Tag: Protest
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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 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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Beyond the World Cup Noise in Toronto: Anti-FIFA Voices Make Themselves Heard
Photo above: Organisers from Reclaim the Game take control of a street for a football free from FIFA. Credit: Reclaim the Game By: Priyansh On the opening matchday of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Toronto, it was a noisy downtown. While any resident in the area would tell you bursts of blaring sounds is…