The Corporate Olympics are going to London, England-- and so are the Poverty Olympics!

Poverty Olympics Torch handover ceremony took place at the dreaded Olympic Cauldron at the Vancouver Convention Center.

No surprise to many activists, since "the Olympic Cauldron" is a major symbol of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.

from roadnetwork, 19 March 2008: There are lots of reasons we’re opposing the Olympics. One of the main ones is that they’re happening on stolen (aboriginal) land... There’s also the gentrification aspect that’s going on in the city of Vancouver. Poor people are being pushed out of the city. Low-income housing is being torn down...

by zz, 11 March 2008: The Olympics are not about the human spirit & have little to do with athletic excellence; they are a multi-billion dollar industry backed by powerful elites, real estate, construction, hotel, tourism and television corporations, working hand in hand with their partners in crime: government officials & members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). 

from ROAD Network, 5 February 2008: For years people have been resisting the G8 and the Olympics, and last year saw a major convergence against the SPP.

from mostly water, 31 January 2008: What do Itchy the Bedbug, Creepy the Cockroach and Chewy the Rat have in common with the 2010 Olympics?

from ainfos, 23 January 2008: Linchpin* talked to Rev from Sudbury about the 2010 Olympics and why he thought it was something anarchists in Ontario should also be mobilizing against.

from ROAD, Canada, 9 January 2008: In 2010, Canada will host the Winter Olympics, the G8 meetings, and will participate in a major Security and Prosperity Partnership summit.

from ROAD Network, 2 January 2008: With the 2010 Winter Olympics scheduled to occur on unceded Coast Salish, St’at’imc and Squamish territory in two years, the spectacle surrounding them continues to wreak havoc on Indigenous people, poor people, and the Earth.