The #Paris2024 Olympics are only ~100 days away. These Games may be the most politically fraught Olympics in decades. @EdgeofSports & I summarize the multiple crises rippling through France—and the Olympics—with the event looming on the horizon @thenation thenation.com/article/world/…
@EdgeofSports @thenation “Squats, slums, & encampments are being evicted at an increasing pace, with vulnerable people being sent by bus to cities far from the Olympics & sheltered for 3 weeks. 60% of them end up back on the streets.” -@deClerckAntoine of @reversmedaille thenation.com/article/world/…
@EdgeofSports @thenation @deClerckAntoine @reversmedaille Ahead of the #Paris2024 Olympics, the French Sports Minister announced a ban on athletes wearing hijabs at the Games, a decision that will further stoke anti-immigrant sentiment (follow @_shireenahmed_ on this). The Olympics are politics by other means. thenation.com/article/world/…
@EdgeofSports @thenation @deClerckAntoine @reversmedaille @_shireenahmed_ The #Paris2024 Olympics are stoking ongoing gentrification. As @ColeStangler notes, “The question of who gets to live in a city—& who does not—is eminently political. It always has been.” Migrants & unhoused people are being bused away ahead of the Games thenation.com/article/world/…
@EdgeofSports @thenation @deClerckAntoine @reversmedaille @_shireenahmed_ @ColeStangler France approved AI-powered video surveillance at #Paris2024. The law is slated to sunset in March 2025. But Noémie Levain @laquadrature said, “Even if there is an evaluation, we know that the govt wants to generalize the technology for use into the future” thenation.com/article/world/…