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February 5, 2010

Vancouver Activists Prepare Anti-Olympic Protests
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And in Canada, activists in the city of Vancouver are gearing for
protests against this month’s Olympic games. The Olympics Resistance
Network has organized a people’s summit to coincide with the game’s
opening ceremonies next week. Harsha Walia of the Olympics Resistance
Network said the games are undermining indigenous rights and social
services.

Harsha Walia: “We see that the Games have been overrun with a budget
over $7 billion. Indigenous lands continue to be exploited and stolen
with ski resort development all across British Columbia. Increasing
poverty and criminilzation of the poor in the Downtown Eastside. A
massive in cutback in public spending and an increasing budget for
policing and militirization here in Vancouver—we have $1 billion that
are being sunk into a military-police state in the lead-up to the
Olympics.”



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