and she was - The Torch

Saw some gorgeous pictures of a Free Tibet bridge hanging yesterday, and then was fascinated to read girliejones' piece on the nazi reinvention of the torch ceremony, which they brought back at the Berlin olympics. http://girliejones.livejournal.com/903254.html




Tibet is a continuous tragedy, and I'm pleased about all the Olympic protests, and kind of confused about how people don't like impeding the torch, particularly because it symbolizes national unity, and I find it very just that it get disrupted when those nations are committing cultural genocide. All this made me think about my favorite image of the olympics...





"Tommie Smith and John Carlos (bronze medalist) used the podium to express their opposition to racism during the U.S. national anthem at the Olympic Games, in 1968. As members of the Olympic Project for Human Rights their silent ‘black power’ salute resulted in them returning home as hero’s to the African American community, whilst the wider community, who were furious at their political statement, ensured they were suspended from the US team and the Olympic Village."