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Naomi Klein and Christian Parenti on How Beijing Olympics Highlight Globalization of Police State, Inequality

The equipment and integrated security systems used to detain Olympic protesters will remain long after the Olympics, to be used, many fear, on China’s own population. And some of the biggest beneficiaries of this surveillance boom are US hedge funds and corporations, including Cisco, General Electric and Google. We speak to journalists Naomi Klein and Christian Parenti, both of whom have recently reported from China. [includes rush transcript]
Aug 15, 2008 | Story
Chinese American Writer & Activist Helen Zia on the Olympic Games, the Role of Protest and President Bush's Visit to Beijing

In a piece called "Why I Will Carry the Olympic Torch," Helen Zia wrote earlier this year, "A peaceful and better world is possible through friendly engagement and mutual understanding, not violent confrontation and polarization. It’s an Olympic message, a possible dream that our global civilization and everyone who is a part of it can aspire to — and for which I am proud to carry a torch." [includes rush transcript]
Aug 12, 2008 | Story
Summer Olympic Games Open in Beijing, Pro-Tibet Protester Deported to US

The eyes of the world are focused on China today as the Summer Olympic Games open in Beijing. One big question centers on whether the Olympic Committee and the Chinese government will allow any public protests during the Games. We speak with an activist who was arrested in China and deported after unfurling a Tibet independence banner close to the main Olympic stadium. [includes rush transcript]
Aug 08, 2008 | Story
"This is the Olympics the West Wanted" - Dave Zirin on US Corporations Entering China, Athletes Speaking Out and the Games from '68 to Today

As the 2008 Summer Olympic Games open in Beijing, we speak with sportswriter Dave Zirin. "This is the Olympics the West wanted: games where the grandest prize is not a gold medal but a glittering entree to China’s seemingly endless army of potential consumers," writes Zirin. "This is the reason that George W. Bush will attend the opening ceremonies, the first U.S. President to do so on foreign soil." [includes rush transcript]
Aug 08, 2008 | Story
China's Great Leap: Human Rights Watch on the Beijing Games and Olympian Human Rights Challenges

Thousands of protesters turned out in San Francisco to protest the Olympic torch relay and this year’s Beijing Games. Similar protests condemning China’s human rights abuses have attempted to disrupt the torch along its earlier stops in Athens, Istanbul, Paris and London. We speak with Human Rights Watch’s Minky Worden, who is editor of a new book, China’s Great Leap: The Beijing Games and Olympian Human Rights Challenges...
Apr 10, 2008 | Story
Baseball's Hall of Shame: MLB Report Finds Widespread Steroid Use, Warns About Influence Pros Have on Young Athletes

Thursday is being described by some as "one of the darkest days in baseball history," following the publication of an official Major League Baseball report on the widespread use of steroids and performance-enhancing drugs in the sport. Former Senator George Mitchell, who headed the twenty-month investigation, estimated hundreds of thousands of high school students currently use steroids. We speak with sportswriter Dave Zirin about "Absolving...
Dec 14, 2007 | Story
Dave Zirin on "Welcome to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics and Promise of Sports"

Zirin discusses how sports have become an "athletic-industrial complex," Pat Tillman, Hurricane Katrina, the legacy of Roberto Clemente, Mumia Abu-Jamal and his new book "Welcome to the Terrordome."
Jun 12, 2007 | Story
Sports Columnist Dave Zirin on Muhammad Ali's Career and His Groundbreaking Political Involvement

Sports columnist Dave Zirin has written a new account of the career and politics of boxing legend Muhammad Ali. In his prime, Ali was an outspoken advocate of the Black Muslim movement and a critic of the Vietnam War. [includes rush transcript]
Apr 09, 2007 | Story
Silent Gesture: Gold-Medalist Tommie Smith on His Historic Black Power Salute at 1968 Olympics

The raised fists of two African-American Olympic medal winners at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, is one of the most iconic images of our time. The man standing on the podium in 1st place, Tommie Smith, talks about that moment and his new autobiography, "Silent Gesture." [includes rush transcript]
Feb 21, 2007 | Story
The World Cup: War, Peace and Racism in the Biggest Sporting Event on the Planet

Four weeks. Thirty-two countries. Sixty-four matches. One billion viewers. The FIFA World Cup underway in Germany right now is the most-watched sporting event on the planet. We take a look at the global significance of the World Cup with sports writer Dave Zirin. [includes rush transcript]
Jun 26, 2006 | Story

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Naomi Klein and Christian Parenti on How Beijing Olympics Highlight Globalization of Police State, Inequality

Chinese American Writer & Activist Helen Zia on the Olympic Games, the Role of Protest and President Bush's Visit to Beijing

Summer Olympic Games Open in Beijing, Pro-Tibet Protester Deported to US

"This is the Olympics the West Wanted" - Dave Zirin on US Corporations Entering China, Athletes Speaking Out and the Games from '68 to Today

China's Great Leap: Human Rights Watch on the Beijing Games and Olympian Human Rights Challenges

Baseball's Hall of Shame: MLB Report Finds Widespread Steroid Use, Warns About Influence Pros Have on Young Athletes

Dave Zirin on "Welcome to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics and Promise of Sports"

Sports Columnist Dave Zirin on Muhammad Ali's Career and His Groundbreaking Political Involvement

Silent Gesture: Gold-Medalist Tommie Smith on His Historic Black Power Salute at 1968 Olympics

The World Cup: War, Peace and Racism in the Biggest Sporting Event on the Planet

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