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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Naomi Williams On June 13, NOlympics LA hosted the second event in its “Stop Playing Games” transnational teach in series, titled “Olympic Disaster: Environmental Destruction in Pyeongchang.” As opposed to the first teach-in, which […]
By Cerianne Robertson “The communities unhoused residents have built over a long time are being destroyed for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.” This was the main message of Misako Ichimura, an unhoused community organizer in […]
This diary was written by a NOlympics LA member in late 2019. I’m squished inside our makeshift organizing headquarters in Tokyo, the largest city on the planet, with a ragtag bunch of organizers like myself […]
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, […]
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