"With the 2026 Winter Olympics underway in Italy, we speak with writer and academic Jules Boykoff, author of six books about the Olympics, who says Milan is hosting the Games despite widespread public opposition from locals. Boykoff says that while the Olympics have attempted in recent years to institute some "cosmetic" reforms, "they don't get at the core elements that really plague the Olympic Games, and that's overspending, that's the intensification of militarized policing, that's greenwashing, that's corruption, that's the displacement of local populations.""
"The opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, was held on Friday. Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance attended the ceremony and were met with a chorus of boos when their image was displayed on screen. If you watched the ceremony on CBC - that's the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - this is what you would have heard. DEVIN HEROUX: In an individual sport. What an honor for her. ADRIENNE ARSENAULT: There is the Vice President JD Vance and his wife Usha."
Milan is hosting the 2026 Winter Olympics despite widespread local opposition and recent street protests. Recent Olympic reforms are largely cosmetic and fail to address chronic overspending, intensified militarized policing, greenwashing, corruption, and the displacement of local populations. The opening ceremony featured the attendance of U.S. Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance, who were met with audible boos on the Canadian broadcast that were not heard on the U.S. NBC broadcast; NBC denied editing crowd audio. Multiple protests in Milan in recent days have targeted decisions by the U.S. administration and broader political concerns tied to the Games.
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