Jules Boykoff
@julesboykoff.bsky.social
Political scientist. Poetry enthusiast. Author of Kicking (Duke UP, 2026); What Are the Olympics For? (Bristol UP 2024); NOlympians (Fernwood 2020); Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics (Verso 2016). www.julesboykoff.org
Step 1: Charm Trump
Step 2: Smash FIFA
Step 2: Smash FIFA
November 21, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Step 1: Charm Trump
Step 2: Smash FIFA
Step 2: Smash FIFA
Refuse to forget that LA28 Olympics Chair Casey Wasserman was among the very first to clap when Trump went on an asinine anti-trans rant. There's a pattern of craven sycophancy here.
November 21, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Refuse to forget that LA28 Olympics Chair Casey Wasserman was among the very first to clap when Trump went on an asinine anti-trans rant. There's a pattern of craven sycophancy here.
When a low-energy, slurring President Donald Trump threatens to move 2026 World Cup matches out of Seattle because of its "liberal-slash-communist mayor," FIFA President Gianni Infantino hems & haws, refusing call out his ridiculousness. Infantino has become Trump's sportswashing accomplice #1.
November 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
When a low-energy, slurring President Donald Trump threatens to move 2026 World Cup matches out of Seattle because of its "liberal-slash-communist mayor," FIFA President Gianni Infantino hems & haws, refusing call out his ridiculousness. Infantino has become Trump's sportswashing accomplice #1.
Outside the Portland Timbers stadium tonight. Shoutout to @timbersarmy.org #RCTID
November 2, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Outside the Portland Timbers stadium tonight. Shoutout to @timbersarmy.org #RCTID
A relatively harmless example in support of @therafischwartz.bsky.social's thought-provoking essay in @thenation.com: Trump's odd rant against "good-looking people."
November 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
A relatively harmless example in support of @therafischwartz.bsky.social's thought-provoking essay in @thenation.com: Trump's odd rant against "good-looking people."
Worth remembering the the Portland Frog Brigade—and the beautiful proliferation of dissident frogs at #NoKings protests across the country & around the world—started after a federal agent deliberately pepper-sprayed a Portland frog protester in their air valve
October 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Worth remembering the the Portland Frog Brigade—and the beautiful proliferation of dissident frogs at #NoKings protests across the country & around the world—started after a federal agent deliberately pepper-sprayed a Portland frog protester in their air valve
Here in Portland outside the ICE facility amid an impromptu dance party with dinosaurs & cute pink beasts. Festive resistance in abundance. #PDX [📸 posted with permission]
October 13, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Here in Portland outside the ICE facility amid an impromptu dance party with dinosaurs & cute pink beasts. Festive resistance in abundance. #PDX [📸 posted with permission]
Protests today before & during the Norway-Israel FIFA World Cup qualifier in Oslo. Poster reads "Stop the Norway-Israel match" in Norwegian. In-stadium banner reads "Let Children Live" 📸 via @pallonateinfaccia.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Protests today before & during the Norway-Israel FIFA World Cup qualifier in Oslo. Poster reads "Stop the Norway-Israel match" in Norwegian. In-stadium banner reads "Let Children Live" 📸 via @pallonateinfaccia.bsky.social
People around the world want to issue Israel a red card. (A stencil I saw in Helsinki on Thursday )
October 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
People around the world want to issue Israel a red card. (A stencil I saw in Helsinki on Thursday )
As seen stenciled on the concrete outside Helsinki Olympic Stadium ahead of the Finland-Lithuania FIFA World Cup qualifier
October 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
As seen stenciled on the concrete outside Helsinki Olympic Stadium ahead of the Finland-Lithuania FIFA World Cup qualifier
As seen outside the Portland Timbers match tonight. Shoutout to @timbersarmy.org
September 28, 2025 at 6:15 AM
As seen outside the Portland Timbers match tonight. Shoutout to @timbersarmy.org
Please join us *TOMORROW* at Pacific University for the 20th annual In Your Face Lecture, featuring @equalityalec.bsky.social on "Copaganda: Police, Media, & the Punishment Bureaucracy"! 4:30pm in Forest Grove. Free & open to the public.
September 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Please join us *TOMORROW* at Pacific University for the 20th annual In Your Face Lecture, featuring @equalityalec.bsky.social on "Copaganda: Police, Media, & the Punishment Bureaucracy"! 4:30pm in Forest Grove. Free & open to the public.
Worth noting that when Trump went on his anti-trans rant, LA28 Olympics Chair Casey Wasserman was more than happy to applaud him. Literally.
August 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Worth noting that when Trump went on his anti-trans rant, LA28 Olympics Chair Casey Wasserman was more than happy to applaud him. Literally.
The Olympic state of exception has long been handy for authoritarians. "We'll do anything necessary to keep the Olympics safe, including using our National Guard or military."-Donald Trump as he signs an Executive Order establishing Los Angeles 2028 Olympics Task Force
August 7, 2025 at 2:38 AM
The Olympic state of exception has long been handy for authoritarians. "We'll do anything necessary to keep the Olympics safe, including using our National Guard or military."-Donald Trump as he signs an Executive Order establishing Los Angeles 2028 Olympics Task Force
Trump praises LA28 Organizing Committee Chair Casey Wasserman today, calling him "a friend of mine for a long time." Part of a press conference establishing the White House Task Force on the 2028 Summer Olympics
August 5, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Trump praises LA28 Organizing Committee Chair Casey Wasserman today, calling him "a friend of mine for a long time." Part of a press conference establishing the White House Task Force on the 2028 Summer Olympics
Comedian John Mulaney recently joked "Making LA host the Olympics… would be like if you had a friend, & she was having a nervous breakdown, & she had no money, & part of her house was on fire. And to cheer her up, you made her host the Olympics." For more, read: www.commondreams.org/opinion/la-d...
August 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Comedian John Mulaney recently joked "Making LA host the Olympics… would be like if you had a friend, & she was having a nervous breakdown, & she had no money, & part of her house was on fire. And to cheer her up, you made her host the Olympics." For more, read: www.commondreams.org/opinion/la-d...