John Carlos and Tommie Smith's black power salute (1968) is one of the most memorable political Olympic moments.
If you still harbor any illusions that the Olympic games are a politics-free zone, this recent Public Radio International program should set you straight. In
"Power, Politics and the Olympics," Deborah Amos runs through the political history of the modern Olympics, in light of issues surrounding the upcoming 2008 games. The piece begins with the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany and looks closely at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul and the International Olympic Committee's decision to award the 2014 Olympics to Sochi, Russia. It includes sound bites from Walter Cronkite, Muhammad Ali, Jimmy Carter and Vladimir Putin.
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