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After the horrifying stadium disaster in Indonesia, FIFA's president somehow made things worse, high-fiving at a soccer match &more. "This was sickening behaviour from the most powerful man in the game. Tone-deaf, insensitive, disconnected"-@AdamLeventhal
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Tokyo Metropolitan Government brazenly ignores @utsunomiyakenji's petition against the #Tokyo2020 Olympics. It had more than 350,000 signatures when he submitted it. 開示請求で発覚！35万人「五輪反対署名」を東京都が無視していた friday.kodansha.co.jp/article/191223 #政治 #東京オリンピック
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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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Global @Ipsos survey of 28 countries reveals 57% oppose staging #Tokyo2020 Olympics:
🇰🇷86% opposition
🇯🇵78%
🇦🇷69%
🇨🇦68%
🇧🇷68%
🇬🇧66%
🇲🇽65%
🇨🇳59%
🇦🇺59%
🇫🇷58%
🇺🇸48%
🇮🇳46%
🇮🇹42%
🇷🇺39%
🇹🇷29%
Full report: ipsos.com/sites/default/…
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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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@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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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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"The Olympics is the last thing we should be having in the middle of the #COVID19 pandemic...The Olympics...must be stopped."
-Dr. @aokima33 of Japan Women's Medical Association 医師・公益社団法人日本女医会理 HT @tkatsumi06j
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Wow, this is unprecedented. As International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach arrives in Japan, the hashtags #BachGoHome #バッハ帰れ are trending in the country. HT @daisy_ivy_ys
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Wow. Japanese government officials announce they are working on a plan to allow #Tokyo2020 Olympic athletes who are identified as a close contact to a positive #COVID19 case to participate in the Games even during their 14-day quarantine period. HT @Ei_Yas news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/c8b8d…
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#Tokyo2020 Olympic power-brokers say they want to celebrate Olympic athletes. One of the International Olympic Committee's slogans is "Athletes First." Not sure how making Olympians swim through putrid water fits with those principles. @Quicktake
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"The Olympics is the last thing we should be having in the middle of the #COVID19 pandemic...The Olympics...must be stopped."
-Dr. @aokima33 of Japan Women's Medical Association 医師・公益社団法人日本女医会理 HT @waka__chang @tkatsumi06j
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Anti-Olympics protest in New York City against the #Tokyo2020 #OlympicGames under the slogan #NOlympicsAnywhere. Via @NOlympicsNYC
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The #Tokyo2020 #Olympics inspired an amazing amount of anti-Olympics art. I've been meaning to do a 🧵featuring this work, so here we go!
1st up: Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga carrying the toxic Olympic torch. Many Olympic torch relay participants got #COVID19. Art by @yojira
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Facebook has hired dozens of ex-CIA agents (+ many more from the FBI & Department of Defense) to run content moderation & security. "It becomes difficult to see where the US national security state ends & Facebook begins."-@AlanRMacLeod for @MintPressNews mintpressnews.com/meet-ex-cia-ag…
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In Tokyo, anti-Olympics activists will protest International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach & "the Olympic Mafia" at the 5-star Hotel Okura where the IOC is staying #BachGoHome #バッハ帰れ [Protest starts at 13:45 Tokyo time] twitter.com/kojiskojis/sta…
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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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Anti-Olympics protests across Tokyo all day on 23 July in various locations. Follow @hangorinnokai for all the details. 明日7/23㈮五輪は中止だ！抗議アクション
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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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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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Critical, political art on #Tokyo2020 by @281_. Prime Minister Suga in action, wiggling to the rhythms of the #Olympics
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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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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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27 more #COVID19 infections linked with the #Tokyo2020 #Olympics, the highest daily count since in July. The 27 cases brings the total to 220: two are athletes & a Games-related official who were staying in the Olympic Village english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/07/0…
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"The Olympics is the last thing we should be having in the middle of the #COVID19 pandemic...The Olympics...must be stopped."
-Dr. @aokima33 of Japan Women's Medical Association 医師・公益社団法人日本女医会理 HT @tkatsumi06j
Political scientist. Author of NOlympians (@Fernpub) & Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics (@VersoBooks). Poetry lover.