"No Olympics on Stolen Native Land!" A Rochester Indymedia Recap of the Anti-Olympic Protests in Vancouver

On February 9th, two Rochester Indymedia journalists started their journey to Vancouver, unceded and occupied Coast Salish Territory to cover the 2010 anti-Olympic resistance movement.

Anti-Olympic organizers called for a convergence of anti-colonial and anti-capitalist forces in Vancouver, February 10-15, 2010, to confront and disrupt the 2010 Olympic Games. These dates were chosen to coincide with the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics (Feb. 12, 2010). The entire Winter Games ran from Feb 12-28, 2010. The slogan under which the convergence coalesced was, "No Olympics on Stolen Native Land!"

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Highlights:
Feb. 10: Prime Minister of Canada Stephan Harper dissuaded from attending an event at the Chinese Cultural Center because of his party's reactionary and uneducated response to Insite, North America's only supervised-injection site. Photos: Wise Blood | Murray Bush; Video: Dawn Zuppelli | off2theairport | brentgranby
Feb. 10-11: The 2010 Peoples Summit; Audio: Indigenous Resistance Panel
Feb. 12: Torch relay blockages! Video: Cambie and Hastings | Torch bearer forced off Commercial Drive
"Take Back Our City" family-friendly march and rally Video: 1 | 2 | 3
Feb. 13: Members of Coast Salish Katzie First Nation, supporters block Golden Ears Bridge Video: watch the action
2010 Heart Attack: clog the arteries of capitalism Video: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5; Photos: insurgentphoto
British Columbia Civil Liberties Association Denounces Property Destruction
Larry Hildes of the National Lawyers Guild Severs Ties with BCCLA Video: Hildes Interview
Feb. 14: The 19th Annual Women's Memorial March video: 19th Annual Women's Memorial March; photos: Chris Bevacqua | Murray Bush | Fathima Cader
Feb. 15: Hundreds gather and march through downtown Vancouver to denounce Canada’s role in Afghanistan and Haiti, the occupation of Indigenous lands, and the militarization of Vancouver during the 2010 Olympics Photos: 1 | 2; Audio: Gord Hill: I am not Anti-War
Olympic Tent Village Direct Action Starts at 58 West Hastings Video: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5; Photos: Chris Bevacqua | zozi | Eve Harlow | Maya Rolbin-Ghanie; Read the Tent Village Voice: issue 1

Check out the Vancouver Media Cooperative for more coverage: Vancouver.Mediacoop.Ca