Sam Spade's San Francisco

NO TORCH IN TIBET!

Under heavy security, China's Olympic torch arrived in Beijing this morning. According to the Times Online, the elaborate celebration held in Tiananmen Square to welcome the torch included a dance performance with smiling Tibetan students. This is yet another example of the Chinese government's thinly veiled attempt to use the Olympics as a political tool to promote China as a peaceful and unified nation and to cover up its brutal occupation and crackdown inside Tibet.

Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) has launched a new flash animation video to expose the true face of the Chinese government as it tries to hide behind its glossy Olympics branding and messaging. Click here to view the video!

Help share the truth behind China's Olympic torch relay propaganda:

• Click here to watch the Torch flash animation video and to send it to your friends and post it on your blog or website.
  
• To add the flash animation to your Facebook profile, go to:
  
• Visit www.torchrelaybeijing2008.org to learn more about China's tainted torch relay, where protests are taking place in the coming week, and how you can take action to help pressure the International Olympic Committee to remove Tibet from the relay route.

At the heart of China's Olympics propaganda campaign is the Global Torch Relay. The slogan "Light the Passion Share the Dream" is a message clearly intended to divert attention away from Tibet's nightmare of almost 60 years of occupation and an ongoing military crackdown that has left more than 100 Tibetans dead and thousands disappeared or imprisoned.

By countering China's imaging and messaging with our own, we will show China's leadership that the truth about their occupation inside Tibet will only continue to shame and embarrass them on the international stage in the coming months.

Tell China to Lose the Propaganda. Help Share the Truth for Tibet.
Go to www.torchrelaybeijing2008.org.