olympics

sovereignty, treaties, social justice

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 22/02/2010 - 2:26am

an interesting example of a civil disobedience action taken as an anti-olympic protest (the building of the bridge), the destruction of a sacred burial ground (during construction of the bridge) and the interference of the salmon runs and destruction of ancient fishing grounds due to the insensitivity of the canadian govt. and the builders.

there is even recognition of the downside (is there an upside?) of globalisation to first nations and other aboriginal groups around the world.

Geography: 
Global/International
Keywords: 
indigenous rights
Canada
aboriginal resistance
olympics
winter olympics
Vancouver