No Games Chicago: How A Small Group of Citizens Derailed the City’s 2016 Olympic Bid

Cover
Endorsement Page
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Preface
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: How to Use This Book
Chapter 2: Introduction
	Notes
Chapter 3: Background: The Olympics Are BIG Business
	Notes
	Reference List
Chapter 4: Background: Chicago Makes Its Play
	Notes
	Reference List
Chapter 5: What Was at Stake: Chicago Loves “Big Plans”
	Notes
	Reference List
Chapter 6: The Players: The International Olympic Committee
	Notes
	Reference List
Chapter 7: The Players: For the City
	Notes
Chapter 8: The Players: The Opposition
	Notes
Chapter 9: The Battle for the Bid Begins: Going Public, Part 1
	Notes
Chapter 10: What Did the Bid Actually Propose?
	Notes
Chapter 11: Insights and an Insider Drives Strategy and Tactics
	Notes
	Reference List
Chapter 12: The Research: What Was Learned
	Notes
Chapter 13: Tactics and Tools
	Messaging and Humor
	Resources
	Notes
Chapter 14: Going Public, Part 2: April Rally and March – No Games Meets the IOC
	No Games Meets With the IOC
	Notes
	Reference List
Chapter 15: Going Public, Part 3: Operation Cheese – No Games Goes to the IOC
	Going to Switzerland
	Showing Up at The IOC Press Conference
	A Strange Encounter!
	Going Public at the Olympic Museum
	Taking No Games to the Palace Hotel
	Notes
Chapter 16: Star Power and the Bid
	Notes
Chapter 17: No Games Grows on the Media
	Notes
Chapter 18: Arrogance, Missteps, Scandal, Attempted Bribes
	It Wouldn’t Be a Chicago Thing Without a Few Scandals
	Attempted Bribery
	Notes
Chapter 19: Mayor Daley Must Sign the Blank Check: Aldermen Briefed in Secret – No Games Tells All
	Notes
Chapter 20: Fifty Wards in FIFTY Days and No Games Was There
	Notes
Chapter 21: Major Push for a Community Benefits Agreement: To What End?
	Notes
Chapter 22: Who Backed and Paid for the Bid?
	Notes
Chapter 23: Chicago 2016 Economic Impact Study a Work of Fiction
	The Chicago 2016 Committee Studied Itself
	An Independent Economic Impact Study Appears
	Notes
Chapter 24: How’s This for “Oversight?”: Carrie Austin and Ed Burke
	Notes
Chapter 25: The Battle for the Bid’s Last Days: A Flurry of City Activity – Whining and Whitewashing
	Notes
Chapter 26: Heading to Decision Day: Emailing the IOC 70 Days in a Row
	Notes
Chapter 27: The Tide Is Turned: Chicagoans Say “No Games!”
	Notes
Chapter 28: Going Public, Part 4: A Protest at City Hall
	Notes
Chapter 29: Going Public, Part 5: Operation Mermaid – What Happened in Copenhagen – The End of the Battle
	Tuesday – September 29
	Thursday – October 1
	Friday – October 2 – Decision Day
	Notes
Chapter 30: Immediately After the Decision: The Media Gets It Wrong, Again
	Notes
Chapter 31: Did No Games Make a Difference?
	Notes
Chapter 32: Delusional Post-Mortems and No Mention of No Games
	Notes
Chapter 33: The Police Spied on No Games
	Notes
Chapter 34: The Pricey Legacy of the Bid
	Notes
Chapter 35: Post Battle Research: The Olympics Are Always Way Over Budget
	Notes
Chapter 36: The No Games Ripple Effect: No Games Organizer Deported
	Is It Time to Sunset the Olympic Games?
	Notes
Chapter 37: Lessons for the Future: Public Policies and Public Imperatives
	Abandon the Neoliberal Construct for City Planning and Governing
	Shift What We Mean and Do when We Talk about “Community Development” from a Real Estate Focus to a People-centered Focus
	Invest $10 Billion in Chicago’s Black Wards
	Chicago Civics Need a Major Upgrade
		Clean Up City Hall
		Chicago Media
		Chicago Philanthropies and Nonprofits
		Chicagoans Wherever You Are
		Fighting City Hall
	Notes
Chapter 38: Closing Thoughts
Chapter 39: Strategic Playbook
	The Basics – Get Smart Before You Fight
	Getting Ready for Your Justice Campaign – What Happens In Private
	Going Public – Launch Your Campaign and Build Power To Victory
Chapter 40: Online Extras
	Guide to Extra Content at the No Games Book Web Site – www.nogameschicagobook.com
	Links to Anti-Games Organization and Campaigns
	News Sites
Chapter 41: Select Literature in the Field
Index