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
Women's Memorial March Draws Thousands
Anti-Olympic Black Block Successful Disruption
Olympic Tent Village Set Up [Videos]
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
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.
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
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.