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Taking the 'No Games Chicago 2016' opposition case direct to the IOC in Lausanne

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By Tom Tresser

I live in Lincoln Park and have been working in the arts, local economic development and civic engagement in Chicago since 1980. In 1993 I went to work for Peoples Housing, a grass roots community development organization in east Rogers Park that developed and maintained low income housing. I organized a community arts program that combined culture, education and micro-enterprise.


Submitted by Martin Slavin on Fri, 03/07/2009 - 09:18.

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Get the T shirt

Get the T shirt

From: Reporters Without Borders


Submitted by Martin Slavin on Mon, 02/06/2008 - 14:58.

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London 2012 on Flickr

London 2012 on Flickr

Photo: © RobBeer
There is an interesting group on the photo-storage and display site 'Flickr' who are organised around the idea of taking photographs of the changing Olympic landscape.


Submitted by Martin Slavin on Sun, 16/12/2007 - 16:01.

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A beginners guide to the social impacts of the Olympics

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The Olympics project is large and complex. It is not easy to quickly grasp the nature of its probable impacts on the Lower Lea Valley and London. Here is a collection of four useful papers which together give a relatively short description of some of the significant impacts.


Submitted by Martin Slavin on Sun, 21/01/2007 - 19:01.

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