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The New Media Landscape Includes Streets Strewn with Broken Glass

isaac — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:21:49 +0000

The role of radical grassroots media in 2010 protest coverage

The atmosphere in the Alternative Media Centre (AMC) was like nowhere else: tense yet anticipating. Around twenty people milled about the Centre, leaving and going in either pairs or small groups so as to avoid being picked up off the streets by police.

Democracy Now! features VMC coverage of the Anti-Olympic movement

stimulator — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:19:20 +0000

Olympic Resistance: Indigenous Groups, Anti-Poverty Activists, and Civil Liberties Advocates Protest 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver

From Democracy Now!'s Website:

"Our Olympic coverage begins today in the streets of Vancouver where some say a historic convergence is taking place. Indigenous groups, anti-poverty activists, and civil liberties advocates are some of the voices being heard in protests against the Olympic presence. Franklin Lopez of the Vancouver’s Media Co-op has been following the Olympic protests.

Olympic Torch Relay Stopped at Six Nations

alex hundert — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:56:41 +0000

Relay re-routed off Six Nations' Territory

Ohsweken, Grand River Territory--Yesterday, as reported in many mainstream media outlets, organisers from Six Nations of an action against the Olympic Torch Relay declared the day a success.