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Hospital in Tokyo’s Tachikawa posts anti-Olympics messages on windows: “Medical capacity has reached its limits. Stop the Olympics!” & “Give us a break. The Olympics are impossible!” The hospital's head fears #Tokyo2020 could be super spreader event asahi.com/ajw/articles/1…
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I wrote this essay for @nytopinion demanding cancellation of the #Tokyo2020 Olympics. A sports event shouldn’t be a #COVID19 superspreader. Public health is more important than economic profit. Enough is enough. nytimes.com/2021/05/11/opi…
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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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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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@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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Wow. The International Olympic Committee's privilege on full display: members assured 3 million-yen-per-night ($27,500) rooms at the Tokyo's finest hotels, but they'll pay 40,000 yen ($367), with the difference covered by the Japanese Organizing Committee news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/7dedc…
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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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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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Congrats to Christian Pulisic, the 1st USAmerican *male* to play in a #UCLFinal
He follows in the footsteps of 9 US women: Venus James, Ali Krieger, Gina Lewandowski, Megan Rapinoe, Meghan Klingenberg, Christen Press, Whitney Engen, & Alex Morgan
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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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"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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"With just 3% of the Japanese public fully vaccinated, many public health experts say that there is a risk that #Tokyo2020 Games could not only further spread #COVID19 variants throughout Japan but around the world."
-@selinawangtv with @jaketapper @CNN
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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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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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🚫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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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…
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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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Anti-Olympics activists in Tokyo are revving up for #NOlympicDay, with solidarity actions planned for Los Angeles, Sydney, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, & elsewhere
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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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More anti-Olympics art to commemorate #NOlympicDay, this powerful piece by @japanbluelegend
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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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"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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@THR This graphic from @THR spotlights the ingrained Olympic trend to overspend. The #Tokyo2020 Olympics were actually supposed to cost $7.3 billion, according to its bid. Now it's more like $30 billion, with all but $6.7 billion covered by Japanese taxpayers hollywoodreporter.com/business/busin…
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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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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
Political scientist. Author of NOlympians (@Fernpub) & Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics (@VersoBooks). Poetry lover.