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Miners’ Strike 1984-85
Striking miners refused to cheer for England
An example of how struggle changes people
16 July 2026
Comment
Flagging up a problem with football
English nationalism is never progressive, nor is waving the flag
07 July 2026
News
Trump’s racist crackdown on World Cup players and fans
Deportation threats, sky-high prices and human rights nightmare
15 June 2026
Reviews & Culture
A superb history of Glasgow’s iconic and turbulent Bhoys
Plus a review of Black Arms to Hold You Up
15 April 2026
Anti-racism
Billionaire Jim Ratcliffe who moved to tax haven claims immigration is problem
Ratcliffe claimed that "huge levels of immigrants”
12 February 2026
Letters
Letters: We need to kick racism and sexism out of football for good
Plus: old racist tricks, private dentists and abortion rights
22 October 2025
Teach Yourself Marxism
Have Lionesses made it cool to be English?
A progressive national culture?
01 August 2025
Letters
Letters—Shame on the TSSA union for leader’s sexual abuse cover-up
TSSA plans to merge with GMB union
06 March 2023
News
Cops’ apology has ‘no teeth’ says Hillsborough justice campaigner
Sheila Coleman speaks out
04 February 2023
Comment
Are corporations setting the agenda for liberation?
Companies shouldn’t be trusted
26 November 2022
The SW View
Nationalism more important than equality to football bosses
Not brave enough to tackle inequality
22 November 2022
The SW View
Give world cup in Qatar a red card
Games are a "sportswash"
15 November 2022
In Depth
World cup distracts from how Britain created repression in Qatar
Imperialism, corruption and oppression plague World Cup
13 November 2022
Letters
Letters—Fifa puts profit before pride ahead of Qatar World Cup
Capitalism excludes LGBT+ people from football
31 October 2022
International
Police aggression leaves at least 125 Indonesian football fans dead
Many in Indonesia are furious with police
04 October 2022
The SW View
From Paris to Hillsborough the police are the same everywhere
Scum cops are everywhere
31 May 2022
Reviews & Culture
Football’s Coming Out — why are there no openly gay top footballers?
A documentary on homophobia in football
31 January 2022
Reviews & Culture
Hillsborough TV drama highlights battle for justice
The story of one woman’s fight shows the broader scandal
06 January 2022
Letters
Letters—Tories’ £20 a week cut means that a woman risks her safety
As chancellor Rishi Sunak was considering his budget I was dealing with a case that should bring home the poverty the Tories should be addressing.
25 October 2021
Comment
Struggle, not football shirts, can win the working class
Some think that appealing rightwards is the way to win over working class people. Simon Basketter says ‘left populism’ is a dead end
18 July 2021
The SW View
Smash Tory racists—and their nationalism
Vile hypocrisy. That’s the only possible verdict as the Tories and sections of the right wing press claimed to be anti-racists this week
13 July 2021
The SW View
Flagging up a problem
Remember when the left was against nationalism and flags?
06 July 2021
Letters
Letters—Johnson plays a dangerous game with our health
The government is putting profit before health—again. This time it’s to prioritise football matches.
29 June 2021
Letters
Letters—Why sexual harassment of young women is normalised
I wasn’t surprised by the latest report describing the scale of sexual harassment faced by young women. No young woman would have been.
15 June 2021
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