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MLS's 'independent investigation' into the Portland Timbers' handling of DV allegations against a player provided the club cover. But @EdgeofSports & I reviewed audio recordings & police docs & arrived at a very different conclusion. Big questions linger. thenation.com/article/societ…
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Kohei Jinno was evicted from his Tokyo home *twice* to make way for the Olympics: ahead of the 1964 Games & again before #Tokyo2020. Harrowing story on the how the Olympics shattered his community, & all he received was $1,500 to relocate. By @emlies16 reuters.com/world/asia-pac…
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Powerful video by @documeme that illuminates the chasm between anti-Olympics activists in Tokyo & the questionable “safe & secure” rhetoric emerging from #Tokyo2020 Olympics boosters like Prime Minister Suga
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@utsunomiyakenji The petition to cancel the #Tokyo2020 Olympics now has more than 435,000 signatures (more than any other change.org petition in Japan's history) 人々の命と暮らしを守るために、東京五輪の開催中止を求めます @TeamUtsuken change.org/p/cancel-the-t…
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#Tokyo2020 so toxic that sponsors are backing away. Toyota will not air Olympics-related TV commercials & CEO won't attend opening. "The Olympics is becoming an event that has not gained the public's understanding," the Daily Yomiuri reported HT @bobmackin reuters.com/lifestyle/spor…
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"Protesters flooding the streets of Japan & the growing chorus across the world are right: #Tokyo2020 should be canceled. There’s no justification for holding it. But that’s also true of Games for decades...Cancel the Olympics—for good."
-@nataliesurely newrepublic.com/article/162952…
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[CW: violence, abuse]
The musical composer for the #Tokyo2020 Olympics' opening & closing ceremonies (Keigo Oyamada) revealed he brutally bullied & even tortured special needs students from elementary through high school. By @jakeadelstein @ChihiroKai1 japansubculture.com/japans-olympic…
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Anti-Olympics protest in Tokyo starts in a few hours in front of #Tokyo2020 Organizing Committee offices at Harumi Triton Square (6pm Tokyo time). Expect chants of #BachGoHome #バッハ帰れ Follow @hangorinnokai for details
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There is so much anti-Olympics dissent bubbling up in Japan
This article describes four people seeking an injunction to cancel the #Tokyo2020 Olympics over #COVID19 concerns, asserting the Games violate their constitutionally guaranteed right to live english.kyodonews.net/tokyo/news/202…
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At #NOlympicDay protest: Anti-Olympics activists "say it is too dangerous for Japan to hold the Olympics, too dangerous for the world, and that any potential fallout from the Olympics, that price will be paid by the Japanese public."-@selinawangtv @CNN
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My latest for @latimes: The #Tokyo2020 Games have been a cascade of calamities. The saga has exposed an IOC that disrespects the will of locals, brushes off inconvenient concerns of experts, & prioritizes its profits over all else. LA, are you watching? latimes.com/opinion/story/…
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#Tokyo2020 #Olympics organizers report 22 new Games-related #COVID19 cases on Saturday, bringing the total to 404 people inside the 'Olympic bubble' who contracted coronavirus since 1 July reut.rs/3s0qeoF
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As #Tokyo2020 athletes continue to suffer under "the searing sun, the sky high temps, the pea-soup humidity," @DanWetzel reminds us that Japan blatantly lied about the weather in its Olympic bid to make it sound ideal for athletes at the #Olympics. @Yahoo sports.yahoo.com/japan-lied-abo…
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Nightmare scenario emerging: 2 athletes in #Tokyo2020 Olympic Village test positive for #COVID19, making 3 cases in total in Village (including 1 non-athlete). Also, 3 members of S. African soccer delegation tested positive. By @myhlee washingtonpost.com/sports/olympic…
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There is a new petition circulating in Japan that demands the International Olympic Committee, Japanese Olympic Committee, & Japanese Government cancel the #Tokyo2020 Olympics 同キャンペーンの英語版をアップしました。海外への拡散をお願いいたします！ chng.it/bcRdSntW
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Great to talk #Tokyo2020 politics w/ @Ginella_M on @CBCNews. Opposition to the Games is rising: 83% of population in Japan do *not* want the Olympics staged this summer. Medical professionals in Japan are in open rebellion: they want the Games to be canceled
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@DanWetzel @ronanhand The IOC *knew* that "extreme heat conditions" put athletes in danger. #Tokyo2020 Olympians signed waivers stating that if they experience "serious bodily injury or even death" from "COVID-19...or extreme heat conditions while attending the Games" they can't hold organizers liable
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My piece on 5 myths & the Olympics for @washingtonpost
1) Host cities make money
2) Cities are eager to host the Games
3) Games are a path to riches for US athletes
4)Olympians have the right to free expression at Games
5) #Tokyo2020 is safe from #COVID19
washingtonpost.com/outlook/five-m…
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Wow. Just wow. When International Olympic Committee President went to Hiroshima for a photo-op, the security costs were paid by Hiroshima Prefecture (50%) & Hiroshima City (50%). IOC & #Tokyo2020 organizers refused to pay. HT @karyn_nishi @angelscanfly nordot.app/79832233396818…
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Here is footage of the moment when an anti-Olympics protester in Japan squirted water at the #OlympicTorchRelay to symbolically snuff out the #Tokyo2020 Olympic torch. Police swarmed her & she was detained. Ibaraka Prefecture. HT @emi_onuma1_16 twitter.com/parieruchan/st…
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Protesters went to the 5-star hotel where International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach is staying to present him with a petition to cancel the #Tokyo2020 Olympics. The policing of dissent was intense. 🧵by @galbraithian999 explains what happened...twitter.com/galbraithian99…
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Director of Hokkaido Cancer Center & hospital in Japan calls for cancellation of #Tokyo2020 Olympics: "The lives of the people are much more important. There is no need to force it..The number of infected people is sure to increase." via @mas__yamazaki uhb.jp/news/single.ht…
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This is ghastly. Japan's daily total of #COVID19 cases topped 9,000 for the 1st time on Wednesday, an all-time high. Tokyo confirmed 3,177 cases, also a new record. Hospitals are under increasing strain. But the #Tokyo2020 #Olympics must go on, apparently english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/07/3…
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"The Olympics are broken. Nowhere is this clearer than in Tokyo, where more than 80% oppose the upcoming Summer Games... Even without a pandemic, the impact of the Olympics on host cities has become too devastating to ignore."
-@emburack🔥@TeenVogue teenvogue.com/story/olympics…
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18 more #COVID19 cases related to #Olympics revealed Sunday, including 1 overseas athlete, bringing total to 259 cases since the beginning of July. #Tokyo2020 CEO says situation "within expectations." So, how many cases are organizers comfortable with? english.kyodonews.net/tokyo/news/202…
Political scientist. Author of NOlympians (@Fernpub) & Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics (@VersoBooks). Poetry lover.