NOlympics LA Launches Fundraiser for Anti-Olympics Convening in Tokyo

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April 25, 2019

NOlympics LA is going to Tokyo in July to join an unprecedented transnational coming together of anti-Olympics organizers, centered around protests and occupations against the 2020 Olympics

LOS ANGELES — NOlympics LA — a coalition fighting the 2028 Games in Los Angeles — will be joining other anti-Olympics groups from across the globe in Tokyo this July for a historic series of events, and just kicked off a fundraising campaign to get there.

Fellow organizers in Tokyo (HanGorin No Kai - 反五輪の会) have been on the frontlines of the battle against the Olympic Games. In July — one year to the 2020 Games — they will stage a series of protests, occupations and academic symposia centered on the effects of the Olympics on Tokyo residents. Anti-Olympics organizers from past, current, and future host/bid cities will participate. It will be a global moment, one that has the power to spearhead movements and save communities from ruin.

NOlympics LA is raising money to send a coalition of organizers and leaders in communities directly impacted by the increased state violence, mass displacement, and cuts in public funding that the Games bring wherever they go.

"We're eager to help spread the word of this unprecedented event, and intend to use the potential of a global audience to further our organizing efforts and raise awareness of the corrosive effects of the Olympic Games across the world," says NOlympics LA organizers.

The actions in Japan will come at a time when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is historically unpopular. Cities either aren’t bidding on the Games at all, or they’re pulling out due to public pressure — and the Paris 2024 bid is especially weak after a poll found that 62 percent of 6,612 voters are in favor of cancellation. Any city can reject the Olympics and tell the IOC that it doesn’t want the displacement, the financial devastation, the increased policing, and the corruption that comes with hosting the Games. But what does it look like for a coalition of allies from across the globe to get together and tell the IOC, collectively, that those consequences are unacceptable anywhere? Stay tuned this July to see.

For further information and updates on July's Tokyo protests and NOlympics LA’s fundraising efforts to get there, contact no@nolympicsla.com or 213-369-1125.

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