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nytimes.com » NYT > World - Aug 15, 2008
Botswana announced that President Seretse Khama Ian Khama was boycotting a meeting in Johannesburg to protest the presence of President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe.
Also tagged: zimbabwe, botswana, mugabe robert
nytimes.com » NYT > Media & Advertising - Aug 12, 2008
Citing what they described as the movie’s disregard for people with intellectual disabilities, several groups called for a boycott of the film.
Also tagged: handicapped, motion pictures
nytimes.com » NYT > Movies - Aug 11, 2008
More than a dozen groups called for a boycott of the film “Tropic Thunder,” citing what they described as the movie’s disregard for people with intellectual disabilities.
Also tagged: handicapped, motion pictures, paramount pictures, dreamworks skg dwa nyse, stiller ben, national down syndrome congress, american assn of people with disabilities
nytimes.com » NYT > Business - Aug 10, 2008
A coalition of disabilities groups is expected to call for a national boycott of the coming film “Tropic Thunder” because of what they see as the movie’s open ridicule of the intellectually disabled.
Also tagged: motion pictures, paramount pictures, dreamworks skg dwa nyse, national down syndrome congress, arc of the united states, american association of people with disabilities
nytimes.com » NYT > Movies - Aug 10, 2008
A coalition of disabilities groups is expected to call for a national boycott of the coming film “Tropic Thunder” because of what they see as the movie’s open ridicule of the intellectually disabled.
Also tagged: motion pictures, paramount pictures, dreamworks skg dwa nyse
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The Double-Edged Sword of Sport and Political Protesttruthout.org » Truthout - All Articles - Aug 9, 2008 The potential for sport to be used in an effective manner for political protest is growing as sport gains greater prominence on the international stage. Increased political and commercial interest in mega sporting … Also tagged: sports, china, soccer, strike, olympics, tibet, protest, demonstration, olympic committee |
nytimes.com » NYT > Magazine - Aug 9, 2008
The writer talks about how she turned from fiction to opera, how her mother defined (her) success and why there’s no point in boycotting the Olympics.
Also tagged: books and literature, writing and writers, book trade, tan amy
nytimes.com » NYT > World - Aug 8, 2008
The Olympic Games have furnished a kind of soapbox moment for a strikingly diverse array of rights groups.
Also tagged: politics and government, amnesty international, olympic games, reporters without borders, olympic games 2008, beijing china, freedom and human rights
nytimes.com » NYT > U.S. - Jul 16, 2008
Proponents of same-sex marriage called for a boycott of two San Diego hotels because the owner contributed to a ballot initiative banning same-sex marriage in California.
Also tagged: california, homosexuality, marriages, san diego calif
nytimes.com » NYT > Asia Pacific - Jul 15, 2008
As the world prepares for the Summer Games in Beijing, China’s defiance of a Soviet-led boycott is all but forgotten.
Also tagged: china, international olympic committee, olympic games 2008, united states olympic committee, ueberroth peter, olympic games 1984