olympics

Riot 2010!

stimulator — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 20:13:59 +0000

This week:

Documents trace ISU's path to 2010 Olympics

dawn — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:00:22 +0000

Interview with Guillaume Beaulieu and exclusive FOI requests

As activists across Canada lick their wounds from the demonstrations against the G-20 and prepare for the next round, hundreds of their comrades face serious charges, many of which are politically motivated.

Housing activists occupy apartment in Athlete's Village

stimulator — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 01:10:24 +0000

VANCOUVER - Four local housing activists inside a suite today at the infamous Olympic Village complex in False Creek. The four peacefully "took possession" at around 5pm. They plan to occupy the $2.1 million apartment for one minute for every social housing unit the government lied about - more than 11 hours in total.

The activists issued the following Press Release:

The New Media Landscape Includes Streets Strewn with Broken Glass

isaac — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:21:49 +0000

The role of radical grassroots media in 2010 protest coverage

The atmosphere in the Alternative Media Centre (AMC) was like nowhere else: tense yet anticipating. Around twenty people milled about the Centre, leaving and going in either pairs or small groups so as to avoid being picked up off the streets by police.

Keep The Contact Centre open!

juan — Thu, 27 May 2010 18:03:45 +0000

Protest series against the sudden closure of the "Health Contact Centre" in Vancouver Downtown East side.

The Contact Centre was a 24-hour first point of contact for individuals wanting respite from the street and from the corner of Main and Hastings.

RBC branch in Ottawa Firebombed

stimulator — Wed, 19 May 2010 03:37:46 +0000

A branch of the Royal Bank of Canada in Ottawa, was firebombed on the morning of May 18th. A communiqué and video were posted on the Ottawa Indymedia website and signed "FFFC - Ottawa."

Black Bloc 02/13/10

nofutureface — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:24:21 +0000

This video features my photos taken during the "Heart Attack" march, led by the Black Bloc, during the 2010 Olympic Winter Games here in Vancouver.

Olympic Homeless Tent Village

Jadis — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:46:20 +0000

Activists and representative of DTES Elders Council, Power To Women, Pivot Legal Society, Carnegie Community Action Project and Vancouver Action create an Olympic Homeless Tent Village and crash Bob Rennie's party for the rich during the 2010 Olympics to pressure the government to take acti

Diversity of Tactics, Diversity of Opinions

Dan Kellar — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:38:31 +0000

in response to the heart attack demo at the anti-olympic convergence on the 13th of february, many allies of social justice movements denouced the acts as violent and inneffective, breaching the statement of unity that the organizers of the convergence, the Olympic Resistance Network had articulated.

Police Crack Down on Activists as Olympics Continue

lucho — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:22:32 +0000

Interview with UBC student who was arrested Saturday, and had his possessions seized by VPD

Police have been targeting activists by seizing property, issuing tickets and making arrests using the flimsiest of excuses. Local police assisted by the ISU and Canadian Border Services made a series of repressive arrests starting Friday, when a march from the Vancouver Art Gallery saw three people arrested, and one charged with assault from this completely peaceful protest.

Poetry, music and resistance - anti-olympic tent village occupies VANOC parking lot.

Dan Kellar — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:50:33 +0000

On the final day of the convergence to oppose the 2010 olympics, a march for housing ended with a tent village being erected in the downtown east side of Vancouver, demanding (among others) the social housing the VANOC promised when bidding for the games.

Balaclava! VMC Olympic Broadsheet, issue 5

Sakura Saunders — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:24:47 +0000

the daily newspaper of the 2010 anti-olympic convergence, a project of the Vancouver Media Co-op

The Vancouver Media Coop is releasing a broadsheet every day of the Anti-Olympics Convergence.

Today's issue includes reports and photos Saturday's actions in Vancouver, including a legal update and a round-up of absurd Police behaviour.

Balaclava! VMC Olympic Broadsheet, issue 4

Sakura Saunders — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:33:58 +0000

the daily newspaper of the 2010 anti-olympic convergence, a project of the Vancouver Media Co-op

The Vancouver Media Coop is releasing a broadsheet every day of the Anti-Olympics Convergence.

Today's issue includes reports, photos, and letters from Friday's actions in Downtown Vancouver, including two successful torch disruptions and a massive demonstration.

Greenest Games Ever? Frontline Voices Confront Olympic Greenwash

Sakura Saunders — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:50:41 +0000

The Vancouver Olympics were billed by governments, sponsors and promotors as the "greenest games ever." But the resistance movement against the Games has decimated these claims, by bringing voices from people on the front lines of environmental destruction to the fore.

Report From the 2010 Vancouver Peoples Summit

lucho — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:34:52 +0000

The 2010 Peoples Summit wrapped up today after two days of workshops and presentations, building up to the Vancouver Anti-Olympic Convergence. Presenters spoke on an array of topics including legal rights, street medic training, movement building and Native land issues.