Olympics Can't Mask Canada's Human Rights Record on Indigenous Peoples: Canada's Aboriginal Show and Tell

By MARTIN LUKACS - February 17, 2010

The opening ceremonies at the Vancouver Winter Olympiad were flush with aboriginal motifs...Ever-sensitive about their reputation as a land of the fair-minded, Canada's Olympic planners have gone to lengths to showcase the nation's respect for aboriginals...[T]hey bought the support and participation of local First Nations with a few million in bonds, business ventures and gleaming buildings. An absolute bargain, if this aboriginal gilding can blind Canadians and the world to the country's secret shame: the true state of its Indigenous peoples.

2,000 Protest Opening Ceremonies of 2010 Olympics

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Police clash with anti-Olympic protesters
CBC News, Friday, February 12, 2010

Women's Memorial March Draws Thousands

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February 16, 2010

With the eyes of the world on Vancouver, the largest crowd ever showed up for the annual march in memory of missing women through the city's gritty Downtown Eastside neighbourhood...The organizers of the march are calling for a public inquiry into the police actions surrounding the investigation [into the missing and murdered women]...but so far the [British Columbia] government has rejected the idea.

Anti-Olympic Black Block Successful Disruption

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February 16, 2010

A violent protest that saw seven people arrested and windows smashed at downtown Vancouver businesses was a success, according to a group of journalists from California covering resistance against the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

Olympic Tent Village Set Up [Videos]

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February 16, 2010

A number of activist groups gathered at Pigeon Park -- in the heart of the Downtown Eastside -- and made a short march to 58 West Hastings, which is owned by condo developer Concord Pacific. Marchers jumped fences and pitched dozens of small red tents on the lot under a banner reading Olympic Tent Village.

In Defense of the Black Bloc: A Communique from Olympic Resisters

On February 12th and 13th, 2010, thousands of courageous individuals came together to resist the 2010 Olympic police state and to attack the corporations plundering the land and deepening poverty. We write this communique as participants in and organizers of the black bloc presence at these demonstrations, known as “Take Back Our City” and “2010 Heart Attack.”

AW@L activists occupy roof in solidarity with anti-Olympics convergence in Vancouver

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For Immediate Release: February 13, 2010

As Olympics begin, protests escalate to "clog the arteries of
capitalism"

Calgary Solidarity - We Are McLovin Anti-Olympic Action!

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We Are McLovin Anti-Olympic Action!

Valentine's day 2010, Calgary's finest Anarchists smashed up a local McDonalds establishment in solidarity with comrades in Vancouver.

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Royal Bank of Canada attacked in Calgary

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On the night of February 11th, an RBC was attacked on the corner of Southland Drive and Fairmont in Calgary, Alberta.

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Resistance Casts Pall Over 2010 Olympic Festivities

By Anthony Fenton - February 15, 2010

The 2010 Winter Olympics opened with the largest protest convergence in the history of the Games...As throngs of activists filled the Vancouver Art Gallery - indigenous, anti-capitalist, anti-corporate, environmentalist, anarchist, anti-war, pro-civil liberty, and anti-poverty alike - speakers laid out a laundry list of grievances against the Games.

'Criminal element' are VANOC and IOC

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"Criminal Element" is VANOC and IOC
ORN says state violence disproportionate to protest damage

by Moira Peters, Vancouver Media Coop, February 13, 2010
http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/story/2742

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Have Vancouver Cops Gun Nuts?

By Meagan Perry - February 14, 2010

...[A]s of the VANOC games, police action seems to be taking a more confrontational turn...Today, Vancouver riot police were photographed with rifles.

2010 Heart Attack: Riot 2010 Becomes a Reality

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2010 Heart Attack: Vancouver Olympics Opening Day
By Scott Harris| February 14, 2010, Council of Canadians Blog

2010 Heart Attack: Vancouver Olympics Opening Day

By Scott Harris - February 14, 2010

The major mobilization on Saturday, dubbed the "2010 Heart Attack" began in the early hours of the morning, with around 300 activists gathering at Thornton Park under a heavy police presence to march through the streets of Vancouver in an attempt to disrupt "business as usual" on the opening day of competition of the 2010 Games.

Golden Ears Bridge Blocked to Protect Salmon

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Blockade Golden Ears Bridge
February 13, 2010
Anti-2010 Olympics Convergence, Coast Salish Territories, (Vancouver, B.C.)

Feb. 13, 2010, as part of the Anti-Olympics Convergence in Vancouver B.C., members of Coast Salish Katzie First Nation and supporters blocked the Golden Ears Bridge.

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