NOlympians : inside the fight against capitalist mega-sports in Los Angeles, Tokyo & beyond
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Halifax ; Fernwood Publishing, [2020].
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Published
Halifax ; Fernwood Publishing, [2020].
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ix, 198 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-189) and index.
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"NOlympians: Inside the Fight Against Capitalist Mega-Sports in Los Angeles, Tokyo and Beyond investigates the intersection of the global rise of anti-Olympics activism and the declining popularity of hosting of the Games. The Olympics were once buoyed by myths of luminous prosperity and upticks in tourism and jobs, but in recent years these assurances have been debunked. Now more than ever, it's clear that the Olympics have transmogrified into a political-economic juggernaut that arrives with displacement, expanded policing, and anti-democratic backroom deals. Jules Boykoff - a former professional soccer player who represented the US Olympic soccer team - zooms in on Los Angeles, where the Democratic Socialists of America have launched the NOlympics LA campaign ahead of the 2028 Summer Games. Boykoff shows how DSA-LA's anti-Olympics activism fits with the resurgence of socialism in the US and beyond. Boykoff's research, based on more than 100 interviews with anti-Olympics activists, personal experiences at protests in Los Angeles, Rio de Janeiro, London, and Tokyo, academic research, mass- and alternative-media coverage, and Olympic archives, is the backbone for this story of activists fighting against the odds and embracing the transformative politics of democratic socialism."--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Boykoff, J. (2020). NOlympians: inside the fight against capitalist mega-sports in Los Angeles, Tokyo & beyond . Fernwood Publishing.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Boykoff, Jules. 2020. NOlympians: Inside the Fight against Capitalist Mega-sports in Los Angeles, Tokyo & Beyond. Fernwood Publishing.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Boykoff, Jules. NOlympians: Inside the Fight against Capitalist Mega-sports in Los Angeles, Tokyo & Beyond Fernwood Publishing, 2020.

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Boykoff, Jules. NOlympians: Inside the Fight against Capitalist Mega-sports in Los Angeles, Tokyo & Beyond Fernwood Publishing, 2020.

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