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Rahima Gambo, 2017.

El País summarizes the Bodo Glimt philosophy: "All for one ... always together under the banner of Scandinavian socialist corporatism."

Credit where it’s due: South Africa saw Trump’s tariff chaos for what it is: domestic U.S. theatre. It’s not about deracialisation, foreign policy, or “white genocide” myths. Don’t expect Business Day, News24, the DA, or other Western-leaning critics in South Africa to admit it.

Biodun Jeyifo (5 January 1946 – 11 February 2026). Google him.

Is it possible to hold a proper World Cup in the U.S. in 2026? Gianni Infantino has facilitated imperial capture of FIFA. And the empire's agenda, as plainly articulated by Marco Rubio, is to resurrect Western colonial dominance

From @tonykaron.bsky.social on World Cup danger:

"The physical safety of visiting black and brown fans is now threatened not only by the mass shooters...

The government itself, via its violent, racist, and unaccountable enforcement of immigration laws, represents an arguably more palpable threat."

Dozens of Palestinian journalists beaten, starved or raped, report alleges Israeli prison service and IDF reject allegations after research by Committee to Protect Journalists

Are we surprised mainstream Western liberal media have ignored the CPJ report on the torture of Palestinian journalists in Israeli captivity? Nope. Because the genocide has exposed the fundamental racism of Western liberal media
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Is it possible to hold a proper World Cup in the U.S. in 2026? Gianni Infantino has facilitated imperial capture of FIFA. And the empire's agenda, as plainly articulated by Marco Rubio, is to resurrect Western colonial dominance

Gianni Infantino has facilitated the imperial capture of the World Cup. By @tonykaron.bsky.social.

Hard to imagine a more personally targeted set of podcast episodes... Following this one up with @seanjacobs.bsky.social talking about AFCON and football politics...

Wednesday Letter, No. 11 This week’s newsletter pairs old partners (Israel and LeBron James), announces a course by Tony Karon and me, and includes interview I did with The End of Sport podcast.

My Eleven Named People week’s newsletter pairs old partners (Israel and LeBron James), announces a course by Tony Karon and me, and includes an interview I did with @endofsportpod.bsky.social podcast. elevennamedpeople.substack.com/p/wednesday-...

Cricket’s Gross Domestic Product: Hindu Nationalism Indian cricket dominates globally, with immense wealth and top-tier organization, yet the ways India’s Hindu nationalist state apparatus shapes international cricket remain little examined.

Make sure to check out Eleven Named People, including @privaricate.bsky.social's latest on Hindutva and cricket:

You can watch the episode on YouTube here:

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YouTube video by The End of Sport The Politics of Football with Sean Jacobs

You can watch the episode on YouTube here:

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The Politics of Football with Sean Jacobs Podcast Episode · The End of Sport · 2026-02-17 · 51m

On @endofsportpod.bsky.social ep176 the team sit down with @seanjacobs.bsky.social for a conversation on how AFCON's shift to a four-year cycle has implications for African football and the role media plays in addressing issues surrounding the World Cup.

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On the history of the sports boycott in South Africa by @seanjacobs.bsky.social. From yesterday's episode

Boycott Talk In the history of the men’s World Cup, there was one rare case where a boycott did not merely make a point - it changed the rules.

That time Kwame Nkrumah organized a boycott of the World Cup ,and it worked:
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That Aston Villa v Newcastle FA Cup game was Exhibit 1,000,003 why we need VAR.

Let's GOOOOOOOOO @resistanceschool.bsky.social

How Close did we Come to Teaching Jeffrey Epstein? Imagine our surprise when Sean Jacobs and I learned that the outline for the New School class we taught on the politics of global football made it into the Epstein files!

@tonykaron.bsky.social just wrote on his canceled class he co-taught with @seanjacobs.bsky.social on Global Soccer and World Politics -- apparently it was so popular it caught Jeffery Epstein's attention (not for THOSE reasons though)

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World Cup and Global Politics 101 Interest Form — RESISTANCE STUDIES SERIES This six-week course examines the 2026 World Cup as a lens for understanding the political, cultural, and economic power of global football.

Here we go. New course at @resistanceschool.bsky.social: THE WORLD CUP & THE POLITICS OF FOOTBALL — a 6-week course using the 2026 World Cup as a backdrop. Late April–June. Weekly classes, 6–8 pm EST. Taught by @tonykaron.bsky.social & me. www.resistancestudiesseries.com/worldcupwait...

Mauricio Pochettino is as delusional as his political hero, Javier Millei: "USMNT coach Mauricio Pochettino told Trump USA can win World Cup" www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

Manchester United right-wing co-owner Jim Ratcliffe believes that Britain has been “colonised by immigrants." He lives in Monaco.

"We have a racist president, who is prejudiced, misogynistic, who doesn’t value anyone outside of himself" (Olympian Carl Lewis, 2019).

The Doctor's Pact Making sense of postapartheid South Africa's trajectory via the prism of football.

The Doctor's Pact (Making sense of postapartheid South Africa's trajectory over 30 years via the prism of football.)

Rest in power, Nikki Giovanni:

"I come from athletes - kneeling is a sign of love."

"... It never ceases to amaze me how even the most encumbered cultural elites in the U.S. exhibit a deep lack of interest and understanding for any social, cultural, and historical phenomena happening outside the U.S., outside of the idea of “American interest in the world" (Mariano Siskind).

I wrote a short obituary of Rashid Vally, Abdullah Ibrahim's go-to record producer for much of the 1970s, including for "Mannenberg Is Where It's Happening." It's on that other app you're all abandoning for here. Vally is in the first posing with a record and the second with the late Hotep Galeta.

The five finalists for 2024 African (CAF) Women's Player of the Year (for the period January to October 2024) are sisters Tabitha and Temwa Chawinga (Malawi), Sanaa Mssoudy (Morocco), Nadozie Chiamaka (Nigeria) and Barbra Banda (Zambia). The winner will be announced on 16 December in Marrakech.

"Soccer Ball, Bag 3", 2011, by Mark Bradford.

"Pinky Pinky (Ronaldo)", 2002. By Penny Siopis.

Diego Maradona, who died on this day in 2020, was once described by Eduardo Galeano as a short-legged bull who carries the ball sewn to his foot and has eyes all over his body.

GOAT.