How British Waterways are destroying the annual natural spectacle of Bream spawning in the Old River Lea
Article | 2012 Legacy | Habitat and wildlife | Sustainability
Submitted by Martin Slavin on Sun, 25/05/2008 - 20:33.
Myths of Olympic Proportions - John Hoberman
Article | Beijing 2008 | Human Rights | IOC
John Hoberman is a professor and chair of Germanic studies at the University of Texas at Austin and author of “The Olympic Crisis: Sport, Politics and the Moral Order".
The Olympic Games were founded to bridge cultural divides and promote peace. Instead, they often mask human rights abuses, do little to spur political change, and lend legitimacy to unsavory governments.
Submitted by Charles Batsworth on Tue, 23/09/2008 - 09:51.
Government lack of support for tourism approaching the London Olympics
It is common knowledge among those of us who have investigated the track record of previous Olympic Games that the headline hype about the games 'boost for tourism' is an empty daydream.
Submitted by Martin Slavin on Sat, 13/09/2008 - 13:52.
So Farewell then the Beijing Olympics
The grandest totalitarian spectacle of sport since the Nazi version in Berlin in 1936 is over. Like that one this version prominently featured the 'sacred' flame and the collusion of the IOC and the media.
Submitted by Martin Slavin on Sun, 31/08/2008 - 19:19.
Let the Bejing Olympics of Global Re-branding and Marketing begin!
Article | Beijing 2008 | Displacement | Human Rights | Security | Sponsors | Swimming
Let the Bejing Olympics of Global Re-branding and Marketing begin!
Submitted by Martin Slavin on Wed, 06/08/2008 - 18:50.
Human Rights in China and the Beijing Olympics
Article | Beijing 2008 | Human Rights
.: Li Changchun (C), member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Political Bureau, attends a evening party for the up-coming 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Beijing, capital of China, on July 29, 2008. (Xinhua Photo/Li Tao)
Submitted by Martin Slavin on Wed, 30/07/2008 - 18:33.
Get the T shirt
Submitted by Martin Slavin on Mon, 02/06/2008 - 14:58.
How the 2012 Olympics is selling East London short, and a 10 point plan for a more positive local legacy
Article | Legacy | Regeneration | Sustainability
Waterlogged Allotments at Marsh Lane Fields. Feb 2008 © Martin Slavin
Submitted by Martin Slavin on Mon, 21/04/2008 - 15:20.
