Sunday, January 14, 2007

Of Lammas Land and Olympic Dreams

An extended report on the slowly emerging opposition to the Olympics land-grab:
From MetaMute:

"If we are to resist the deterioration of our lives and environment that the Olympic plans are predicated upon, all 'commons' whether historical or not must be defended. Whilst avenues of legal contestation should be pursued, it is necessary to remember that the law remains the tool of the powerful. The tool of the commoner, however, is anything that can be found at hand and that includes the ceaseless invention and re-invention of use-rights and pleasure lands new and old that no enclosure can contain."

www.metamute.org/en/Of-Lammas-Land-and-Olympic-Dreams