A Festive Night March against the G8, the SPP and the 2010 Olympic Games — Capital Punishment 2010: Punishing Capitalism and Punishing the Capital
Capital Punishment 2010: Punishing Capitalism and Punishing the Capital
When: February 12, 6-7pm
Where: Meet at corner of Rideau and William and go from there
Bring: Your noisemakers! A fiery heart! Things to light up the night!
Canada is getting ready to play host to the 2010 winter Olympic games and the 2010 G8 summit, and is also preparing to ratify the SPP agreement.
But resistance to these events has already started!
From coast to coast anti-imperialists, anti-capitalists, anti-poverty activists and folks opposed to the military and economic occupations at home and abroad are mobilizing and organizing to confront these institutions!
On February 12th PGA Ottawa is launching its “Capital Punishment 2010″ campaign, aimed at disrupting business as usual for the corporations that will be profiting from the Olympics, the SPP and the G8 summit.
Join us on Feb 12th (two year countdown to the games). We will be marching through the market area to expose and oppose the NACC, CCCE and Olympics sponsors operating in our city.
NO OLYMPICS ON STOLEN LAND!
Background:
Join PGA Ottawa on Feb 12th as we kick-off the two year countdown to the 2010 Olympic Winter Games with a festive march through the market area to expose and oppose the local corporate profiteers behind the G8, the SPP and the Olympics. —- Canada is getting ready to play host to the 2010 Winter Olympic Games and the 2010 G8 summit, and is also preparing to ratify the Security and Prosperity Partnership.
These three events are intrinsically linked through the oppression and repression they will engender.
The G8 is a yearly coming together of the world’s eight most powerful nations, gathering to further develop their neoliberal, capitalist and imperialist agendas and implement disastrous policies, often with the help of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) builds on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Often referred to as “NAFTA with guns” the SPP is adding increasingly repressive border control to an already exploitative trade model.
The 2010 Winter Olympic Games, to be held in British Columbia, present threats to First Nations people as well as homeless people, sex workers, harm reduction advocates, the working poor of the province and many others. Through land theft, street sweeps, gentrification and ecologically destructive projects the 2010 Games have already begun their unavoidable process of ruining lives and destroying communities.
Resistance 2010!
From coast to coast anti-imperialists, anti-capitalists, anti-poverty activists and folks opposed to the military and economic occupations at home and abroad are mobilizing and organizing to confront these institutions!
For years people have been resisting the G8 and the Olympics, and last year saw a major convergence against the SPP.
On February 12th PGA Ottawa is launching its “Capital Punishment 2010″ campaign, aimed at disrupting business as usual for the corporations profiting from the Olympics, the SPP and the G8 summit.
Join us on Feb 12th (two year countdown to the games). We will be marching through the market area to expose and oppose the NACC, CCCE and Olympics sponsors operating in our city.
You are encouraged to bring noisemakers, a fiery heart and any other instruments to light up the night.
NO OLYMPICS ON STOLEN LAND!
SHUT DOWN THE G8!
ABOLISH THE SPP!
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FOR MORE INFORMATION:
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Locally, check out:
http://pga.roadnetwork.org
In British Columbia, check out:
harrietspirit.blogspot.com
http://no2010.com/
http://2010watch.com/
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ARTICLES ON RESISTANCE TO THE OLYMPIC GAMES
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Massacres and Profits: A brief history of the Olympics:
http://users.resist.ca/~eps2005/olympics.html
Olympics blamed for forcible removal of 2 million over 20 years:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,,2096323,00.html
CCPA Report: Managing the Cost of Olympic Gold:
http://www.policyalternatives.ca/index.cfm?act=news&do=Article&call=624&pA=BB736455
Real estate, sport tourism and Native sovereignty in B.C.:
http://www.sevenoaksmag.com/features/29_billie.html
Migrant workers coerced by RAV line employer:
http://noii-van.resist.ca/?p=573
The Olympics Land Grab by Naomi Klein:
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?ItemID=3941
More Homeless than Athletes in 2010:
http://thetyee.ca/News/2007/05/28/Homeless1/
Stolen Games:
http://www.dominionpaper.ca/articles/1099
Everywhere they go, the Olympic Games become an excuse for eviction
and displacement:
http://www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/15054
Report Slams Run-up to Olympics:
http://thetyee.ca/News/2007/05/07/Olympics/