Protesting the 1980 Moscow “Olympics of Oppression”

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This piece is a response to our Call for Submissions: Histories of Political Protest in the U.S. For our submission guidelines, click here. In 1974, when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) awarded Moscow’s bid to host the 1980 Summer Olympics, it set off a wave of protests among activists who felt that the Soviet government’s […]

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This piece is a response to our Call for Submissions: Histories of Political Protest in the U.S. For our submission guidelines, click here. In 1974, when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) awarded Moscow’s bid to host the 1980 Summer Olympics, it set off a wave of protests among activists who felt that the Soviet government’s […]

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