Report From Two Days of the Anti Olympic Convergence
Last Updated (Wednesday, 17 February 2010 00:44) Written by Administrator Friday, 12 February 2010 22:47
Radical demonstrators filled the streets to hit back directly at the institutions of systemic injustice. Streets were blocked by activists, and several businesses, including Olympic sponsor HBC were attacked.
The action illustrated the fact that people are not just opposed to the olympic games, but that the games are part of a propaganda mechanism for larger destructive forces such as the tar sand financier Royal Bank, or Canadas oldest colonial company Hundson's Bay Company that was responsible for brings small pox infected blankets to indigenous communities.
The Olympic torch was completely re-routed as demonstrators shut down the streets in East Van.