FIFA In The Sun, Soccer In The Shadow
Rick Majumdar, Fight Back! News Dallas, TX – Soccer is globally celebrated. It is the most consumed sport in the world. At least a billion people tune in to watch…
White Power, White Decadence, White Denial
Margaret Kimberley for Black Agenda Report Ajamu Baraka and Margaret Kimberley discuss how the assault on Iran exposed the pathological nature of white power, the cynical games of the duopoly,…
Don’t Let Saudi Arabia Hide Its Human Rights Abuses Behind the 2034 World Cup
The host of the 2034 international football competition has a gruesome record of violence against migrant workers.
Qatar Claims the 2022 World Cup is Carbon Neutral. It’s Not
A new report says stadium construction is largely to blame.
Deadly Games: The Labour Casualties of Qatar’s World Cup
By Binoy Kampmark / CounterPunch A sordid enterprise, nasty, crude and needless. But the World Cup 2022 will be, should anyone bother watching it, stained by one of the highest…
The Tragic Absurdity of Qatar’s World Cup Sportswashing
Labor abuses, homophobia, corruption? Qatar and FIFA will use the men’s World Cup to put a happy gloss on it all.