Britain has launched its biggest peacetime security operation ever ahead
of the opening of the Summer Olympics. Nearly 20,000 armed forces
personnel are now providing security — almost double the number of
British troops currently serving in Afghanistan. The Olympic Games are
estimated to cost British taxpayers a staggering $17 billion. At the
same time, Brits near the Olympic Park have been subjected to sweeping
censorship laws enacted by their government at the behest of the
International Olympic Committee. Meanwhile, activists are outraged that
the Olympics’ long list of sponsors include companies, such as Dow
Chemicals and BP. They say the corporations’ human rights records are at
odds with the Olympic ideals of global peace and goodwill. We go to
London to speak with Jules Boykoff, a professor and author who is
currently writing a book on dissent and the Olympics. He played for the
U.S. Olympic soccer team in international competition from 1989-1991.Video
Source: Democracy Now!
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