AK Press Says, “Eat Shit, Olympics!”
First of all, you know the drill…another month, another awesome package deal from AK. This month, in honor of the resistance to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, we have put together a special one for you. This “snack pack” is basically a buy-two-get-one-free deal (you get about $60 worth of stuff for $39.95, and the low shipping cost of a single item—what a bargain!). But besides being an unsurpassed value, it’s also a wealth of really important and timely information!
“Eat Shit, Olympics!” Snack Pack
This month, all eyes will be on Vancouver as that most sinister corporate circus—the 2010 Winter Olympics—descends on the city. What’s wrong with the Olympics, you ask? Well, start with a history of colonialism and the fact that British Columbia remains largely unceded and non-surrendered Indigenous territory. Add the destruction of the environment, massive security operations and invasion of civil liberties, homelessness and criminalization of poverty, huge corporations raking in profits at the expense of the public, union-busting…the list goes on. But say you can’t make it up to join the protests, what will you do instead of being glued to the TV? AK Press has the solution! This month’s special package deal, or “Snack Pack,” is both timely AND cheap! Our ever-so-daintily-named “Eat Shit, Olympics!” Snack Pack includes the following three items (for the price of two, and the low shipping cost of a single book):
Titles included in the package (you can also order them individually, of course) are:
Five Ring Circus: Myths and Realities of the Olympic Games, by Christopher Shaw
This book details the history of how Vancouver won the bid for the 2010 Games, who was involved, and what the real motives were. It also describes the role of corporate media in promoting the Games, the machinations of government and business, and the opposition that has emerged.
Five Ring Circus: The Untold Story of the Vancouver 2010 Games (DVD), directed by Conrad Schmidt
A documentary film that exposes a side of the Vancouver Olympics that has not been revealed before. Find out what mayors, activists, and residents think of the 2010 Olympic games, and see how commitments to environmental, social and economic sustainability have not been honored.
Common Ground in a Liquid City: Essays in Defense of an Urban Future, by Matt Hern
This new book (published by AK Press!) examines city living, and possibilities for an urban future—looking at cities worldwide but using the author’s home city of Vancouver as a foil. Explore what it is that makes Vancouver and other cities truly livable and sustainable (hint: the answer is NOT an international mega-corporate invasion of your city).
Our comrades from the Friendly Fire Collective are going up to Vancouver and will be writing about the Olympic resistance activities going on there. You can check out their website for daily updates.
Now we’ll leave you with a very special video to get you into the true Olympic spirit: