Countdown To 2010: Night march against the 2010 Olympics, the G8 and the SPP

from ROAD Network, 5 February 2008:

Dear friends and allies,

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.

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 neo-liberal, 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 [2008] 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!

February 12th 2008.
Nation’s Capital

6:00pm corner of Rideau and William (market area)
Festive night march against the G8, SPP and the Olympic Games

Related Link: http://pga.roadnetwork.org

See http://www.wombles.org.uk/aggregator/sources/144 for the latest articles from PGA Bloc Ottawa

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