Olympic Broadsheet, issue 6

isaac — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:00:57 +0000

the daily newspaper of the 2010 anti-olympic convergence, a project of the Vancouver Media Co-op

The Vancouver Media Coop is releasing a broadsheet every day of the Anti-Olympics Convergence.

Today's issue includes reports and photos Saturday's actions in Vancouver, including a legal update and a round-up of absurd Police behaviour.

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Us Vs. Them

eharlow — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:05:53 +0000

Mainstream media sure can talk pretty, but maybe ain't so good.

Unless you happened to have lived under a rock for the past 48 hours, you've without a doubt heard of the anti-Olympic protests that have been taking place in the streets of downtown Vancouver the past couple days.

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Take Back our City 2010 Photos

ryan_vande — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:32:01 +0000

In conjunction with the opening ceremonies of the 2010 games, Vancouver takes to the streets. Photos available at http://www.flickr.com/photos/45406142@N06/sets/

US/Canadian joint homeland security suppression of Indymedia journalists for controversial, widely opposed 2010 Olympics

Dex — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:35:45 +0000

Canadian border and customs officials (Canadian Border Services Agencies) have teamed up to suppress the movement of Indymedia and other independent media reporters into Canada.

Reminding us of its nationalist/fascist roots, as the carefully stage-managed 2010 Olympics gets underway in Vancouver, around a billion dollars have been expended on security theater measures.

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Downtown East Side Anti-Olympic Street Art

insurgentphoto — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:21:05 +0000

Here are some photos of anti-Olympic street art in Downtown Eastside Vancouver, mostly centered around East Hastings Street.

More photos at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/insurgent/

Email me if you see any anti-Olympic art around Vancouver that you think needs to be photographed before it gets painted over!

Greet The Torch in Delta

edoherty — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:31:58 +0000

Titre secondaire:

Greenest Games or Freeway Olympics?

Ma Fév 9

ville:

Delta BC

Lieu:

Outside Delta City Hall

Adresse:

4500 Clarence Taylor Crescent

Coût:

free

Lien de carte:

http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Ladner+Exchange,+Delta,+BC+(Ladner+Exchange+-+Bus+Loop)&daddr=Delta+municipal+hall&geocode=CcjU76QZyX7XFewE7QIdYjiq-CFdfAN4og-xiw%3BFWj47AIdz0iq-CGvtqd2AHjcAA&hl=en&mra=pe&mrcr=0&dirflg=w&sll=49.086122,-123.060312&sspn=0.013547,0.037894&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=17

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Lien:

http://www.livableregion.ca/blog/blogs/index.php/2010/02/06/feb_9_delta_feb_12_vancouver_greenest_ga

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The Vancouver Olympic Blues

Kyle Hodnett — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:01:58 +0000

When I arrived in Vancouver, the first thing I noticed was the frowns.

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All out against the 2010 Winter Olympic Games!

stimulator — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:07:44 +0000

ALL OUT AGAINST THE 2010 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES! The 2010 Winter Olympics will take place in Vancouver & Whistler, on unceded Indigenous land, from February 12-28 2010.

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The 2010 Winter Olympic Legacy

Professional Recreationalist — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:36:13 +0000

The cheering crowds and sea of volunteers - supported by the Police, the RCMP and the Military - are simply an army of fools fighting for greater profits for the rich.

your Joint is Running - 2010 Olympic Torch Relay

Professional Recreationalist — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:30:31 +0000

Barbara Fosdick, the 85 year-old torch runner and war veteran, who showed concern over her running joint in the video, was an anti-aircraft gunner during Hitlers war, around the time that Hitler invented the Olympic Torch run.

Barbara is versatile - willing kill Nazis and carry their torch.

In an interview, she recognized that people are concerned about all of the money being spent on the Olympics, but she thinks it'll all work out. Gee, isn't that sweet, and ignorant.

_______________________ ________________________

The police(?) gave no warning before attempting to knock over our bicycle. I am a disabled cyclist and I was transporting my daughter on my assist-vehicle. We broke no law. There was no signage restricting access to the area, and there was a photographer near the torch, who was not assaulted or physically pushed to the perimeter.

The police actions are akin to running a car off the road because their head-lights are dirty - instead of requesting that they stop.

Call for Submissions: Media Co-op and Dominion coverage of the 2010 Olympics

dawn — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:35:56 +0000

Get your pitch in before July 27th!

The Dominion is seeking pitches for our special issue on the 2010
Olympics. Submit your pitch by July 27th!

Some of the issues that we hope to cover in the lead up to the games include:

-Native land rights struggles in occupied BC
-Ecological effects of the Games
-Olympics and nationalism
-Displacement and the Games
-The corporate media and the Olympics
-Torch activities
-The Games and the Economic Crisis
-The costs of "Securing" the Games
-Effects of Olympics on municipal and provincial budgets
-Labour and the 2010 Games
-Resistance to 2010
-Beneficiaries of the Olympics
-Articles that put the games into a historical context, in Canada or elsewhere.

If you would like to write on one of these topics, or pitch us
something different, please read on!

We're looking for pieces in a variety of different of formats, not
limited to: briefs (150 to 200 words), articles (800-1000 words),
infographics, graphs and maps, comics, and illustrations, and we plan
to have video and audio content online to supplement the special
issue. The Dominion has a modest budget to pay writers and
contributors whose pitches are accepted.

If you've got an idea for something you'd like to contribute for the
Dominion's Olympics special issue, please submit your pitch here
before July 27:

http://www.mediacoop.ca/node/add/pitch

Background on the Vancouver Media Cooperative and The Dominion.

The Vancouver Local of the Media Co-op is being launched this summer.
By 2010, it will be a node for unembedded coverage of the Olympic
Games. We encourage writers, researchers and journalists to create an
account and share information and coverage about the 2010 Games.

http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/

The Dominion, the flagship publication of the Media Co-op, will
publish a special issue about the Olympics in November 2009. Thousands
of copies of the issue will be printed and distributed through

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