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The Torch
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The Torch: Igniting Resistance to 2010!
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85 years old
East Van, Coast Salish Territory, British Columbia
Canada
Last Login: 6/13/2008
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| General | So, every couple of months we will be holding a Zine Creation Bash, so come on down. And those that can't make it please e-mail us with your images and/or text at thetorch@resist.ca (our zine size is 8.5 x 11,)
The Zine creations Bashes are big community craft nights where we provide you with a blank page, materials and various forms of inspiration so that you can make your own page that expresses your dislike, distaste, confusion and frustration concerning the olympics.
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Our first zine bash held at Rhizome cafe right before the summer began was a great success. Finished 40 some zine pages in one night...live music, silly kids and adults and lots of learning and sharing between our shared anti-olympics souls....
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The oppression and resistance in china surrounding Beijing 2008 is overwhleming. | | Movies | Hmm...how about we all create an ongoing/everyday film of resistance to the olympics....how?....disruption of olympic events in creative/effective ways...active support of rallies/protests...as much anti-olympic music, public space 'creations', zines, posters, videos, art, conversations with random strangers, education, etc as humanly possible. Yes, the games are coming but lets make the resistance to the games the biggest in history........and then let's get really crazy and NOT JUDGE EACH OTHERS TACTICS and come together as an anti-olympic movement.. | | Television | FUCK TELEVISION, lets talk about the effects of the olympics!
Already there are many people and groups resisting the games (which you will learn about through the zine) and many more who are plenty pissed off at the effects they are already seeing: First off - NO OLYMPICS ON STOLEN NATIVE LAND. We are seeing rampant gentrification/loss of housing (100s of SRA hotel units have been lost)/homelessness/rising rents -loss of indigenous land to huge tourist development , the olympic venue building is capitalizing on the use of migrant workers (low wage, no benefits, temporary contract work only) and environmental destruction. Ya know, people keep talking about the olympic spirit...well, that spirit is about corporate profit, gentrification, colonization and celebrating the overconsumption of western wealthy nations! | | Heroes | Folks around the world who have, are or will be resisting the Olympics... |
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| Status: | Swinger | | Body type: | 3' 0" | | Ethnicity: | Other | | Zodiac Sign: | Aquarius |
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About me:
We are a community generated maga(ZINE) that is organized by a loose, ad-hoc collective of folks (with help form a musical saw,guitar, accordion, drums and piano) who want to help ignite and highlight resistance to the Winter Olympics Games coming to Vancouver Feb 12, 2010. We are doing this by periodically holding Zine Creation Bashes, where you come and create the zine with community, music and loads of inspiration.
As of oct 2007 (now!) The first 'Torch' community generated zine is almost finished printing and it is one fine beginning!!!.............stay tuned for where you pick it up and the celebration/zine creation bash. the second zine is on it's way thanks to many folk coming to our table at the Under the Volcano festival..
For more information contact us at
email: thetorch@resist.ca
webspace: http://web.resist.ca/~thetorch
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Who I'd like to meet:
Folks interested in engaging in collective zine creation and active resistance of the 2010 Olympics in private and public spaces everywhere.
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