A new and surreptitious way of protesting may be coming to France — and to the Paris Olympics next year. 'Un-volunteers' are signing up to help with Paris 2023 and planning to not show up, or worse.
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People take a photographs of the Olympic rings in front of the Paris City Hall, in Paris, Sunday, April 30, 2023. Olympic contestation is picking up online and starting to spill onto streets, because protesters are linking the Paris Games to unpopular pension reforms pushed through by French President Emmanuel Macron. People take a photographs of the Olympic rings in front of the Paris City Hall, in Paris, Sunday, April 30, 2023.
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