People across all 16 FIFA World Cup host cities are resisting the commercialized, imperialist mega-event machine. Some are protesting and boycotting FIFA and the World Cup hosts directly. Some are highlighting the communities that are negatively impacted by mega-events, and supporting and celebrating their struggles. Some are reclaiming the world’s most popular sport for the people.
The People’s World Cup Program is NOlympics LA’s growing list of community events that we see as collectively counter-programming the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Saturday May 24 – Los Angeles
Film screening: The March of the White Elephants
When: 4-7pm
Where: Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice
Organized by: Black Alliance for Peace SoCal
Tuesday June 2 – Los Angeles
International Whores’ Day 2026
When: 5-9pm
Where: LA LGBT Center
Organized by: Stripper Worker Center, the LA LGBT Center, the ONE Institute, and partners
Wednesday June 3 – Los Angeles
Ghetto Running Day
Where: Watts
When: evening
Organized by: South Central Run Club and partners
Sunday June 7 – multi-city (virtual)
Chinatowns Against FIFA
When: 10AM PST / 1pm EST
Where: Virtual
Organized by: Coast to Coast Chinatown Solidarity Network, featuring Los Angeles, Seattle, Vancouver, Philadelphia
Monday June 8 – Los Angeles
Boycott Home Depot action
When: 1pm
Where: Inglewood
Organized by: Boycott Home Depot coalition
Wednesday June 10 – Toronto
Book launch: Amanda De Lisio’s Play Naked: Puta Economies Against Olympic Dispossession
When: 7PM
Where: Another Story Bookshop
Organized by: Another Story Bookshop and McGill-Queen’s University Press
