Anti-2010 campaign escalating?

Submitted by Zig Zag on Mon, 02/14/2011 - 00:08

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

Submitted by Zig Zag on Mon, 02/14/2011 - 00:07

10 Windows of an RBC on Coast Salish Territories (Vancouver) Smashed

Vancouver: Action Blocks PNWER Summit Boat Tour!

Submitted by Zig Zag on Mon, 02/14/2011 - 00:06

Vancouver: 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

Submitted by Zig Zag on Mon, 02/14/2011 - 00:05

Olympic Profits: The 2010 Games versus Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

By Christopher A. Shaw, Briarpatch Magazine, August 2008

Grassy Narrows Youth Anti-2010

Submitted by Zig Zag on Mon, 02/14/2011 - 00:03

Grassy Narrows Youth Anti-2010

August 9, 2008 - 11:06 — no2010

Beijing Olympic Police State

Submitted by Zig Zag on Mon, 02/14/2011 - 00:02

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

Submitted by Zig Zag on Mon, 02/14/2011 - 00:01

Campbell 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

Submitted by Zig Zag on Mon, 02/14/2011 - 00:00

Military 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

Submitted by Zig Zag on Sun, 02/13/2011 - 23:59

Resistance 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?

Submitted by Zig Zag on Sun, 02/13/2011 - 23:59

Will oilsands tar Winter Games?

The Edmonton Journal, Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Summary of Olympic Repression in Beijing

Submitted by Zig Zag on Sun, 02/13/2011 - 23:58

Tallying 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

Submitted by Zig Zag on Sun, 02/13/2011 - 23:57

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

Submitted by Zig Zag on Sun, 02/13/2011 - 23:56

Santa Cruz McDonalds Attacked

by not lovin' it
Monday Aug 25th, 2008

2010 Earthquake?

Submitted by Zig Zag on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 01:03

Eyes 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

Submitted by Zig Zag on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 01:02

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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