Today in Labor History July 31, 1968: Students protested the Olympics in Mexico City. They occupied schools and began a General Strike. Cops violently attacked them. The violence culminated with the Tlatelolco massacre, October 2. As a result, the cops slaughtered 350-400 people, using snipers. They arrested and tortured over 1,300.
Alejandro Jodorowsky dramatized the massacre in his amazing film, “The Holy Mountain” (1973). In it, he showed birds, fruits, vegetables and other things falling and being ripped out of the wounds of the dying students. The late author, Roberto Bolaño, recounted the massacre in his novel “Amulet” (1999). He also retells the story in his novel, “The Savage Detectives.”
Booksellers in Paris have hit out at plans to “hide” them during the 2024 Olympics, after they were told by local authorities to remove their stalls for the opening ceremony for security reasons.
The bouquinistes along the River Seine make up the largest open-air book market in Europe and represent a 400-year-old tradition.
💙💛 The Ukrainian Fencing Federation has demanded that Smirnova be stripped of her neutral status at competitions.
The ministry stressed that the list of neutral athletes has already repeatedly included people who act against the peacekeeping mission of the Olympic movement. This time too, the federation said, Smirnova showed support for the actions of the russian army on her Instagram, while performing in neutral status.
Brisbane is the world's champion Brisbane Factory. Brisbane does one thing. It makes more of Brisbane. Olympics needs more Brisbaney things, like stadiums and crappy hotsls. Therefore, Olympics is best thing for Brisbane since sliced bread.
FIE announced on July 28 it was reinstating Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan, allowing her to take part in the team competition at the world championships in Italy
Kharlan won the match in Milan against russian fencer smirnova on July 27, who was competing under a neutral flag. At the end, Kharlan refused to shake hands with her opponent, instead offering her sabre to tap blades
Olha Kharlan, a Ukrainian fencer who was disqualified at the Fencing World Championship in Italy for her refusal to shake hands with her Russian opponent has been automatically allowed to compete in the Olympics.
Paris to bring back swimming in Seine after 100 years
“With a year to go to the #Olympics, #Paris is in the final phase of a historic clean-up which will soon see swimmers and divers back in the River #Seine.”
“Banned for a century because of the filthy water, city swimming is set to be one of the major legacies of the Games thanks to a €1.4bn (£1.2bn; $1.6bn) regeneration project universally hailed as a success.”
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó decided on Tuesday, 25 July, to share his own thoughts on the "peacemaking power" of sport and how it relates to Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine.
Russians can qualify for Olympic spots in some sports. That doesn’t mean they’ll be allowed in Paris.
A year before the Paris Olympics, and nearly a year-and-a-half since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, officials governing many of the sports on the 2024 program are still split on how to treat Russian athletes.
When I was younger, I used to hate the #Olympics for destroying news and normal media for weeks.
Now that I am wiser, I hate the Olympics for correct reasons like, property developer corruption, shady advertising, police brutality, abuse of the poor, wasted tax dollars, and garbage tier nationalism.
Now with AI surveillance!
It also makes me hate my fellow man.
Because normal people, they know all that bad stuff, and still choose to go along with it because of not-at-all-amateur athletics.
> WA Premier Roger Cook has withdrawn a bid to host the Commonwealth Games following Victoria’s withdrawal, after an Aboriginal Corporation demanded at least $3 trillion to host the games....
#OnThisDay, July 11, in 1924, Scottish Olympian Eric Liddell won the gold medal in the 400m at the 1924 Paris Olympics, after refusing to run in the heats for 100m, his favored distance, on a Sunday due to his religion (depicted in Chariots of Fire, 1981)
It's a little over a year until the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and the city is buzzing with extensive construction projects.
However, the city council is looking beyond the Games as it seeks to make the city more climate-friendly.
Creation of cycle paths, greening of school playgrounds, insulation of public buildings. To tackle climate change, the Paris city council plans to speed up work over the summer.
Olympics is a perfect fit for Brisbane. This is why
Brisbane is the world's champion Brisbane Factory. Brisbane does one thing. It makes more of Brisbane. Olympics needs more Brisbaney things, like stadiums and crappy hotsls. Therefore, Olympics is best thing for Brisbane since sliced bread.
Ukrainian fencer gets automatically qualified for Olympics (www.pravda.com.ua)
Olha Kharlan, a Ukrainian fencer who was disqualified at the Fencing World Championship in Italy for her refusal to shake hands with her Russian opponent has been automatically allowed to compete in the Olympics.
IOC does not invite Russia, Belarus to 2024 Olympic Games in Paris (kyivindependent.com)
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) did not invite Russia and Belarus to the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, the IOC announced on July 26.
Russian participation in Olympics could contribute to peace in Ukraine - Hungarian Foreign Minister (www.pravda.com.ua)
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó decided on Tuesday, 25 July, to share his own thoughts on the "peacemaking power" of sport and how it relates to Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine.
Western Australia withdraws bid to host Commonwealth Games after an Aboriginal Corporation demands $3 trillion /s (www.ezfka.com)
> WA Premier Roger Cook has withdrawn a bid to host the Commonwealth Games following Victoria’s withdrawal, after an Aboriginal Corporation demanded at least $3 trillion to host the games....
IOC so far does not plan to invite Russia and Belarus to Olympics-2024 (www.pravda.com.ua)
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will not send Russia and Belarus the invitation to the 2024 Olympics, set to be held in Paris, on 26 July.