Clique aqui para Português This article is part of RioOnWatch’s #VoicesFromSocialMedia series, which compiles perspectives posted on social media by favela residents and activists about events and societal themes that arise. It is also the latest contribution […]
The following is an op-ed by Tetsuo Ogawa, a Tokyo homeless resident and housing activist. Cross-published in collaboration with the Los Angeles-based platform KNOCK, Ogawa’s firsthand account of ongoing removals provides a close look at the […]
Clique aqui para Português Let’s start this story a week before the Rio 2016 Olympics. July 27, 2016: Tokyo-based anti-Olympics activist Misako Ichimura arrives in the Cidade Maravilhosa. Her 14-day visit is packed with the […]
Clique Aqui para Português Tens of thousands of Tokyo residents heard the drumline. Tens of thousands saw the jubilant parade of hundreds of banner-bearing protesters. And tens of thousands heard the chants rejecting the Olympic […]
Although the Olympics are long gone in Rio, a legacy remains of incomplete infrastructure, evicted residents’ struggle for fair compensation, and the aftermath of displacement. The Games move on to increasing opposition in future host cities, both committed and […]