Olympics Arrives, But At What Cost?

bristol | protests | feature Wednesday July 25, 2012 11:26 by imcvol

London protest against sighting of missiles to protect Olympics

In response to the LOCOG brand police, PRSC are organising a exhibition of 'Illegal' art: 

The premise of the Olympic Ideal is that individuals, not countries, compete peacefully against each other in sport without the burden of politics, religion, or racism. The Spirit of the Games has been lost as it succumbs to corporate sponsors, nationalism and terror threats. The Games becomes a burden on taxpayers, a threat to our civil liberties and is increasingly resented. The Olympic Brand Police wander the country clamping down on interlocking doughnuts and words like Gold, Silver and Bronze. No Comment & Typowriter address  this incessant circus of fear with an anti-Cultural Olympiad of Poster Art. Time to celebrate the fun and games of 2012 in defiance of the Olympic Symbol (Protection) Act. (More info on PRSC site)

| London 2012: Banksy and street artists' Olympic graffiti (BBC) | PRSC | Olympic mascots made for Locog in Chinese 'sweatshop' factories – report (Guardian) | Drop DOW Chemical as partners for the London 2012 Olympic Games (change.org) | Olympics: Brand police out in force in Cardiff to check shops and bars (walesonline) | Britain flooded with 'brand police' to protect sponsors | stoptheolympicmissiles.org |