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Of Empires and Umpires: Cricket and Politics in Pakistan

2 September 2020 / 312

Sean Ledwith writes about how colonialism and racism has conditioned the history of Test cricket between Pakistan and England This summer’s Test series between England and Pakistan... Continue reading

Sean Ledwith

Sport

Black Cricketers Matter: Racism, Resistance and the West Indies

24 July 2020 / 381

Sean Ledwith shows how cricket can be a site and a symbol of political liberation as well as of racist, imperialist oppression The First Test between England... Continue reading

Sean Ledwith

Sport

Changing the rules of the people’s game

13 July 2020 / 300

Martin Cloake, in the latest in the joint Morning Star/ Culture Matters series on the Covid-19 pandemic and cultural activities, considers its effects on football and what’s... Continue reading

Martin Cloake

Sport

Don’t just spectate, agitate! Bury, Bolton, and the capitalist takeover of football

4 September 2019 / 288

Doc Ritchie tells us to resist capitalist accumulation in football by tightening regulation and changing the ownership and management of football clubs. Images courtesy of fan-owned Clapton... Continue reading

Doc Ritchie

Sport

What do they know of cricket, that only cricket know?

17 July 2019 / 326

Mark Perryman criticises the exclusive way some sports are managed, and suggests some progressive policies to bring out all the benefits of sport – for the many, not the... Continue reading

Mark Perryman

Sport

Culture Punch: reforming the videogames industry

17 April 2019 / 335

Paul V. Tims looks at the games industry from a socialist perspective It probably won’t surprise my regular readers to learn that I love videogames. What better... Continue reading

Paul Victor Tims

Sport

Sport and the Russian Revolution

31 October 2017 / 305

Gareth Edwards considers the changing attitudes to sport that resulted from the Russian Revolution. In 1917 the Russian Revolution turned the world upside down, inspiring millions of... Continue reading

Gareth Edwards

Sport

Football from Below

8 September 2017 / 280

Mark Perryman of Philosophy Football criticises the commercialisation of football, and explores the possibilities of fan culture as a social movement. During the international break, a mini-spat... Continue reading

Mark Perryman

‘That’s Capitalism!’ Football, Fighting and Fashion

1 November 2016 / 297

Martin Cloake interviews Phil Thornton, author of Casuals: Football, Fighting and Fashion – The Story of a Terrace Cult. Phil Thornton’s book Casuals is an insightful cult... Continue reading

Martin Cloake

Football’s culture wars

13 October 2016 / 329

The recent exposure of greed and possible corruption at the highest levels of English football raise questions about the way sport in Britain, under tremendously strong and... Continue reading

Martin Cloake

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