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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 Paris Olympics are over. The struggle continues. [Translation]

October 31, 2024

Translated by Olympics Watch. See the September 2024 original in French by Saccage 2024. The enthusiastic discourse about the Olympics, relentlessly served up by the Paris 2024 organizers and a large part of the media, […]

*French

Transnational statement: Solidarity with all fighting the Olympic machine in Paris, Saint-Denis, Marseille, Tahiti, and beyond

June 28, 2024

日本語 | 한국어 | Français This summer, beginning July 26, Paris is set to host its third Olympic games. As residents of Olympic host cities, past and future, we extend our solidarity to the residents […]

*English

Press release: International Anti-Olympic Meeting on May 21-22 in Seine-Saint-Denis (France)

May 4, 2022

April 28 2022 By Saccage 2024 Saccage 2024 is a collective of residents, collectives and associations in Seine-Saint-Denis and nearby who defend their living spaces threatened by preparations for the Paris Olympic Games. For a […]

*English

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 […]

*English

Solidarity from Tokyo to the Aubervilliers Workers Gardens Occupation in France

July 16, 2021

Français | 日本語 This statement was originally published by Hangorin no Kai. As of July 16, 2021, the Aubervilliers Workers Gardens occupation (Jardins à defendre – JAD) is facing imminent forced removal. Follow @JardinsAuber and […]

*English

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 […]

*English

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 […]

*English

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 […]

*English

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 […]

*English

All the LA 2024/2028 Bid Books in One Place

January 21, 2021

When the LA 2028 Organizing Committee launched its new website in September 2020, it removed the three “candidature questionnaire” files (collectively known as the “bid book”) that it submitted to the International Olympic Committee in […]

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