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Olympic History AlterLinks Topic Index Going for Gold: A History of Olympic Controversies Resource Type: Article Published: 2009 While the Olympics serve to contribute to mutual understanding and finding commonality in difference, from its inception as a religious festival in ancient Greece to the huge celebrations in the twenty-first century seen on television by billions of people, it has been quite rare for the Games to pass without controversy. Hitler's Propaganda Machine Resource Type: Book Published: 1978 Lockdown London The Olympics will see the UK's biggest mobilisation of security forces since the second world war Resource Type: Article Published: 2012 The projected expense of security at the upcoming London Olympic Games is $867m -- part of the booming 'security industry'. Nazi Olympics Resource Type: Book Published: 1987 Describes the Nazification of sports in Germany in the 1930s and its broader context. Olympic torch stokes warm pride and fiery protest among aboriginals Resource Type: Article Published: 2009 Differing opinions between aboriginal groups towards the 2010 Vancouver Olympics and Torch Relay. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - August 13, 2016 Sports and Politics Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 2016 Sports and politics have always been intertwined, though perhaps never as much so as in the current era. In the modern sports era, survival and success depend largely on the favour of corporations, whose power to provide or withhold funding and sponsorships now shape every aspect of sport, including athletes' incomes and lifestyles. It is now difficult to remember that only a few decades ago, corporate logos were strictly forbidden at Olympic events, while athletes were prohibited from accepting any kind of payment for their involvement in sports. The corporate conquest of sports closely parallels the corporate colonization of nearly all aspects of modern life. Accompanying this in recent years has been the increasing injection of militaristic content into sports spectacles. In Canada, hockey games are now commonly preceded by rituals honouring militarism. In the United States, similar spectacles have been staged for years. In this issue, we feature resources which remind us that resistance to the commercialization, corporatization, and militarization of sports is also part of our heritage. Power Games: A Political History of the Olympic Games Resource Type: Book Published: 2016 '68: The Year of the Barricades Resource Type: Book Published: 1988 Caute's book looks at the explosive year 1968 (while situating it in the context of what had led up to it). One of the great strengths of this excellent book is that it looks at what was happening around the world. Sports and Politics Introduction to the August 13, 2016 issue of Other Voices Resource Type: Article Published: 2016 Sports in general, and the Olympics in particular, have never been free of politics. Allegations of bribery and cheating had already been part of the Olympics for centuries before that noteworthy day in 67 AD when the judges proclaimed the Emperor Nero winner of the Olympic chariot race even though he had been thrown from his chariot and failed to complete the race. Sports: Ulli Diemer - Selected snippets & quotes from Radical Digressions Resource Type: Article Published: 2018 The White Man in That Photo Resource Type: Article Published: 2015 Sometimes photographs deceive. Take this one, for example. It represents John Carlos and Tommie Smith's rebellious gesture the day they won medals for the 200 meters at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, and it certainly deceived me for a long time.

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