Torch Relay on Google

You can now follow the Olympic Torch on google maps and on google earth! Enjoy, and don’t forget to join and support the protests in the respective cities!

Don’t let it happen!

via eurotopics a short excerpt of this article (in french):
Marie-Hélène Miauton, director of the Swiss polling firm MIS Trend, doesn’t believe the threats of an Olympic boycott this summer in Beijing. “The Olympic universe has its own momentum, media rituals that it has to respect to the letter. … It’s in the lead up to [...]

Express your opinion, from your TV room, it is possible

A new campaign (with some great banners!) has been launched by Romain in France:

For the first time in its history, television offers a power: Audience.
Like every time, the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games will be watched by the entire world, and will beat all records for audience, demonstrating the economic success of the operation [...]

EU and China: The threat of a boycott

John Fox, a Senior Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations calls for a more efficient EU foreign policy that does not rule out any olympic boycott:

EU leaders need to make clear to the Chinese Government that they are prepared to boycott Olympic ceremonies and to consider a broader boycott of the games [...]

I Won’t Watch The Olympics

The blogosphere is full of surprises. The idea of organising some sort of grassroot boycott of the Olympics in Beijing is getting more and more popular. Actually it is quite amazing how many initiatives and opinions are being developed right now. Especially the idea of a private ‘TV boycott’ is spreading rapidly.
“I won’t watch the [...]

Boycott Myths revealed

Anne Applebaum of the Washington Post looks at the great “boycott myths” that we have been listening to in the last couple of days. Read the complete article here.
“A boycott doesn’t solve anything.” Well, doesn’t it? Some boycotts do help solve some things. The boycott of South Africa by international competitions was probably the single [...]