Tag Archives | The Olympics

Beijing 2022 and China’s challenge to sports imperialism

Originally published: Qiao Collective on February , 2022 by Charles Xu (more by Qiao Collective) | (Posted Feb 11, 2022)

In this essay, Charles Xu exposes these narratives for the new Cold War propaganda they are. At the same time, he draws from valuable left analysis of the Olympic movement’s historical imbrication with white supremacy to explore China’s fraught relationship with international sports.
Sports sovereignty in Puerto Rico

Originally published: Struggle-La Lucha on August 8, 2021 by Berta Joubert-Ceci (more by Struggle-La Lucha) | (Posted Aug 12, 2021)

A few days ago, athlete Jasmine Camacho-Quinn won a gold medal for PR in the 100-meter hurdles at the Tokyo Olympics.