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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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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

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

Statement: “There is no place for the Olympics in Fukushima”

March 18, 2020

We refuse to recognize this “fake recovery” that conceals the real damage and ignores the victims who are still suffering. We cannot accept these “Recovery Olympics,” which use sports as a tool to deceive the world’s athletes. […]

*English

Hangorin no Kai Condemn Tokyo Police for Targeting Anti-Olympics Organizer

February 21, 2020

Hangorin no Kai published the following statement on their website on February 20, 2020. 日本語版はこちら. We condemn the Tokyo Police’s house search against our comrade in the Anti-Olympics struggle! Around 8am on February 18th, the […]

*English

NOlympics Anywhere: A Joint Statement in Solidarity

August 9, 2019

日本語 | 한국어 | Français The specifics may differ in scope and scale, but the broad forces that the Olympics unleash wherever they take root are the same: the expansion of police and military surveillance, […]

*English

Itinerary: Anti-Olympics One Year to Go International Get-together

July 14, 2019

Representatives from groups in Rio de Janeiro, Pyeongchang, Tokyo, Paris, Los Angeles, Seoul, and Jakarta will join forces in Tokyo for an unprecedented transnational coming together of anti-Olympics organizers.

*English

RioOnWatch: ‘5 Lessons in Olympic Resistance’

April 26, 2019

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 […]

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Anti-Olympics, Anti-Poverty Torch Travels on to Tokyo

November 25, 2018

The Anti Pyeongchang Olympics Alliance traveled to Japan to hand over the Anti-Olympics Torch to allies in Tokyo. Ahead of the 2010 Games, Vancouver activists made this alternative torch out of — get ready for […]

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