Category: Los Angeles
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Dispatch from Los Angeles: Good riddance, FIFA!
By: NOlympics LA (originally published here) Great news, y’all. FIFA is OUTTA HERE. SoFi Stadium hosted its final 2026 World Cup game on Friday July 10th. The next morning, we went to the JW Marriott in Downtown LA where many FIFA officials and staff were staying to let them know that they’re not welcome back. “FIFA, FIFA,…
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Dispatch from Los Angeles: Week 3
by: NOlympics LA (originally published here) Everyone knows we say NO to the Olympics. It’s literally in our name! But people don’t always ask us what we’re fighting for — what we say YES to. Our platform offers one answer: “We will continue our fight for a more just Los Angeles, for the abolition of institutions…
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Dispatch from Los Angeles: Week 2
by: NOlympics LA (originally published here) Sunday, June 21. As fans arrived for the 12pm match between Iran and Belgium, members of NOlympics LA, Black Alliance for Peace, Jewish Voice for Peace, the National Iranian American Council, and Black Alliance for Just Immigration gathered in front of SoFi Stadium to protest the unprovoked US war…
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I was arrested in a prostitution sting. Why I’m worried for sex workers as the World Cup begins
Photo above: courtesy of Antonia Crane By: Antonia Crane, originally published by LA Local In this essay, Crane reflects on the intensifying criminalization of sex work in Los Angeles in the lead-up to major global events – including the FIFA World Cup 2026, the 2027 Super Bowl, and the 2028 Olympics – and the heightened policing already being experienced…
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Dispatch from Los Angeles: World Cup Opening Weekend
by: NOlympics LA (originally published here) Friday, June 12. In the hours before the first FIFA World Cup game in “Los Angeles,” aka the City of Inglewood, Inglewood’s Market Street was closed to car traffic so that locals (and a trickle of fans who took Metro and then walked to the stadium) could enjoy the…
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FIFA Fails to Red Card U.S. Immigration Policy
On June 6, 2026, Iraq forward Aymen Hussein was detained for almost seven hours by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. After hours of questioning, undergoing “additional inspection”, and having his […]
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Inglewood, California, shows how mega-events often don’t benefit local businesses
“One of my lowest sales days was on Super Bowl Sunday,” Karolyn Plummer told the gathered reporters. Plummer owns Sweet Red Peach, a bakery across the street from SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. “I literally made under $600 for the day, I had to send employees home, and you’re just looking around like, ‘What in…
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Fora, FIFA! Intro to the 2026WCW Collective
Welcome to 2026 World Cup Watch! We are a collaborative effort to build knowledge, connection, and solidarity across communities living with and resisting the harmful impacts of FIFA World Cup 2026 (FWC26) in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. We’ve come together at a time of growing public outrage at FIFA and the World Cup.…