‘Levelling Up’ is Encouraging Gulf States to Buy Northern Football Clubs
Ali Reda & Philip Proudfoot
Petrodollar printer go brrr.
Tag: football
Should We Boycott the Qatar World Cup?
Keir Milburn & Tom Williams
Changing the game will take more than a tournament-long protest.
Football Fans Are on the Frontline of Police Brutality
Abi O’Connor
They’re canaries in a coal mine.
The Tories Are on a Mission to Destroy Black Lives Matter
Kimi Chaddah
They're going all out.
England Players Take on Tories’ Cynical ‘Culture War’
The Tories wanted to start a culture war. They ended up going to war with the England football team. Has Boris Johnson bitten off more than he can chew? With Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial.
England’s Footballers Are Changing the Conversation. It’s Time the Left Caught Up
Chardine Taylor-Stone
Sometimes the spark that inspires a movement comes from the unlikeliest of places.
Heartbreak for Heroes
England’s inspirational Euro run has ended in heartbreak at Wembley, and then online racism against players. Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani reflect on the cultural politics of Euro 2020.
England’s Football Team is Changing Because England is Changing
David Wearing
It isn’t just on the pitch that the squad are making moves.
The Cop Who Killed Dalian Atkinson is in Prison – But That Doesn’t Fix Our Justice System
Moya Lothian-McLean
Burn it down and start again.
This Year’s England Squad Actually Gives a Shit
Jessy Parker Humphreys
Looks like football is finally getting political.
Tax Havens & Tech Giants Targeted in G7 Deal
The G7 have announced plans for a global minimum tax rate of 15%. Will this reign in big tech and tax havens, or is it all just hot air?
Manchester United Fans Shut Down Match Over Glazers
The #GlazersOut protest was the first time ever that a Premier League match has been postponed because of fans’ actions. Can the movement create a revolution in club ownership?
The Real Reason for the European Super League
There is no future for the financialised, debt-driven model of football so adored by the Glazers and Florentino Pérez.
What Does the European Super League Furore Tell Us About Modern Capitalism?
Aaron Bastani
The new league wasn't about sporting excellence - it was about solving a debt crisis.
A Super League for the Super Rich
Ash Sarkar is joined by Laurence McKenna talk about how a sport created by the poor was stolen by the rich – and just what can be done to take it back.
The End of Football As We Know It
Proposals for a European Super League have provoked a backlash among fans, players and politicians. Can the plans to cartelise the game be reversed?
Can You Change the Police From Within? Ash Sarkar Meets Leroy Logan
20 years after the Macpherson Report, the Metropolitan Police is still dogged by accusations of institutional racism, while the Black Lives Matter movement has forced a reckoning with police brutality and inequalities in the criminal justice system. But should Black and Asian people protest from the outside to force change, or join the ranks of […]
