A Chill Wind Greets Games

Submitted by Zig Zag on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 21:26

A chill wind greets the Winter Games

Vancouver looks like the perfect Olympic host city, but behind the pristine image lies an urban decay and deprivation that threatens to unleash a wave of protests

By David Usborne

Giant Canada Flag Vandalized, Feb 19, 2010

Submitted by Zig Zag on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 21:18
Protesters carve obscenity into huge Hotel Georgia flag
By Katie Mercer, The Province, February 20, 2010
http://www.th

Solidarity Action in Bristol, UK, Feb 23, 2010

Submitted by Zig Zag on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 21:15

RBS attacked with rocks & fire over Tar Sands project (UK)

23 February 2009

In the early hours of Tuesday 23rd February 2010, anarchists attacked the Royal Bank of Scotland HQ in the heart of developing Bristol, UK.

Canada-US to Extend Security Beyond Games

Submitted by Zig Zag on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 21:12
Canada, U.S. may extend security measures past Games
By Robert Matas

Olympic Tent Village- Corporate News Coverage

Submitted by Zig Zag on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 21:09
Olympic Games in Vancouver end, but homelessness goes on

Filip Bondy

Canada's Nazi Olympics

Submitted by Zig Zag on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 21:01

In these Olympics, Canadians only paid attention to Canada

(Fort Worth/Dallas) Star-Telegram, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010

Anti-Olympic Solidarity Action in Calgary, Feb 14, 2010

Submitted by Zig Zag on Tue, 10/26/2010 - 21:58

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

From Protest to Resistance: Report on Anti-2010 Campaign

Submitted by Zig Zag on Tue, 10/26/2010 - 21:45

A PDF magazine report on the mobilizing campaign against the 2010 Winter Olympics and the resistance during the Games themselves.

Files attached to this post: 
application/pdf iconanti-2010-report1.pdf

Anti-2010: Info Against the Olympic Industry

Submitted by Zig Zag on Tue, 10/26/2010 - 21:41

A PDF magazine focusing on various aspects of the Olympic Industry and its impacts on the Vancouver region prior to the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Files attached to this post: 
application/pdf iconAnti-2010 Booklet.pdf

The Anti-Olympics

Submitted by Zig Zag on Sun, 10/24/2010 - 23:00

THE ANTI-OLYMPICS

Jules Boykoff, New Left Review Number 67, January-February 2011

http://www.newleftreview.org/?page=article&view=2877

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