A roundup of Olympic resistance

Posted on: August 13, 2012 - 7:49am

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As the 2012 Olympic Games come to a close this weekend in London, we have put together a list of undereported stories of resistance to Olympic related displacement and development.

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The Olympic struggle of the London 2012 resisters | Red Pepper

London Games Monitor: Gentrification Reports from Local Resister | Games Monitors

Security Games: Surveillance, repression and activism around the London 2012 Olympics | Corporate Watch

Olympic protesters hit streets | Toronto Sun

Protesters denounce London 'Corpolympics' | Times Colonist

London police say 3 charged, 182 arrested for breaking Olympic Park cordon | Toronto Star

The Counter Olympics Network demonstration

Hundreds march in Olympics protest in east London | BBC

Counter Olympics Network

London 2012: affordable housing sidelined in Olympic regeneration | The Guardian

Stratford's Olympic legacy: 'It's been far better than I thought' | The Guardian

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