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Zirin: Damien Hooper: The Sanctioning of an Anti-Racist Olympic Rebel
Znet Article, August, 05 2012
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The Aboriginal Flag is recognized as an official Australian flag, but it’s not recognized by the International Olympic Committee
Zirin: Why the NCAA's Sanctions on Penn State Are Just Dead Wrong
Znet Article, July, 26 2012
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Today marked a stomach-turning, precedent-setting and lawless turning point in the history of the NCAA
Zirin: The Shocking Truth About Joe Paterno, Penn State and Governor Tom Corbett
Znet Article, July, 13 2012
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The report constitutes a death blow to what was left of the reputation of the most successful, respected coach in the history of college football, Joe Paterno
Zirin: Steve Nash to the Lakers: The Political Impact
Znet Article, July, 09 2012
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Will Steve Nash use the hyper-exalted platform of being a Laker to be loud and proud about the issues that matter to him
Zirin: Drew Brees, Union Power and the Big Payback
Commentary, July, 04 2012
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This is about ensuring that anyone who wants a union or is in a union can speak out in defense of their livelihood
Zirin: Do You Know Your Enemy?
Znet Article, June, 13 2012
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Why we should all root for the Miami Heat to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder
Zirin: After Forty-four Years, It's Time Brent Musburger Apologized to John Carlos and Tommie Smith
Znet Article, June, 06 2012
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When Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their black-gloved fists at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, they were scorched with scorn across the sports media landscape
Zirin: Protests are Coming to the Olympic Games
Znet Article, May, 24 2012
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On Saturday, July 28, protesters will be gathering in London to just say no to the priorities imposed by these most corporate of Olympic Games
Zirin: "Drones, Missiles, and Gunships, Oh My!" Welcome to the 2012 London Olympics
Commentary, May, 16 2012
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Local police forces have just been given an inordinate number of new toys and the boxes have been opened, the receipts tossed away
Zirin: 20 Years Later: Want to Understand the '92 LA Riots? Start with the '84 LA Olympics
Commentary, May, 05 2012
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When the people have no voice, no community, and no power, their frustration is left no physical choice but to explode
Zirin: 25 Years Since Al Campanis Shocked Baseball: What's Changed and What's Stayed The Same
Commentary, April, 18 2012
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The Campanis lesson for Major League Baseball hasn’t been to take on racism in the sport, but find executives who can smile for the camera and talk a cat out of a tree
Zirin: Ozzie Guillen, Free Speech and the Case of Loretta Capeheart
Znet Article, April, 13 2012
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The legal case of Northeastern Illinois University Professor Loretta Capeheart so critical for anyone who cares about freedom of speech
Zirin: Trayvon Martin’s Death, LeBron James and the Miami Heat
Commentary, March, 30 2012
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That’s the scary thing about choosing to give a damn. People will expect you to mean it
Zirin: Jackie Robinson, Trayvon Martin and the Sad History of Sanford, Florida
Znet Article, March, 28 2012
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In cites and towns across the south, Jackie Robinson’s presence provoked challenges to power and real, meaningful change. In Sanford, change did not come that easily
Zirin: Beneath the Brackets: March Madness and the “Civil Rights Movement for Our Times”
Commentary, March, 13 2012
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In our perennial rite of spring, we are being bombarded with bracketology, Final Four predictions and the general hoops hysteria otherwise known as "March Madness
Zirin: UK Labor Leader Threatens Strikes During the London Olympics
Znet Article, March, 05 2012
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If you listen closely, you can hear IOC officials wishing every Olympics could be held in China so dissenters can be rounded up and dealt with in efficient fashion
Zirin: In Egypt: How a Tragic 'Soccer Riot' May Have Revived a Revolution
Znet Article, February, 15 2012
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The ultras have done nothing less than propel the Egyptian Revolution back into the Egyptian streets
Zirin: The Heroes of Super Bowl Sunday
Znet Article, February, 07 2012
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Several hundred people gathered at the Indianapolis state house to stand up against the recent passage of the state's “right to work” legislation
Zirin: Occupy the Super Bowl: Now More Than Just A Slogan
Znet Article, February, 03 2012
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The Super Bowl is perennially the Woodstock for the 1%: a Romney-esque cavalcade of private planes, private parties, and private security
Zirin: A Super Bowl of Struggle? The NFLPA’s Demaurice Smith on opposing Indiana’s “Right to Work” agenda
Znet Article, January, 23 2012
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From a sports union, our union, understand the power of management and understand how much power management can wield over an individual person
