Statement from Occupy London Press Team on events in East London tonight:
We’ll be honest: we hadn’t expected an awful lot. The run-up promised little more than an advert to help sanitise the image of some of the Olympics’ grand sponsors. We saw bread and circuses for an austerity-wrought city that feels like it doesn’t[...]
Posts Tagged ‘LOCOG’
By July 28, 2012 Tags: #openingceremony, Counter Olympic Network, Critical Mass, Danny Boyle, David Beckham, IOC, LOCOG, Mile End Park, Olympics, Opening Ceremony, twitter, Whose Games? Whose City?
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Campaigners condemn heavy-handed policing of Greenwash Gold Award ceremony.
A mock awards ceremony at the Olympic Clock in Trafalgar Square descended into farce on Friday 20 July after police arrested seven people taking part. Three people pretending to be corporate representatives from BP, Dow and Rio Tinto were awarded gold medals for being the worst[...]
By July 25, 2012 Tags: Bhopal. BP, custard, Dow, LOCOG, Lord Coe, Olympics, protestors, Rio Tinto, sponsors, trafalgar square, you couldn't make it up
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Occupy London will this Saturday 28 July join more than 40 groups protesting against the Olympics for the ‘Whose Games? Whose City?’ demonstration, organised by the Counter Olympics Network.
“The Olympics are meant to be a celebration of human endeavour. However the ‘people’s games’ in London are subject to the whims of global corporations and[...]
By July 25, 2012 Tags: ArcelorMittal, BP, Bread and Circuses, Counter Olympics Network, Dow Chemical, Drop Dow Now, GamesMonitor, Greenwash Gold, HMRC, Lloyds, LOCOG, marketing, Mile End, No to G4S, Olympics, Our Olympics, Rio Tinto, Save Leyton Marshes, Space Hijackers, Stop the Olympic Missile Campaign, ticket availability, War on Want
Category: News, Press, Press releases, Upcoming Action 1 Comment
