Author and activist Chris Shaw on defending civil liberties in face of the $1 billion Olympic security regime during the 2010 winter games in Vancouver, BC.
Emily Aspinwall, Stark Raven Media Collective
*this interview is self-contained, with an intro and extro
How many cops, cameras and other surveillance gear do you get for $1 billion dollars?
Well, Vancouver residents are finding out the answer….that's because $1 billion dollars is the security budget for the 2010 winter games.
Stark Raven spoke to anti-olympic activist and UBC professor Chris Shaw to help us makes sense of the unfolding Olympic security regime. Chris is the author of the book Five Ring Circus: Myths and Realities of the Olympic Games.
Note: In this interview, he refers to local Olympic resistance organizing, the ORN which is the Olympic Resistance Network.
www.olympicresistance.net
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