Yahoo Sports just came out with an article “Rio’s Example – Why No City Should Bid to Host the Olympics“! Holy crap. Watch this slide show and count your lucky stars that Chicago avoided that city-killer! Rio’s example: Why no city should bid to host the Olympics There were 27 world records set at the …
Ben Joravsky, writing in the Chicago Reader on August 3, 2016 said this about opposing the 2016 bid: Let’s face it, folks: When it came to Daley, everybody in Chicago was a rubber stamp. Well, not everybody. At this point, I’d like to distribute some symbolic gold medals to the few intrepid souls who had …
Two more latecomers to the ranks of No Games Chicago! Chicago Tribune sports reporter David Haugh writes “In retrospect…” David – we said ALL those things seven years ago. Where were you? Oh, yeah – you, like the paper you work for and the billionaire who owned it then (Sam Zell) were BIG boosters of …
From WBEZ-FM Chicago Public Radio’s Worldview program from July 19, 2016 (35 minutes):
Now famed Chicago Sun-Times sports columnist Rick Telander joined the ranks of No Games Chicago with this January 1, 2016 column. Six years later. Oh well, better late than never. Just like his colleagues at the Chicago Tribune who also wrote about their relief at not getting the 2016 Olympics, Rick failed to mention the …
CounterSpin Radio, a project of FAIR, interviewed No Games organizer Tom Tresser on March 8, 2012 to comment on the New York Times reporting of mass evictions in Rio occuring in preperation for the 2016 Olympics (10 minutes).
Theresa Williamson is a community organizer based in Rio. Her organization, Catalytic Communities, is invovled in protecting and developing the favelas there. She is also organizing RioOnWatch.org, which is monitoring the work around the 2106 games. Theresa was in Chicago recently to deliver an update on how the preperation for the 2016 games is affecting …