{"id":54888,"date":"2019-07-26T17:20:30","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T20:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rioonwatch.org\/?p=54888"},"modified":"2019-08-09T16:52:20","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T19:52:20","slug":"nolympics-anywhere-unprecedented-transnational-protest-against-the-olympics-in-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=54888","title":{"rendered":"‘NOlympics Anywhere’: Unprecedented Transnational Olympics Protest in Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clique Aqui para Portugu\u00eas<\/a>\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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 Games<\/a>, not just in Tokyo<\/a>, Japan, but in Rio, in Pyeongchang, in Paris, in Los Angeles, and indeed, anywhere.<\/p>\n

It was Wednesday, July 24 in the teeming district of Shinjuku, Tokyo, the summer evening air sizzling with energy. And for the transnational anti-Olympics movement, the moment was historic\u2014not just for the legions of passers-by exposed to the critical message but for the unprecedented transnational nature of the march. Organized by the Tokyo-based collective Hangorin no Kai<\/a> (\u2018the Anti-Olympic Group\u2019), the protest featured representatives from NOlympics LA<\/a> (LA 2028), NON aux JO2024 \u00e0 Paris<\/a> (Paris 2024), the Anti Pyeongchang Olympic Alliance<\/a> (Pyeongchang 2018), the Popular Committee on the World Cup and Olympics<\/a> (Rio 2016), and the Counter Olympics Network<\/a> (London 2012). There were also participants from Seoul and Jakarta, two cities that are considering bids for the 2032 Games.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt was a wonderful, magnificent experience that I’d never had before,\u201d Hangorin no Kai organizer Misako Ichimura<\/a> reflected. “We have done protests in Shinjuku before, but this time there were so many people watching and turning their heads. And there were so many participants. We were able to show how many people are here and how many international people have come in support.”<\/p>\n

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A tree from Mount Gariwang makes a cameo appearance. A shoutout to the fact that a 500-year-old sacred forest was chopped down to make way for an Olympic ski run for the 2018 Pyeongchang Games. #NOlympicsAnywhere<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/z7tyaXj0pf<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jules Boykoff (@JulesBoykoff) July 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n