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@Ginella_M @CBCNews From a medical standpoint, canceling the #Tokyo2020 Olympics is clearcut. But what about the athletes? A Tokyo-bound Olympian shared a doc w/ me demanding athletes release Olympic organizers of all liability for #COVID19 complications, even death.Talking w/ @Ginella_M on @CBCNews
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I spoke w/ @rosemaryCNN about the cascade of calamities in Japan as we approach the #Tokyo2020 Olympics. More than 80% in Japan oppose the Games. Medical workers are in open rebellion, demanding cancellation. Yet, because of💰, Olympic organizers insist the Games must go on. @CNN
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"There’s always been big-time money lurking right behind the shimmering scrim of Olympism, but this time we’re seeing it laid totally bare — and we’re seeing how that money to an extent drives the entire Olympic machine." Quote in article by @THR hollywoodreporter.com/business/busin…
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“We know the world is awakening to the incalculable harm that the Olympics pose no matter where they go…On this #NOlympicDay we stand in solidarity with our allies around the world. Cancel all Olympics. Abolish the IOC. NOlympics Anywhere.”
-@NOlympicsLA
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Japanese Emperor Naruhito is “concerned” that the #Tokyo2020 Olympics could cause a surge in #COVID19 infections. By @simondenyer washingtonpost.com/sports/olympic…
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If medical experts determine that it is too dangerous to hold the #Tokyo2020 Olympics, then the Games should be canceled. Public health should be more important than hosting an optional sporting spectacle. It's definitely not too late to cancel #Tokyo2020 english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/06/5…
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My latest w/ @EdgeofSports @thenation: in Tokyo—& wider Japan—we’re witnessing the nightmare scenario that so many public health experts predicted: surging #COVID19 rates & hospitals on the brink. #Tokyo2020 inflicts stress on hosts in Japan & athletes too
thenation.com/article/societ…
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#Tokyo2020 volunteers in line to get first dose of vaccine before Olympics (but not the second). Olympics Minister: "First round of vaccinations will provide temporary immunity" for volunteers, and "the Games were not designed on the premise of vaccination in the first place" twitter.com/sportsnavi/sta…
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🔥"The Games are less a sporting event than they are a scheme to transfer public wealth to private coffers―a budget-busting monstrosity that diverts billions of💰in public money away from actual public needs."
-@Travis_Waldron @HuffPostSports on #Tokyo2020
huffpost.com/entry/tokyo-ol…
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🚫June 23 is #NOlympicsDay, with anti-Olympics actions around the world
🚫From statement: "We know that the world is awakening to the incalculable harm the Olympics pose no matter where they go, & we invite others across the globe to collaborate with us." nolympicsla.com/2021/06/19/nol…
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The coronavirus nightmare continues in Japan: daily total of #COVID19 cases topped 10,000 for the 1st time on Thursday. Nationwide tally of 10,693 cases included 3,865 in Tokyo, which logged a record for 3rd straight day. Image by @BrookesTimes HT @yoksig english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/07/1…
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"#Tokyo2020 created discrimination & violence far beyond imagination. Terrible human rights violations & the destruction of democracy were structurally brought about by the #Olympics. Our struggle marks the beginning of the end of the Olympic Games"-@ikeitani
#五輪やめて命まもれ twitter.com/kojiskojis/sta…
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❓Shinzo Abe, the former Prime Minister of Japan, claims, "Anti-Japanese people strongly oppose hosting the Olympics." Specifically, he cited the Communist Party & the Asahi Shimbun newspaper❓ #Tokyo2020 安倍前首相「反日的な人が五輪開催に強く反対」 mainichi.jp/articles/20210…
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I spoke w/ @AlJazeera on the eve of the #Tokyo2020 opening ceremony about how these Games are so singular, how the IOC president told athletes there was “zero” risk they’d pass along #COVID19 to each other or people outside the Olympic bubble, & how this adds stress for athletes
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@Ipsos To say that people in Japan🇯🇵are down on the #Tokyo2020 Olympics, is to make a massive understatement
This survey found that 78% of the country opposes staging the Olympics and 68% is uninterested in the Games ipsos.com/sites/default/…
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@knakano1970 @THR “If there are tens of thousands of people coming into Japan from all over the world, nothing like 100% safety & security will be possible in a broad sense. It is very likely that a new variant could be introduced & then spread.”
-Dr. @georgebest1969 hollywoodreporter.com/business/busin…
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"Many medical experts here do not think they are prepared [for #Tokyo2020]. You even have Japan's government advisors warning that the Olympics could lead to an explosion of cases here in Japan & push the medical system here past its brink."
-@selinawangtv
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I spoke with @tbs_houtoku about how #Tokyo2020 Olympians must sign a waiver releasing Olympic organizers from liability in the case of death by #COVID19. Responsibility is placed directly on the shoulders of athletes. In conversation w/ Mr. Kanehira of @tbs_pr
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@hangorinnokai Incredible hubris. @inosenaoki signed the lopsided #Tokyo2020 host city contract, handing so much power to the International Olympic Committee & making Japanese taxpayers responsible for cost overruns. Now he says those who oppose the Games will change their minds once they begin
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I talked about the cascade of calamities besetting the #Tokyo2020 Olympics at the moment, where an Olympics-induced state of exception is clashing with a pandemic-induced state of emergency, extended through 20 June. In conversation w/ @ToddCTV of @CTVNews ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2…
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Here is video of protester shouting "You're a liar!" at International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach during an Olympic event in Tokyo
Bach responds, "Sorry, I cannot understand you. If you have something to say, write to me." 📹 @hangorinnokai
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Protests against the #Tokyo2020 Olympics kicking off soon in Tokyo. Follow @hangorinnokai @ikeitani for the latest! twitter.com/JulesBoykoff/s…
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Japan discloses more #COVID19 cases among #Tokyo2020 Olympics arrivals (beyond 2 members of Ugandan delegation): a French national, an Egyptian, a Sri Lankan, & a Ghanaian all tested positive. The public was not informed of the positive tests at the time upi.com/7107506t
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An online petition in Japan called "Stop Tokyo Olympics" secured more than 350,000 signatures. Lawyer @utsunomiyakenji, who started the campaign, submitted it to the #Tokyo2020 Organizing Committee & IOC today. By @StephenWadeAP & @yurikageyama apnews.com/article/tokyo-…
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🧵by anti-Olympics activists in Tokyo who successfully pushed back against the false narrative, put forth by Japan's public broadcaster NHK, that a man was paid to protest the #Tokyo2020 Olympics. NHK eventually admitted it was wrong & apologized. HT @X2nkzLeITuaFpE4 @SayNoToLDP twitter.com/hangorinnokai/…
Political scientist. Author of NOlympians (@Fernpub) & Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics (@VersoBooks). Poetry lover.