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

2010 Photo Lens: Take Back the City!

by Chris Bevacquanofutureface

→Dominion Stories, →2010 Olympics

Downtown eastside activist sings a First Nation song at the rally
Harjap Grewal spoke to the environmental destruction the Olympic games have had on BC communities
Protester stands in front of the police line at BC Place

Vancouverites and concerned citizens from all over BC and beyond showed up and took to the streets today in full force to protest the 2010 Winter Games. The marched from the Vancouver Art Gallery all the way to BC Place where the opening ceremonies were taking place. The activists were met by a large group of police and while the two groups faced over for quite some time no one was injured and no was arrested. 

View the slideshow of todays events here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nofutureface/sets/72157623299703807/

See ya on the streets,

nofutureface

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