Why the Olympics are a “City Killer”
Check out this interview from February 4, 2022.
Category: Environmental assault
No Games Story Told In Depth
Tom talked about the story and strategy behind the No Games campaign at the College of Complexes. This video is divided into three sections – the first part is the story and is about 45 minutes. The second is questions from the audience. The third is mostly unrelated to the No Games narrative.
Where Were the “Planners” When We Needed Them?
The February 2010 issue of the American Planning Association’s magazine, Planning, gives a brief postmortem on the 2016 bid. The article asks the questions that no one in Chicago seemingly wants to face: “What does a city gain, or lose, by hosting the Olympics? Did Chicago lose? Or did it win?” The author then goes …
Vancouver Activist Sums It Up
Chris Shaw is a professor at the University of British Columbia. He has been one of Canada’s leading anti-games activists. He started his opposition to the 2010 Vancouver games in September of 2002. Here is an excerpt from a column he recently published, “Eight billion dollars got Canadians high on the Olympics. Was it money …
Reader Columnist: “Dear IOC…”
By Ben Joravsky, from today’s Chicago Reader, “One last argument for why Chicago doesn’t need, want, or deserve the games.” It’s been almost six months since I last wrote to encourage you not to award Chicago the 2016 games. Back then, as you recall, I was welcoming some of you to town for your official …
Atlanta Community Leader Sets The 96 Games Record Straight
Anita Beaty directs the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless and she was in Atlanta for the run up the 1996 Olympics and has lived through the delivery and aftermath. She warns us not to believe the hype. Will you listen to her? You can also listen to and embed an audio player for …
League of Women Voters Says “No Games”!
From the Chicago League of Women Voters (published in the Chicago Tribune, September 20): The League of Women Voters of Chicago opposes the selection of Chicago as the site of the 2016 Summer Olympics. We do so in reliance on the principle of our organization that democratic government depends upon the informed and active participation …
Mayor Daley + Olympics = Gasoline + Fire
From the Provocateur’s column online at the Chicago Sun-Times: If the old adage is true that absolute power corrupts absolutely, then the last thing the all powerful mayor of Chicago needs is the Olympics to preside over. The ability to control every aspect of the Olympics is nothing more than sending a devious kid into …
City and 2016 Destroy Parks – It’s Just the Start, Folks
As reported on the Save Michael Reese Hospital web site: In an act of cultural and environmental violence that has shocked the South Side, the City of Chicago and the Chicago 2016 Bid Committee have destroyed the beloved central park lands at Michael Reese Hospital. Sparing only a few trees, the community parks have been …