Anti-Olympic Arrestees Appear in Court

Syndicated from No 2010

March 19, 2010

A Washington state man arrested during a violent Olympics protest for wrapping a bike chain around his hand, brass-knuckles style, was carrying the chain because he had been fixing his bike, court heard yesterday.

Report on Montreal IDAPB (March 15)

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By Gord Hill - March 17, 2010

“These 'peace officers' abuse their powers and sometimes even kill innocent and unarmed individuals without the least worry of being punished, since they know the system is there to protect them. This situation has a name: impunity.”

-- Montreal's Collective Opposed to Police Brutality (COPB)

Imperialism Re-Booted in Latin America

By TODD GORDON and JEFFERY R. WEBBER - March 19-21, 2010

[Canada’s Minister of State for the Americas Peter] Kent’s visit to Honduras...was...intended to strengthen the new government’s claim to legitimacy...Acting as if everything is once again well and good in Honduras also makes it easier for Canada to deepen its economic ties with the country. Canada is the largest mining investor in Honduras...and its interests will increase significantly should...the right get their way and pass a new mining law that increases the rights of foreign capital.

Protecting Israel's Lawlessness with Spying and Smear Campaign

By Naomi Klein - March 17th, 2010

A while ago, the Reut Institute, arguably Israel's most influential think tank, published a very controversial report about "hubs of delegitimization"...Last month, Eran Shayshon, a senior analyst at Reut, was invited on CBC radio to explain why he singled out Toronto in the report. Shayshon proceeded to equate the non-violent human rights movement with Hamas and Hezbollah and made several false and damaging claims about me, including the claim that I oppose Israel's right to exist and oppose a two-state solution. There is no basis for this...

Hari Sharma 1934-2010

It is with deepest sorrow that we announce the death of our friend and comrade, Hari Prakash Sharma, on March 16 following a prolonged battle with cancer. Hari took his last breath in his home of 42 years in Burnaby (a suburb of Vancouver), British Columbia, surrounded by his comrades Harinder Mahil, Raj Chouhan, and Chin Banerjee. All of them had come together in 1976 to form the Vancouver Chapter of the Indian People's Association in North America (IPANA), which had been founded by Hari and many others at a meeting in Montreal in 1975.

14th Annual International Day Against Police Brutality in Montreal

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100 Arrested, Undercover Cops Forced Out of Protester's Ranks

As a Montreal police helicopter hovered overhead, speakers at the 14th Annual Protest Against Police Brutality denounced the 43 police-related kill

Rhetorical Militancy for a Rhetorical Mass Movement? If Only We Could Make Them Like Us

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By John Garvey - March 13, 2010

...[T]he effect of militant tactics and actions depends on the context in which they are undertaken. Excluding militant direct action, and demonizing the people who do it, is and will continue to be divisive and if it were accomplished would significantly shrink the movement, not expand it...Our tactics should only be dictated by what will be most effective in reaching our goals.

Balaclava! VMC Broadsheet Issue 8

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By Vancouver Media Co-op - March 15, 2010

The March 16-31 issue includes reports and photos from the rubble of Little Mountain, an update about the Cheam fisheries case, a dispatch about the Canada-Colombia free trade deal, budget notes, upcoming events, original art, and more!

Drunk Olympic Fans Cause "Violent Crime-Wave" During Games

Syndicated from No 2010 on Wed, 2010-03-17

VPD cite violent-crime wave during Games

Jack Keating, The Province, Thursday, March 18, 2010

Violent crime rose 30 per cent and there were more sexual assaults in the city during the 17 days of the 2010 Winter Olympics, Vancouver police said Wednesday.

However, property crime fell slightly and overall crime was down.

Fossil Fools Day

The fossil fools ain’t no joke – but that doesn’t mean we can’t fight them with one! The Fossil Fuel Empire is real and it’s here. The stakes couldn’t be higher: destabilization of the global climate, communities from Alaska to Alberta to Appalachia being destroyed by dirty energy extraction and combustion, devastating super hurricanes, droughts, flooding, the list goes on…

Olympics Fail to Win Over Large Chunk of BC: Poll

Syndicated from No 2010

March 14, 2010

[British Columbia] Premier Gordon Campbell may be disappointed if he is hoping for a Games-based popularity bounce, an extensive poll...suggests..."Basically, they are saying, 'Yeah, I watched the Olympics on TV, and yeah, it was fun, but to my mind, it wasn't worth it,'...They just think of them as a good party, with a big bill."

Toronto: A Hub of "Israel Delegitimization"

By Rafeef Ziadah - Znet

As a Palestinian refugee, the city of Toronto has always been a place of exile to me...However, following the publication of a recent report by [a] prominent Israeli think-tank [which called Toronto a “hub of Israel delegitimization”]...I felt some pride for my adopted city...The report confirmed to those of us involved in the [Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions] movement that our work was not in vain.

Rachel Corrie Memorial

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Rachel Corrie: April 10th 1979 - March 16th 2003

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