Articles Posted in the Politics Category
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Calls for Beijing boycott, appropriate
By John Han April 11, 2008 Hours before the Olympic Torch Relay opening ceremony began at McCovey Cove Wednesday, I interviewed Chinese-American Xiao Tan who supports the Tibetan struggle for independence. Like thousands of Olympic…
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A Beautiful Disaster
By Terry Canaan April 11, 2008 Like anyone who appreciates film and, especially, photography in film, I have a love/hate relationship with documentary filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl. A visionary fimmaker, Riefenstahl created what many consider to…
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The CrackBerry Chronicles: What I learned
from the Olympic Torch RelayElaine Santore Photos by Luke Thomas By Elaine Santore April 10, 2008 Gavin Newsom sold his youth to the devil to become mayor, and he wants to ruin our youth, too. Embarrassing. Somebody needs to…
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Protest 2.0: Chasing The Flame
By Tanene Allison April 10, 2008 I wasn’t in San Francisco for the Olympic Torch protest. Aside from a severely decreased likelihood of my being arrested Wednesday, that fact almost didn’t make any sort of…
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This is NOT America Torchbearer ejection tells you so
Majora Carter, Executive Director of Sustainable South Bronx, was forcefully removed as an Olympic torchbearer yesterday when she raised a Tibetan flag in solidarity with the people of Tibet. Photo by Luke Thomas By Luke…
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Overheard in Fog City:
Chinese officials involved
in “we” decision to alter torch routeBy Luke Thomas April 10, 2008 It’s all about the money, honey Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin yesterday fired off a scathing criticism of Mayor Gavin Newsom’s “we” decision to alter the torch route…
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After wild goose chase,
Olympic torch relay ends ambiguouslyProtesters engulf an Olympic torch event coach as it makes a turn off of Embarcadero. The driver of the bus refused to stop almost running over the protesters. Photos by Luke Thomas By Kamala Kelkar…
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