Date: Mon, 08 Sep 1997 13:47:58 +0100
Subject: Re: M-G: Olympics Question...


There were two  organised (sort of) Nolympics campaigns in
Europe recently in Germany and Holland. There was a
lot of material published by the German campaign with 
collated information about the negative effects of hosting
the Olympics. Unfortunately, I do not have the material to
hand but it might be worhtwhile asking any comrades that
might be in Germany if they can get their hands on some
of the publications. There were also a lot of tawdry tales from
Barcelona the year it was the Olympic city (like all the 
prostitutes being forcibly out of the city centre by the police
in case they tarnished the city's reputation).

I am sorry that I do not have any more concrete info on this.

Fergal 




At 18:12 05/09/97 -0500, you wrote:
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>I was wondering whether some comrade could help me out a bit.
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>Now that Athens has won the dubious honor of hosting the Olympics, claims 
>are being made by boosters that the Olympics --if handled by private 
>enterprise and businesses-- will shower Greece with untold riches as 
>millions upon millions of dollars will flow like a river through the 
>country.  Most important in these claims are the expected vast 
>improvements in Greece's infrastructure that will more or less propel the 
>country into the status of a "real" European economy!!
>The Atlanta Olympics are claimed to have left $300 million in net profit.
>
>I seem to recall that the Atlanta Olympics were a bust and that the 
>effects of the games on the region were nothing to brag about.
>
>Does anybody have comments or a better grip  on this?
>
>
>Power to the People!
>Dennis
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