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“The concerns here are real. Since the #Olympics started, Covid infections have spiked to record levels in Tokyo. And it’s not just about the pandemic. The cost of the Games has ballooned…while construction has torn down homes”
-@HanakoMontgome1 @VICENews
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More anti-Olympics art to commemorate #NOlympicDay, this powerful piece by @japanbluelegend
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At anti-Olympics direct action attempting to deliver petition to cancel the Olympics to the 5-star Hotel Okura where the International Olympic Committee is staying, the police stopped them & forcibly dragged the protester into the park🎥 @galbraithian999
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Here's the original #NOlympicsDay global solidarity action call-out from the Tokyo-based anti-Olympics group @hangorinnokai (in English & Japanese): #NOlympicDay オリンピック・パラリンピック反対6・23全国・全世界同時行動の呼びかけ tmblr.co/ZVXF2taITkHR8a…
Political scientist. Author of NOlympians (@Fernpub) & Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics (@VersoBooks). Poetry lover.