BCCLA Praises Police Repression

Submitted by Zig Zag on Mon, 11/15/2010 - 23:04

Heavy security force has tread lightly, rights group says
The Globe and Mail
By Robert Matas, The Globe and Mail, Friday, February 19, 2010

VANCOUVER - At the halfway mark of the 17-day Winter Olympics, the
Games' massive security operation - which civil libertarians once
warned would trample democratic rights - has so far stepped on few
toes.

A Report on 2010 Heart Attack

Submitted by Zig Zag on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 22:00

2010 Heart Attack: Vancouver Olympics Opening Day
By Scott Harris| February 14, 2010, Council of Canadians Blog
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/council-canadians/2010/02/2010-heart-attack-vancouver-olympics-opening-day

Is this violence?

Submitted by Zig Zag on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 21:57

Is this Violence?: Protestors take to the streets as the city has a Heart
Attack.
By Eve Belle Wilensky
February 14, 2010
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/campus-notes/2010/02/violence-protestors-take-streets-city-has-heart-attack

In defense of Black Bloc: Communique

Submitted by Zig Zag on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 21:53

In defense of the black bloc:  A communique from Olympic resisters

February 14th, 2010 – Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories

On February 12th and 13th, 2010, thousands of courageous individuals came
together to resist the 2010 Olympic police state and to attack the

Report on 2010 Anti-Olympic Convergence

Submitted by Zig Zag on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 21:52

Mass protests and the future of convergence activism

http://briarpatchmagazine.com/convergence-activism/
By Jane Kirby, Briarpatch Magazine
January/February 2010

Worst Games Ever? From Disaster to Calamity

Submitted by Zig Zag on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 21:45
Vancouver Games continue downhill slide from disaster to calamity
Snowboarding nonsense is the latest fiasco threatening to make these Games the worst in Olympic history

Corporate News Opinion Poll on Protests, Games: Feb 2010

Submitted by Zig Zag on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 21:43

[This content should have generated the headline: "there is still strong
support -- 55 per cent -- for the protesters' core argument that the Games are
a waste of money"]

Vancouverites love the Games

Sympathy for anti-Olympic protests dropping, poll suggests

By Doug Ward, Vancouver Sun, February 18, 2010

Bridge Blockaded, Feb 13, 2010

Submitted by Zig Zag on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 21:40

February 13, 2010,

Blockade Golden Ears Bridge,

Anti-2010 Olympics Convergence, Coast Salish Territories, (Vancouver, B.C.)

 

Video: http://www.youtube.com/salmonsovereignty

Contact: salmonsovereignty@hotmail.com

Canada's Aboriginal Show and Tell

Submitted by Zig Zag on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 21:36

Olympics Can't Mask Country's Human Rights Record on Indigenous Peoples

Canada's Aboriginal Show and Tell

By MARTIN LUKACS

Games Over! Resistance Lives! Call-Out

Submitted by Zig Zag on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 21:30

Games Over! Resistance Lives!
Celebrating Unity & Solidarity

Sunday FEB 28th, 2010 1PM
Smythe and Cambie

Bring the NOISE! Pots, pans, drums and noisemakers welcome! Join us in a
noisy public festival to celebrate our communities and our resistance.

Our struggles for justice as indigenous, migrant, poor, working class and

Native Elder Defends Black Bloc

Submitted by Zig Zag on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 21:29

[Stella August is a 64 year old Indigenous Elder and a well-known DTES
residents and activist with the Downtown Eastside Power of Women Group]

Power of Women Group defends protesters
VANCOUVER/CKNW Radio (AM980)
Dan Burritt
2/20/2010

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