[Indigsol] Sat 2pm - Resist the Olympic Torch!

[Indigenous Peoples' Solidarity Movement -Ottawa]

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RESIST THE OLYMPICS TORCH RELAY IN OTTAWA
2pm, Sat Dec 12
Ottawa City Hall (between Laurier and Lisgar, Elgin and the canal)


Come help us show our opposition to the Vancouver Olympic Games!!

Endorsed by:
- Olympics Resistance Ottawa
- Common Cause Ottawa www.linchpin.ca
- Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement Ottawa www.ipsmo.org


Meet at 2pm on Saturday at Ottawa City Hall
(not sure yet whether it's Laurier or Lisgar side of the bldg)


A bit about the torch relay:
- The Olympic torch relay was an invention of the Nazis in Germany for the
1936 summer Olympics held in Berlin. It proved to be a propagandist's
dream, igniting nationalistic fever and pride in a receptive public. Not
to be outdone in propagandandic posturing, the relay was renamed 'Relay of
Peace' for the next summer Olympic games held in London in 1948.


A bit about the Olympics:
- The Olympic games are a multi-billion dollar industry backed by real
estate, construction, hotel, tourism and media corporations, and powerful
elites working hand in hand with government officials and the
International Olympic Committee (IOC). While public pressure is unlikely
to stop the 2010 Games from occupying Vancouver, critical resistance is
needed to expose deceptions about the Games’ impact and purposes, voice
our dissent to the world, and strengthen social movement solidarity.


* Top ten reasons to resist the Olympics:
http://no2010.com/node/18

* Linchpin article - Social Cleansing: The First Olympic Event
http://linchpin.ca/content/State-repression-borders/Social-cleansing-first-Olympic-event

* Flyer to be handed out at the torch relay in Ottawa:
http://ipsmo.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/antiolympic_front.pdf
http://ipsmo.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/antiolympic_back.pdf

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