http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/07/the-ioc-and-the-olympic-spirit/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:03:40 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/07/the-ioc-and-the-olympic-spirit/#comment-25700 Helen Lenskyj Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:03:49 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=2417#comment-25700 My new book, Olympic Industry Resistance: Challenging Olympic Power and Propaganda (SUNY Press, June 2008) examines the Olympic aftermath in Barcelona, Atlanta, and Sydney, and provides analyses of Olympic impacts and community resistance in Salt Lake City, Athens, Vancouver, and London, as well as in the unsuccessful bid cities of New York and Toronto.It also tackles two new issues – Olympic education and athlete/role model rhetoric – in order to understand mechanisms used in the socialization of children and youth that lead them to think uncritically about sport and the Olympics. My new book, Olympic Industry Resistance: Challenging Olympic Power and Propaganda (SUNY Press, June 2008) examines
the Olympic aftermath in Barcelona, Atlanta, and Sydney, and provides
analyses of Olympic impacts and community resistance in Salt Lake City, Athens, Vancouver, and London, as well as in the unsuccessful bid cities of New York and Toronto.It also tackles two new issues – Olympic education and athlete/role model rhetoric – in order to understand mechanisms used in the socialization of children and youth that lead them to think uncritically about sport and the Olympics.

]]> http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/07/the-ioc-and-the-olympic-spirit/#comment-25469 denk Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:59:59 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=2417#comment-25469 the nyt and guardian etc demanded to know, "why dont we boycott the beijing olympic over the "tianamen massacre" ? [sic] the nyt and guardian etc demanded to know, “why dont we boycott the beijing olympic over the “tianamen massacre” ? [sic]

]]> http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/07/the-ioc-and-the-olympic-spirit/#comment-25431 bozhidar balkas Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:02:46 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=2417#comment-25431 any singer who makes money from singing is, to me, dishonest. any athlete who makes money from sport is also a traitor of human race. i'm a song writer and below average singer. i do not nor will i ever take money for this gift that our genetic pool should be thatnked for. before amers took over olympics, they weere s'mwhat better. now, u have to pay me to watch'em thank u any singer who makes money from singing is, to me, dishonest.
any athlete who makes money from sport is also a traitor of human race.
i’m a song writer and below average singer. i do not nor will i ever take money for this gift that our genetic pool should be thatnked for.
before amers took over olympics, they weere s’mwhat better. now, u have to pay me to watch’em
thank u

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