Members of the group Okotowari Olympics 2020 protest outside the Japan Sport Olympic Square.(Dave Zirin / The Nation)
This week we speak to the author of Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics, Jules Boykoff. We both just returned from Tokyo where prep for the 2020 Summer Olympics is underway. We talk about our trip to the Olympic sites and Fukushima, and our interviews with people being displaced.
We also have Just Stand Up and Just Sit Down Awards, Kaepernick Watch. All this and more on this week’s show!
Jules Boykoff Twitter: @JulesBoykoff In Tokyo, International Activists Demand ‘No Olympics Anywhere!’
Dave ZirinTwitterDave Zirin is the sports editor at The Nation. He is the author of 11 books on the politics of sports. He is also the coproducer and writer of the new documentary Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL.