From: Michael Hoover <hoov-AT-freenet.tlh.fl.us> Subject: Re: Olympics Date: Thu, 25 Jul 96 23:14:28 18000 > Hi everyone. I am fascinated by the Olympics and the politics involved in > it. Does anyone know of any good articles, historical or otherwise, on the > Olympics. Or any books? If so, please do tell me their names and where I > would be able to locate them. current issue of Nation magazine has an article by Andrew Jennings entitled "Ring Toss: How Olympic Insiders Betray Public Trust"... about the slimy character of the IOC...Jennings has written a couple of books about the Olympics...most recently, "New Lords of the Rings: Olympic Corruption and How to Buy Gold Medals"...can be downloaded at http://www.jennings-olympics.co.uk...same Nation issue carries a piece on labor and the Atlanta Olympics...and there is a review of Christopher Hill's (the British Marxist historian?) new book "Olympic Politics"...Michael --- from list marxism-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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