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The Olympic Hustle

Chicagoans are already beginning to fear what hosting the 2016 Summer Games might do to their city

By Mischa Gaus

You could see his lip curl, the beginning of a sneer. Mayor Richard M. Daley, head of Chicago’s government for 18 years, was not pleased. His parade was getting rained on. The U.S. Olympic Committee was in town, and the March weather was not cooperating. The suits were preparing to survey Washington Park, one of the proposed sites for the… return to article

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    I am a contributor to a website www.gamesmonitor.org.uk which has for nearly two years been compiling an extensive critique of the London Olympic Games. The London based Olympic Development Authority has now been granted planning permissions to proceed with evictions, demolitions, soil remediation and construction on the site, so we are turning our attention to the situations faced by sceptics from the 2016 bid cities.

    We are interested to make contact with locals who may find our website a useful resource. We are also thinking of the value of building international networks of solidarity around resistance to these mega-projects.

    Martin

    United States Posted by gamesmartin on Nov 22, 2007 at 7:43 AM
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