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Human Rights Torch arrives in San Francisco

by Josh Wolf (web [at] joshwolf.net)
On April 5, 2008 the Human Rights Torch arrived in San Francisco after traveling across the world beginning last year in Greece. The torch is a celebration of human rights and was established by a Falun Gong advocacy group in protest of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
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In this video, Supervisor Chris Daly, '68 Olympic medalist John Carlos and the organizers of the event explain why the run was organized and the history of Olympic politics.
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marginalized populations, workers, etc..
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thats a racist assumption
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and then there's monarchist apologetics.
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Free Tibet
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What's in a name?
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Free Tibet End the occupation
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and there's willful ignorance.
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