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PHOTOGRAPHY about EducationEnvironmentGenderHousingIndigenousMediaPeace/WarPovertySolidaritySportsposted on February 12, 2010 by nofutureface

2010 Photo Lens: Olympic Torch Diverted on Commercial Drive

by Chris Bevacquanofutureface

→Dominion Stories, →2010 Olympics

Protesters on the drive hold up banners showing their resistance to the tar sands
Protesters took over the drive this morning and successfully diverted the torch
Protesters blocked the roads and intersections of the drive this morning and successfully diverted the torch

On the opening day of the 2010 WInter Olympic Games, protesters took to the streets of the Commercial Drive neighbourhood and successfully diverted the Olympic torch. 

View the slideshow for photography of todays resistance:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nofutureface/sets/72157623297691301/

See ya on the streets,

nofutureface

 

 

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