Nuclear waste and other tales from London: Capitalism and the Olympics [View all]

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http://www.peoplesworld.org/nuclear-waste-and-other-tales-from-london-capitalism-and-the-olympics/

In an idealized worldview, the Olympic Games are a symbol of international sports excellence and friendly global competition.

A symbol of what could be, perhaps, but the "corporatization" of the Games have made it a playground for the super-rich and a profit-driven event. The Games have become a hopeful, yet often futile, source of economic revitalization and jobs for the host city or country, which instead often winds up in debt. Greece is case in point.

In a crowd-funded video from Italy, documentarian Enrico Masi shows the underbelly of the London Games. It is in English with Italian subtitles.

"The Golden Temple" tells a bleak story from East London. Capitalism - a society based on consumerism and maximum rate of profit - falls far short in meeting the needs of all in attempts at economic revitalization.

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Video at the link here: http://www.produzionidalbasso.com/pdb_897.html