Games Over! Resistance Lives!
*Celebrating Unity & Solidarity*
*Sunday FEB 28th, 2010 at 1:00 PM
Smithe and Cambie
Followed by celebration at 4:30 pm of 2 weeks of dignity, hope and freedom
at Olympic Tent Village. *[ more information on tent village here:
olympictentvillage.wordpress.com ]
Bring the NOISE! Pots, pans, drums and noisemakers welcome! Join us in a
noisy public festival to celebrate our communities and our resistance.
Just because the IOC says the games are over doesn't mean it's over.
Our struggles for justice as indigenous, migrant, poor, working class and
*(send out far and wide!)
Native Youth Movement
Statement to the Universe
War for Land and Freedom continues…
Indigenous Peoples are celebrating Worldwide after claiming victory over the
2010 Winter Olympic Games. Invaders were warned not to enter our Lands and
now they are to blame for the “worst Olympic games ever”. For the first
time there is no natural snow in the host Olympic city, which sits on
un-surrendered Indigenous Territories. 20,000+ tickets had to be refunded
after the cancellation of many events because of no snow. A Georgian
For Immediate Release
PRESS RELEASE - February 25th, 2010
The Olympic Resistance Network celebrates success of convergence and promises future action
VANCOUVER - The Olympic Resistance Network (ORN) has declared the success of the Convergence and protests against the 2010 Winter Olympics as a victory both against the Olympic industry and for local struggles for social and environmental justice. In spite of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) attempts to cover up the human rights and environmental violations of the corporate sponsors and host governments, the mobilization of communities across the country has forced the issues of homelessness, colonization, policing, public debt and environmental destruction into the public debate.
* 2010 Welcoming Center: Mon Feb 8 and Tues Feb 9, Fri Feb 12 till Mon Feb 15 459 E. Hastings from 11am - 7pm Wed Feb 10th - Thurs Feb 11th. Noon - 8pm. Center for Socialist Education (706 clark dr) and Wise Hall (1882 Adanac St) during the Olympic Resistance Summit * To sign up to receive email updates, subscribe yourself directly to our email list: https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/orn-announce * Please note as of Mon Feb 8, we will not be checking our email regularly. * For a schedule of events: http://olympicresistance.net/content/schedule * Legal support: http://olympicresistance.net/content/legal-information * For media, including extensive media availabilities: http://olympicresistance.net/content/media * Subscribe to media distribution list: https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ornmedia
