Anti-Olympic Torch-Light Parade -------------------------------------- Thurs. Feb. 12, 2009 Gather at 6 PM at Victory Square Cambie and Hastings Coast Salish Territories, Vancouver * Hot cocoa served in park * -------------------------------------- Organized by the Olympics Resistance Network Email: [email protected] or visit: www.No2010.com Help us shine some light on the Olympic Industry and its impacts on our communities with a festive Torch Light Parade to mark the 1 year 'Countdown to 2010'. In calling for such a parade, we are following in the traditions of prior torch-bearing resistance marches in Vancouver. Torches will be provided if you want to be an official Anti-Olympic Torch bearer! The 2010 Winter Olympics will take place on unceded indigenous land from February 12-28 2010. Far from being simply about ‘sport’, the history of the Olympics is one rooted in displacement, corporate greed, fascism, repression, and violence. Only the political and corporate elite – from real estate developers to security corporations – have anything to gain from the Olympics industry. The effects of the upcoming 2010 Winter Games are already clear to us: - the expansion of sport tourism and resource extraction on indigenous lands - increasing homelessness and gentrification of poor neighbourhoods especially Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside - more privatization of public services - union busting through imposed contracts and vulnerable working conditions especially for migrant labour - increased funding for the police, military and border control agents in the name of so-called national security - ballooning public spending and public debt - unprecedented destruction of the environment. Resist 2010 ! No Olympics on Stolen Native Land !
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