Will Surveillance Cameras Become an Olympic Legacy?
Will security cameras become an Olympic legacy?
By Damian Inwood, Canwest News Service, The Province, July 2, 2009
Vancouver officials and police must come clean on whether security cameras for the 2010 Olympics will be permanent, says the B.C. Civil Liberties Association.
Air Canada Workers Threaten Olympic Strike
Air Canada workers target Vancouver Olympics for strike
Mechanics defy own union in rejecting offer
BRENT JANG
TRANSPORTATION REPORTER — From Thursday's Globe and Mail, Thursday, July 02, 2009
Olympic Athletes Village Could Win Mould Gold
http://www.theprovince.com/Business/Village+could+mould+gold/1741033/sto...
Village could win mould gold: Subcontractors are accused of taking
shortcuts in building Olympic condos
ORN Press Conference Re: Police Harassment
Activists Take Legal Action against Harassment by Olympic Police - Olympic Resistance Network press conference June 24
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - June 23, 2009
Vancouver, Coast Salish Territory - The Olympic Resistance Network (ORN)
will hold a press conference on the legal response to visits from the Vancouver 2010 Integrated Security Unit (VISU).
Conference Calls for Respect of Civil Liberties in 2010
The Coventry Declaration was approved by conference delegates at Play the Game 2009, the sixth world communications conference on sport and society.
Stop Harassing Us, Olympic Protesters Tell Police
By ROD MICKLEBURGH - Thursday, June 25, 2009
...[T]he methods allegedly used by the RCMP-led Integrated Security Unit to contact...anti-Games protesters have prompted concerns by the B.C. Civil Liberties Association and a threat by activists yesterday to take legal action against the ISU if tactics persist...[Activists] have told of being followed by police, accosted at SkyTrain stations, approached near their workplace and visited at their homes with no advance warning.
Anti-Olympics Author Detained at London's Heathrow Airport
By Matthew Burrows - June 18, 2009
...[O]n June 7, [Chris] Shaw was detained at Heathrow Airport passport control for an hour. The fuss was supposedly over him not producing a return ticket right away...but a U.K. Home Office representative peppered him with questions about a talk he was going to give on June 12 at a conference in Coventry...
Chronic Vibe No 2010 Hip Hop!!!
Local Vancouver Hip Hop crew Chronic Vibe have released a new single: No 2010! This track is awesome, a Hip Hop anthem for anti-Olympic resistance-- Check it out!
http://www.myspace.com/chronicvibe
Click on the attachment below to hear the track...
Low-res Video - Resist 2010: 8 Reasons to Oppose the 2010 Winter Olympics
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Olympic Police Harassment Criticized
International criticism for 2010 Olympic security
By BOB MACKIN, 24 Hours, June 15, 2009
VANCOUVER - Delegates at international sports conference in England have denounced the tactics of the RCMP-led Vancouver Olympic security force.
Resist 2010: New Anti-Olympic Video
Resist 2010: 8 Reasons to Oppose the 2010 Winter Olympics, is a short, fast-paced documentary focusing on the negative impacts of the 2010 Games to be held in Vancouver, Canada, and the ongoing resistance by Indigenous & other social movements.
Olympic Resistance Network Response to Police Harassment
The following is a press release from the Olympic Resistance Network on police harassment of anti-Olympic organizers. There is also a corporate media report.
(Community notice and press release linked at: http://olympicresistance.net/)
June 8, 2009
Winter Olympics Get Summer Training
By BOB MACKIN - June 10, 2009
July 27-31 is the next big pre-Olympic military exercise. But it may not be anywhere near [Vancouver/Whistler]...That's when the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is hosting National Level Exercise 2009...The exercise will take place in Washington, D.C. and at government, private sector and aboriginal facilities in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
Approximately 15 VISU Joint Intelligence Group Visits in 48 Hours
By Olympics Resistance Network - June 9th, 2009
Between the afternoon of June 3 till June 5, 2009, approximately 15 anti-Olympics activists were visited by Vancouver 2010 Integrated Security Unit (VISU) Joint Intelligence Group officers. Surprise visits by plain-clothes officers included home visits, work place visits, persistent phone calls, and intimidation of family members and neighbours.
Olympic Police State Steps Up Harassment
Olympics foes allege RCMP spying
By BOB MACKIN, 24 HOURS, June 8, 2009
Olympic Resistance Network members are accusing the Vancouver 2010 Integrated Security Unit of spying and intimidation.