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Indigenous Olympics and coverage en Français: "le capitalisme durable à son meilleur"

BLOG POST posted on February 17, 2010 by dru

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Toban Black has an interesting in-depth analysis of the cultural participation of Indigenous peoples in the games:

Passing theatrical gestures to native peoples during the open ceremonies could be considered to be more respectful, but Olympics marketers otherwise have been mixing up North American native traditions into a soup-like caricature.

If you're looking for some a decent overview of the impacts of the games en Français, check out this article by Antoine Descendres of Friends of the Earth Québec.

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Fri, 02/19/2010 - 03:01 —

Much more in french

You can find much more in french at contrelesolympiquesde2010.anarkhia.org

Tu peux trouver ce texte et bien d'autres sur contrelesolympiquesde2010.anarkhia.org

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