AW@L against the Olympics
An introduction to AW@L's No2010 campaign,
"No Olympics on Stolen Native Land."
AW@L launched the Olympic leg of our No2010 campaign in October of 2008, when we worked with allies from Six Nations and across Southwest Ontario to Block the Olympic Spirit Train on its cross-country propaganda tour.
In February of 2009 AW@L signed onto the Olympic Resistance Network's statement on "Solidarity and Unity in Opposing the 2010 Olympic Games." In the Spring of '09, AW@L co-hosted a meeting that resulted in the formation of the Olympic Resistance Network-Ontario (ORNO).
In September of 2009 we delivered "A Letter of Resistance to the City of Kitchener: In Opposition to the 2010 Olympics," which outlines some of the reasons for our resistance to the Games, and makes connections with local issues. [press]
In October of 2009 AW@L signed onto the 2010 Corporate Campaign against the Olympic's major corporate sponsors. Since then, AW@L has undertaken a series of actions against the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) who is both, one of the primary sponsors of the 2010 Olympics, and Canada's leading financier of the Tar Sands.
On December 27 of 2009, AW@L coordinated a rally and demonstration against the Olympic Torch Relay that saw more than 200 people marching through the streets of Kitchener, chanting "No Olympics on Stolen Native Land" [video]
In February, members of AW@L and ORNO will be joining allies from across the country for an anti-colonial, anti-capitalist convergence in Vancouver from the 10th-15th. Follow AW@L on peaceculutre.org and on twitter while we are there. We will also be podcasting and live streaming video from the convergence on AW@L Radio and on our new Youtube channel Peaceculture2010.
stay tuned for the next phase of AW@L's No2010 Campaign which will target the G8/G20 in Toronto this June.
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Re: AW@L against the Olympics
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