Dave Zirin

The pot has officially boiled over as hundreds of thousands of people marched in at least ten cities this week. The financial capital of Sao Paolo was brought to a standstill.

There are no words for the horror that took place in Port Said, Egypt. A soccer match became a killing field, with at least 74 spectators dead, and as many as 1,000 injured.

What happened after the game was neither in the spirit of people at the arena nor the spirit of those who bravely protested the G8 and G20 meetings in Toronto in June 2010.

As the Obamas fly to Europe to lobby for Chicago 2016, it's worth remembering that 'to greater or lesser degrees, the Olympics bring gentrification, graft and police violence wherever they nest.'