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Doomsday Clock Rally
Yesterday, Vancouver unveiled it's countdown to the 2010 Olympics with
a noonhour rally downtown at the art gallery. A few opposing groups,
most notably the Carnegie Centre and some youth attached to the APC
(Anti Poverty Committee, notorious rable-rousers) attended alongside a
hundred or so Olympic boosters to make a point about worsening
homelessness in the city, particularly among Native people.
A little-acknowledged fact: Vancouver, the Lower Mainland and in fact
much of BC is actually unceded territory. The local native nations
signed no treaties permitting Canada to use or develop their lands,
unlike what happened in the eastern parts of Canada. Most
conscientious organizations make a point of thanking the Sto:lo,
Squamish, Musqueam, and other nations whose lands we are on when we
welcome people to our events; the city, of course, does not.
a noonhour rally downtown at the art gallery. A few opposing groups,
most notably the Carnegie Centre and some youth attached to the APC
(Anti Poverty Committee, notorious rable-rousers) attended alongside a
hundred or so Olympic boosters to make a point about worsening
homelessness in the city, particularly among Native people.
A little-acknowledged fact: Vancouver, the Lower Mainland and in fact
much of BC is actually unceded territory. The local native nations
signed no treaties permitting Canada to use or develop their lands,
unlike what happened in the eastern parts of Canada. Most
conscientious organizations make a point of thanking the Sto:lo,
Squamish, Musqueam, and other nations whose lands we are on when we
welcome people to our events; the city, of course, does not.
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i'm going to find out more about the olympics/2010.
thanks for the info!
you know, so that we never have to thank anyone for anything. ever.
The horse poo made me laugh.
Ceph & Pana - yeah good point. how often we forget that our affluent civilisation got that way by stealing.
Housefinder - it is all over the papers here. before I got there I guess, the notorious rabble-rousers had stormed the stage and thrown things! so of course the media made sure the whole province knew how out to lunch we protesters are (thanks a lot kids).