Olympics
Daily Worker 1936: Black athletes embarrass Hitler at Nazi Olympics
July 26, 2024Hitler hoped the Games would showcase Aryan racial superiority, but the Fuhrer’s plans were ruined by Black athletes like Jesse Owens.
Read moreUsing Olympics as excuse, Macron again delays appointing Popular Front premier
July 26, 2024Communist lawmakers trash Macron’s tactics as unconstitutional.
Read moreLessons in anti-fascist and social justice solidarity in sports
June 3, 2022It instantly became iconic. Two young Black men stood ramrod straight with heads bowed and arms raised with clenched, black-gloved fists.
Read moreThere were two Olympics in Beijing — the real one, and a media fantasyland
February 22, 2022There was no end to complaints from incensed U.S. journalists who felt personally insulted by an invitation to the biggest sporting event of the season.
Read moreImporting Olympians only a problem when China does it…especially if they win gold
February 17, 2022Athletes regularly compete for countries other than the one they were born in. But when American-born Olympians compete for China, suddenly there’s a problem.
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