Olympics Watch

NOlympics LA Hosts ‘Pick a Side’ Town Hall

October 26, 2020

You cannot support both the Olympics and the movement for Black Lives. That was the central argument put forth at the “Pick a Side Town Hall,” hosted on October 21 by NOlympics LA. The LA [...]

Transnational Teach-in: Stadium-Driven Displacement in Los Angeles

August 3, 2020

By Mark A. Matney, Jr. For the fourth installment of the current series of transnational teach-ins hosted by NOlympics LA, the focus was on Los Angeles. As we hope the reader is aware, the IOC [...]

Sociologist Adam Talbot published “5 Lessons in Olympic Resistance from Rio” on RioOnWatch on April 19, 2019. See RioOnWatch for the full article in English, Portuguese, French, and Japanese. “From as early as 1932, local social [...]

Strategic Alternative Media at the Rio 2016 Olympics

February 19, 2019

Given that A) Olympics organizers consistently push the notion that the Games are good for cities, countries, and the international community, and B) evidence suggests mainstream media coverage has a tendency to celebrate the Olympic event, what are the possibilities for contesting official and celebratory media narratives about the Olympic Games? […]