The Purple Rose of Darfur
Posted May 2, 2008 at 01:00 PM by Os Davis
Section: Beijing 2008, Culture/History, Socio-Political, Featured Writers, Os Davis
Mia Farrow, of all people, becomes a key player in the Olympic protest movement with the delivery of a speech scheduled for Friday at the Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents’ Club. The subject of the talk is to be Sino-Sudanese relations and…
Why Does Everyone Hate The Beijing Olympics? Part Two
Posted May 1, 2008 at 01:07 PM by Michael J. Sedor
Section: Beijing 2008, Doping, Culture/History, Human Interest, Socio-Political, Events, Track & Field, Featured Writers, Michael Sedor, Special Features, Columns/Blogs
Now if you thought the Sunday New York Times’ front page article “Witness in Track Doping Case Is Ready to Name…
President and prospective nominees take stands on boycott (well, some of them, anyway…)
Posted April 16, 2008 at 09:45 AM by Os Davis
Section: Beijing 2008, Culture/History, Socio-Political, Featured Writers, Os Davis, Special Features, SoundOFF
This week: Clinton wants a boycott, Obama kinda sorta does, McCain might, and Bush ... ah, he wouldn’t tell you anyway.
“Two Minutes Hate” Unleashed In China Against Spielberg
Posted February 18, 2008 at 06:25 PM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: Beijing 2008
From George Orwell’s 1984:
Before the [two-minute] Hate had proceeded for thirty seconds, uncontrollable exclamations of rage were breaking out from half the people in the room. The self-satisfied sheep-like face on the screen, and the terrifying…
First the Olympics Then WWIII?
Posted February 13, 2008 at 12:55 AM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: Beijing 2008
As if the horrible pollution in Beijing, the protests about China’s human rights violations in Darfur and Tibet, and lead-tainted toys weren’t enough to worry about, a new book titled The Next Great Clash by Michael Levin…
Human-Rights Group Launches Beijing Boycott Campaign
Posted February 5, 2008 at 12:03 PM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: Beijing 2008
A human-rights group has launched a campaign to boycott the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, listing 10 reasons why the the world should stay away from the totalitarian Communist regime this August. Here…
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