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Ban of Russian Olympic Team: Cold War at its "Best"!
Vltchek, Andre
Article
2016
Dissident Voice
The West is using both old and new tactics to demonize and discredit all of its opponents, in what is becoming a new Cold War.
Beyond a Boundary - 50th anniversary
Malik, Kenan
Article
2013
Pandaemonium
This year marks the 50th anniversary of CLR James’ wonderful, groundbreaking work Beyond a Boundary. Beyond a Boundary blends politics and memoir, history and journalism, biography and reportage, in a...
The Biased Report that led to Banning Russians at the Olympics
Sterling, Rick
Article
2016
Dissident Voice
Canadian lawyer Richard Mclaren's report infuenced the World Anti-Doping Agency to call for the banning of all Russian athletes from the Rio Games.
Boycott BP's Baku games
Rowell, Andy
Article
2015
Spinwatch
Baku, the oil capital of Azerbaijan, is set to host the 2015 European games. However, it's not just fun and games in this city. Azerbaijan is a country famous for oppressing freedom of speech, abusing...
Crimea, Georgia and the New Olympic Sport: Russia Bashing
Felicity Arbuthnot
Article
2016
Dissident Voice
Fifty years ago, Cassius Clay ‘shook up the world’ by winning the heavyweight title – and
Marqusee, Mike
Article
2014
Red Pepper
The victory of the underdog who became Muhammad Ali – and how it wasn't just sport's hierarchies that were rocked by it. On the night of February 25, 1964, the 22 year old Cassius Clay defeated the su...
Going for Gold: A History of Olympic Controversies
Article
2009
RandomHistory.com
While the Olympics serve to contribute to mutual understanding and finding commonality in difference, from its inception as a religious festival in ancient Greece to the huge celebrations in the twent...
International Workers' Olympiads
Wikipedia article
Article
International Workers' Olympiads were an international sporting event arranged between 1925 and 1937 by Socialist Workers' Sport International (SASI). It was an organisation supported by social democr...
Olympic torch stokes warm pride and fiery protest among aboriginals
Mickleburgh, Rod
Article
2009
Globe and Mail
Differing opinions between aboriginal groups towards the 2010 Vancouver Olympics and Torch Relay.
Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - August 13, 2016
Sports and Politics
Diemer, Ulli (ed.)
Serial Publication (Periodical)
2016
Connexions
Sports and politics have always been intertwined, though perhaps never as much so as in the current era. In the modern sports era, survival and success depend largely on the favour of corporations, wh...
Red Sport International
Wikipedia article
Article
The International Association of Red Sports and Gymnastics Associations, commonly known as Red Sport International (RSI) or Sportintern was a Comintern-supported international sports organization esta...
Russia misses out while former drug cheats take their place in Rio
Article
2016
RT
While Russia’s track and field team, including athletes with no doping history, sit out the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, there's a host of athletes who will be allowed to compete in Brazil despite having h...
Socialist Workers' Sport International
Wikipedia article
Article
Wikipedia
Socialist Workers' Sport International (German: Sozialistische Arbeitersport Internationale, SASI) was an international socialist sporting organisation, based in Lucerne. It was founded in 1920, and c...
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The White Man in That Photo
Gazzaniga, Riccardo; Dieffenbach, Alexa Combs
Article
2015
Films For Action
Sometimes photographs deceive. Take this one, for example. It represents John Carlos and Tommie Smith's rebellious gesture the day they won medals for the 200 meters at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mex...
The World Cup and the Corporatization of Soccer
Galeano, Eduardo
Article
2014
Tomdispatch.com
Huge global sporting contests, their boosters promise, will transform the nature of the host country. The billions South Africa poured into hosting the World Cup were touted by some as a form of devel...

Sources Bookshelf

Hitler's Propaganda Machine
Rutherford, Ward
Book
1978
Net Worth
Exploding The Myths of Pro Hockey
Cruise, David; Griffins, Alison
Book
1991


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