Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Politics. October 2, 2009. I honestly can't think of the last time I've seen so many high-profile Americans root so enthusiastically against their own country.
Dave Zirin, Sherry Wolf, The Nation AlterNet: PEEK. September 15, 2009. Caster Semenya's unofficial results illuminate the intensity of a culture obsessed with short-sighted definitions.
Ruben Navarrette, Washington Post Writers Group. August 26, 2008. The U.S. team won the most medals; it also won the argument back home over the contributions of immigrants and their children.
Greta Christina, Greta Christina's Blog. August 22, 2008. Forget Michael Phelps and gymnastics. Part of the Olympics is about alternative culture and resistance to mainstream society.
Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now!. August 18, 2008. With 300,000 security cameras in Beijing alone, China is at the forefront of the surveillance boom -- and U.S. corporations are reaping the profits.
David Flumenbaum, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. August 14, 2008. Many have noted that He Kexin, one of China's gymnasts at the Olympic games, looks a little young. Turns out she's not the only one.
Sally Kohn, Movement Vision Lab. August 11, 2008. Americans aren't known for their rational views on immigration. So it's no wonder we attack low-wage workers while celebrating immigrant athletes.
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. August 11, 2008. The political implications of the two presidential campaigns' responses to the Russia-Georgia situation.
Naomi Klein, Huffington Post. August 8, 2008. The Olympics have opened up a backdoor for the regime to massively upgrade its systems of population control and repression.
Satyam, Think Progress AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. August 4, 2008. It's a welcome development that Bush is acknowledging the intrusiveness of government spying. Unfortunately, he's not worried about it here at home.
Dave Zirin, The Nation. August 1, 2008. The U.S. is ready for the Olympic Games to be a major boon for capitalism, but political protest could end up being the real story.
Peter Navarro, Asia Times. July 15, 2008. It's tough to tout "green games" when cancers related to water pollution are among the leading causes of death in China's countryside.
Clifford Coonan, Independent UK. April 4, 2008. Jailed for "inciting to subvert state power," Hu Jia is likely to become the poster-boy for critics of the Olympics.
Timothy Garton Ash, Comment Is Free. March 25, 2008. It would be great to watch the Olympics in Beijing this summer, but not over the dead bodies of Buddhist monks.
Dave Zirin, The Nation. March 22, 2008. China joins a long, proud tradition of countries carrying out brutal political crackdowns in honor of the Olympics.
Peter Ford, Christian Science Monitor. March 18, 2008. Trying to repress news of unrest in Tibet, China has blocked YouTube and most Internet chat rooms.
