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 [...]

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 [...]

Polish PM to boycott Beijing Olympics opening ceremony!

Polish prime minister Donald Tusk has said he would boycott the opening ceremony of the summer Olympics in Beijing. This makes him the first European Head of Government to announce a political boycott!
According to Bloomberg he also wants to convince other European politicians to follow his example! Deputy Foreign Minister Ryszard Schnepf explained this decision [...]

The debate in the European Parliament

MEPs debated the situation in Tibet with some MEPs calling for a possible boycott of at least the opening ceremony of the forthcoming Olympic Games to be held in China this summer while others said that a boycott would be futile. Many MEPs called for freedom for Tibet and underlined the human rights abuses in [...]

NOlympia – Join us on Facebook!

We have done it! We have an official facebook group!
Now you can join the NOlympia campaign group by clicking here! And don’t forget to spread the word by inviting your friends to the group!

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 [...]

Sarkozy might boycott the opening ceremony!

Although France opposes a total boycott of the Olympic Games in Beijing, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has not ruled out a boycotting the official opening ceremony:
All options are open and I appeal to the Chinese leaders’ sense of responsibility.(…) I want a dialogue to start and I will step up my response according to the [...]

European Parliament president calls for boycott!

Hans-Gert Poettering, the President of the European Parliament has called for a boycott of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing:
“If there continue to be no signals of compromise, I see boycott measures as justified.”