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In Activism and the Olympics, Boykoff provides a critical overview of the Olympic industry and its political opponents in the modern era.

The International Olympic Committee "is elitist, domineering and crassly commercial at its core."

Speaking with Democracy Now! on the politics of the 2012 London Summer Olympics.

Celebration capitalism is marked by dubious public-private partnerships, a state of exception, unfettered commercialism, the suppression of dissent, questionable sustainability claims, and the complicity of the mainstream media.

Jules Boykkoff, soccer player

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Beyond Bullets: The Suppression of Dissent examines how the state and mass media squelch political dissent in the United States.

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NOlympians: Inside the Fight Against Capitalist Mega-Sports in Los Angeles, Tokyo and Beyond

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Panel with Percy Hampton, Kent Ford, and Martha Gies on the Portland Chapter of the Black Panther Party and the local media response.

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Press conference with Misako Ichimura of Hangorin No Kai in Tokyo

The mass media tend to deprecate activist movements, although there are important exceptions.

Anti-Olympics activism bubbles up whenever the International Olympic Committee touches down in a host city.

Occupy Portland is a shimmering example of how public space is vital to political activism.

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NOlympians: Inside the Fight Against Capitalist Mega-Sports in Los Angeles, Tokyo and Beyond

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The 1936 Berlin Olympics: Race, Power, and Sportswashing The 1936 Berlin Olympics: Race, Power, and Sportswashing

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Power Games: a timely, no-holds barred, critical political history of the modern Olympic Games.

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In Activism and the Olympics, Boykoff provides a critical overview of the Olympic industry and its political opponents in the modern era.

Celebration capitalism is marked by dubious public-private partnerships, a state of exception, unfettered commercialism, the suppression of dissent, questionable sustainability claims, and the complicity of the mainstream media.

Activists in Vancouver, Canada put forth creative, complex dissent to challenge the Olympic juggernaut.

Press conference with Misako Ichimura of Hangorin No Kai in Tokyo

The International Olympic Committee "is elitist, domineering and crassly commercial at its core."

The London 2012 Summer Olympics generated significant political activism, a moment of movements.

Boykoff has written numerous essays on the politics and economics of the Olympic Games for the Guardian.

Speaking with Alliance for Democracy about the Olympics Games, capitalism, and political activism.