Anti-Olympic protests.

 http://vastminority.blogspot.com/

what is wrong with the olympics!?
And why pick on vancouver? I'm setting off late season but this is my 5th time to whilster. Its about 2.5 hours from vancouver. Lets put that in perspective... its nearly as far from london to manchester.

Just because you aren't there enjoying it, doesn't mean its bad.
I hate football. But i don't call for a total ban of it. Why not protest about football? Theres a heck of a lot more sponsorship money floating around that sport than there ever is in a once in a 4 year event.
I never heard of a single anarchist have a protest at a football team - ever.
Which makes me think you are just making a silly noise for publicity and bandwagon jumping

If you're interested in finding out why people would protest the Olympic Games no2010.com is a good source of information. These Olympic Games are being held on unsurrendered native land- furthering the colonisation of land belonging to indigenous people. Olympic Games have displaced more than 2 million people in the past fifty years and these winter Olympics are no exception. Homelessness in Vancouver has more than doubled since the city was awarded the event. The security operation cost an estimated $1billion Canadian dollars and has been accompanied by increased repression of poor areas of the city where people have been forced out or forced into shelters to keep them off the streets while the 'eyes of the world' are on the city. The IOC (International Olympic Committee) is not so different from the IMF or the World Bank, it is an organisation to further the interests of the rich and powerful at the expense of the poor. People have long protested summits of the IMF and WB, we should do the same for the Olympic corporate circus