In her latest book, Professor Helen Lenskyj examines the threat posed by the Olympics to the basic civil rights of residents of host cities. She particularly focuses on the loss of free speech and the criminilization of poverty that accompany the Games no matter where take place.
Thanks to Dawn Paley and the Vancouver Media Coop [7] for permission to podcast this speech.
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Links:
[1] http://rabble.ca/podcasts/shows/redeye
[2] http://rabble.ca/audio/by/artist/helen_lenskyj
[3] http://rabble.ca/audio/by/title/olympic_industry_resistance
[4] http://rabble.ca/audio/by/album/redeye_vancouver_cooperative_radio
[5] http://rabble.ca/audio/by/genre/speech
[6] http://rabble.ca/audio/by/year/2009
[7] http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/
[8] http://www.coopradio.org/redeye
[9] http://rabble.ca/user
[10] http://rabble.ca/user/register