US/Canadian joint homeland security suppression of Indymedia journalists for controversial, widely opposed 2010 Olympics

Dex — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:35:45 +0000

Canadian border and customs officials (Canadian Border Services Agencies) have teamed up to suppress the movement of Indymedia and other independent media reporters into Canada.

Reminding us of its nationalist/fascist roots, as the carefully stage-managed 2010 Olympics gets underway in Vancouver, around a billion dollars have been expended on security theater measures.

9-11 Media Bash

dawn — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 18:44:00 +0000

Subhead:

A fundraiser for the ORN media committee

Fri Sep 11

city:

Vancouver

Venue:

Centre for Socialist Education

Address:

706 Clark Dr. Vancouver

Cost:

PWYC

organizer contact:

604 630 2441

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Link:

http://olympicresistance.net

9-11 ORN-Media Bash 8pm-2am

On Friday, September 11th, join the Olympic Resistance Network for a Media Bash! The party will start at 8pm and go till late at 706 Clark Drive in Vancouver. It’s a night of music, film, food and more in an effort to fund grassroots media resistance.

ORN-Media is a forum for help and discussion for media makers committed to radical, independent media. We help you create, edit, research and publish your media. We work to put the eyes on the street for the people on the street. We are trying to raise funds to equip our media ninjas with some basic gear before the games.

FILMS

Un Poquito de Tanta Verdad: a film about resistance and alternative media in Oaxaca, Mexico during the uprising of 2006. “When the people of Oaxaca decided they’d had enough of bad government, they didn’t take their story to the media…they TOOK the media.” Director Jill Irene Freidberg will personally be in attendance for a Q&A session.

Resist 2010: a piece by BurningFist Media and no2010.com that documents 8 vital reasons to resist the Olympics.

MUSIC

Salvadorean rocker Alex Rambaud and Canadian musician Mark Penner will provide acoustic guitar tunes and take you on a journey of worldwide resistance.

DJ UsdNeedls will be mixing a selection of hip-hop tracks well into the night.

Alex Rambaud, (Black Mona Lisa, DLP, Circle´s Edge) has spent his life bouncing from Europe and Central America, to the US and now Canada. He has explored different genres of music from Punk to World Music, which has provided him with a unique style when it comes to song writing. The subject of his songs range from talking about the hardships of the Central American poor and the endless conflict in that part of the world, to the harsh reality of life for the homeless in modern western cities of the developed world.

Olympics Resistance Network

US/Canadian joint homeland security suppression of Indymedia journalists for controversial, widely opposed 2010 Olympics

9-11 Media Bash