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15. Following the footsteps of the 1936 Olympics.

Wed Jun 10, 2026, 11:36 AM

17 hrs ago

Speaking of the 1936 Olympics, there was an effort to stage an alternative antifa Olympics that year in Barcelona, but was canceled when the Spanish Civil War broke out. I did not know that.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/protest-olympics-never-came-be-180978179/

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