Eight Reasons to Oppose the 2010 Winter Olympigs

Resist 2010: Eight Reasons to Oppose the 2010 Winter Olympics. (HIGH RES) from BurningFist Media on Vimeo.

One year later, RCMP investigator questions tree sit raid

by Zoe Blunt, submedia.tv
Complaints to the RCMP have triggered an investigation into a military-style police raid on a small protest camp in Langford last year. In January 2009, former RCMP internal investigator Curt Acheson met with half a dozen community members and promised full disclosure about the February 13, 2008 operation, which involved at least [...]

“I won’t move along.”

by Kristen Woodruff,
Good evening,
The City of Victoria’s lawyers requested a meeting with Madam Justice Ross a few days ago, because they wanted her to amend her ruling (which struck down, let’s not forget, the city’s bylaws preventing homeless people from erecting temporary shelters for themselves) to read that the city’s blanket prohibition on the erection [...]

Anti-Olympic activists woo world press attention in Vancouver

-CP
As the international press learns this week how much it will cost to cover the 2010 Winter Games, activists hope they will also learn how much the Olympics are costing Vancouver.
A three-day world press briefing, which began in Vancouver Tuesday, will see over 200 members of the media touring Olympic venues, wooed by tourism officials [...]

Leonard Peltier on the Spirit of Crazyhorse and the Hope of Obama

We must always remember as well, not to diminish the importance of getting the word out on Leonard Peltier that there are 2 million people in prison in the US, and an inordinate amount of them are indigenous, poor and unjustly sentenced. Peltier’s case is a striking example of injustice and the ongoing genocide of [...]

We’re Still Proles: Their Elections Are Never Our Victories by crudo

by crudo
Modesto Anarcho Blog
Last night I watched with several other anarchist friends as Obama became the next President of the United States Government. As someone who battled drug addiction and worked as a community organizer, counter poised to someone like McCain and Palin who own several houses and planes, (while claiming to be ’just like [...]

More than 200 gather to discuss adverse effects of 2010 Games

Allison Cross, Vancouver Sun
The negative impact of the 2010 Olympic Games on the environment and civil liberties were among the topics discussed at a conference in Vancouver on Sunday for people opposed to the Games.
At least 200 people gathered at the downtown event to discuss the adverse effects of the Games on different communities and [...]

How Some Folks are Choosing to ‘Cast their vote’

(And of course it won’t bring about social change. neither will voting)
Halifax: Coordinated attack on political offices
[Submitted by anon on October 7, 2008 to anarchistnews.org]
On the night of October, 5th two simultaneous attacks happened against the Liberal and Conservative candidate headquarters. Both offices had their windows smashed and one was covered in graffiti.
This action was [...]

International Caravan defy US/Cuba Embargo

MEXICO.- The U.S. Pastors for Peace Caravan carrying aid to donate to Cuba in solidarity, entered Mexico on July 4th after facing a number of obstacles imposed by authorities.
At the Pharr International Bridge border crossing from McAllen, Texas into Tamaulipas, U.S. Homeland Security agents seized 35 computers that were part of some 150 tons of [...]