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  • [ October 31, 2024 ] The Paris Olympics are over. The struggle continues. [Translation] *English
  • [ October 24, 2024 ] Book: No Boston Olympics: How and Why Smart Cities Are Passing on the Torch (2017) *English
  • [ June 28, 2024 ] Transnational statement: Solidarity with all fighting the Olympic machine in Paris, Saint-Denis, Marseille, Tahiti, and beyond *French
  • [ May 4, 2022 ] Press release: International Anti-Olympic Meeting on May 21-22 in Seine-Saint-Denis (France) *English
  • [ November 12, 2021 ] The 2010 Tar Sands Oilympics [Video] *English

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The Public Resources Subsidizing the LA 2028 Olympics, An Event Designed for Private Profit

October 6, 2021

Last updated July 12, 2024 The organizers of LA 2028 claim it will be a privately funded Olympics. They claim a combination of sponsorships, ticket revenue, and licensing and merchandise revenues will be enough to […]

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Cancel Tokyo 2020! Anti-Olympics Events Around the World

July 15, 2021

Calls for cancellation grow louder as the Tokyo 2020 Pandemic Games approach. Check out the schedule of upcoming anti-Olympics protests, panels, presentations, and performances in cities from Tokyo to LA. All events are listed in […]

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The PR Spin on Olympics Opinion Polling, From Tokyo 2020 to LA 2028

July 13, 2021

By Cerianne Robertson We’re hearing a lot about public opinion polling on the Olympics these days. In May, one survey found that a whopping 83% of Japanese people believe the upcoming Tokyo Games should be […]

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The Fight to Defend the Aubervilliers Workers’ Gardens from Paris 2024 [INTERVIEW]

June 24, 2021

A group of people in Aubervilliers, near Paris, are occupying the city’s workers’ gardens to protest and prevent their conversion into an Olympics-sized swimming pool, to be used for Paris 2024 training events. We checked […]

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Okotowalink: 20 Reasons to Oppose the Tokyo Olympics

June 6, 2021

From the ever-rising costs to evictions, volunteer exploitation, imperialism and more, Okotowalink outlines twenty reasons to oppose the upcoming 2020/1 Olympics. “With healthcare services on the brink of collapse, anxiety growing over patient triage, and […]

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In Paris, ‘Toxic Tour’ Denounces Olympics Development Projects

December 23, 2020

This article was originally published in French by Ouest-France. At the Parc de la Courneuve, the green lung of the Seine-Saint-Denis department*, the anti-Olympic front is mobilizing against development projects for the Paris 2024 Olympic […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Transnational Teach-in: Anti-Olympics Organizing in France

July 8, 2020

By Gigi Droesch On June 27, NOlympics LA hosted the third event in its transnational teach-in series, titled “NO to the Games!: Organizing to abolish the Olympics in France.” The presentation and discussion was led by […]

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Organizing a Transnational Anti-Olympics Summit: An Oral History, Part 2

June 18, 2020

Compiled by Cerianne Robertson In July 2019, community organizers from Rio de Janeiro, Pyeongchang, Tokyo, Paris, Los Angeles, and (2032 candidate) Jakarta came together in Tokyo for the first-ever transnational anti-Olympics summit. Centered around a […]

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