WOMBLES - Beijing Olympics 2008

April 6th: London Olympic Flame route + protest

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:18:13 +0000

from imc-uk, 27 March 2008: The final confirmed route for the London leg of the torch relay is as below. Protests are expected all along the route. 2000 cops will be 'policing' the route all day. more

Beijing labourers dying in race for 2008 Olympic deadlines

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:14:20 +0000

repost, 31 August 2007: "Labourers from poor rural areas of China, some in their teens and often lacking the most basic safety equipment, are working seven-day weeks for less than £20 to complete the facilities for next year's Beijing Olympics, an Independent on Sunday investigation has revealed..." more

ASS: Articles on Olympic-sized evictions

Fri, 06 Jul 2007 13:50:34 +0000

from ASS web site, 14 June 2007: 2 articles about the PFI style robbers that are the Olympics. "The Olympic Games have displaced more than 2 million people in the last 20 years,mostly minorities such as the homeless and poor, a rights group said Tuesday..." more

Beijing Olympics: IOC called upon to act on abuses in Chinese Olympics suppliers

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:37:54 +0000

19 June 2007: Article from Play Fair 2008 about the difficult conditions in factories in China supplying the 2008 Beijing Olympic games.
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The PlayFair 2008 campaign group exposes gross violations of basic labour standards by several Chinese factories supplying goods under license for the Beijing Olympics, including adult wages at half the legal minimum, employment of workers as young as 12 years old, and employees made to work 12-hour shifts seven days a week in unsafe and unhealthy conditions. more