Live Interview: How the ‘Pandemic Games’ Expose the Neoliberal Scam of Global Sporting Events
Added 2021-07-28 14:50:27 +0000 UTCIn this recording of a Live Interview for Patrons from 7/22, we discuss the scheduled shock doctrine of global sporting events like FIFA and the Olympics and how they use the PR spectacle of sports––and the emotional blackmail of "supporting athletes"–– to enhance security states, displaced the poor, loosen environmental and labor restrictions, and, above all, serve the interests of large corporate advertisers and real estate developers.
with guests Shireen Ahmed and Jules Boykoff.
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Guests
Shireen Ahmed is a writer, public speaker, and award-winning sports activist focusing on Muslim women in sports, as well as the intersections of racism and misogyny in sports. She is the co-creator and co-host of Burn It All Down, an intersectional feminist sports podcast.
Jules Boykoff is the author of four books on the Olympic Games, most recently NOlympians: Inside the Fight Against Capitalist Mega-Sports in Los Angeles, Tokyo, and Beyond (Fernwood 2020) and Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics (Verso 2016). Previously, he was a professional soccer player who represented the U.S. Olympic Soccer Team in international competition. He teaches political science at Pacific University in Oregon.
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Show Notes
The Human Costs of the Pandemic Olympics
Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff | July 21, 2021 | The Nation
Tokyo’s Olympics have turned nightmarish. L.A., are you watching?
Jules Boykoff | July 22, 2021 | The Los Angeles Times
Meagan Day and Jules Boykoff | July 19, 2021 | Jacobin
Olympics in 2021 spur frustration in Tokyo: 'People just want their lives back'
Tim Keown | July 21, 2021 | ESPN
Tokyo Olympics Have Become The Anger Games
Matt Alt | July 22, 2021 | The New Yorker
2021 Tokyo Olympics Prompt Protest, Online Activism in Japan
Emily Burack | June 21, 2021 | Teen Vogue
Jules Boykoff | July 9, 2021 | The Washington Post
Olympic Athletes Deserve Freedom of Speech
Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff | July 8, 2021 | The Nation
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Transcript
For a full transcript of this live interview, go here.
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Comments
Thank you all so much, this was a great live show!
Usufruct Squad
2021-07-31 21:57:16 +0000 UTC
