football

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

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

Flagging up a problem

Remember when the left was against nationalism and flags?

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.

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.

Show the red card to Johnson’s racism

Football fans booing England players taking the knee last week is an issue that goes further than sport. It shows how racism is structured and used by the elite.

Letters—Protests against football bosses show contradictions

11 May 2021
To see thousands of football fans on the streets opposing the way the billionaire owners had planned to rig the game and stop the European Super League has been brilliant.

Nazi cop jailed under terror law

04 May 2021
A British police officer has been jailed for four years and four months for being a neo‑Nazi.

LETTERS - Football fans deserve better than the ‘German’ model

26 April 2021
The European Super League (ESL) scandal has shown how capitalism affects every aspect of our lives.

Sport and the system—whose game are we playing?

23 April 2021
Sport offers relief and a sense of collective identity denied to us by capitalism—but bosses also use it to make profits and divide us. Sam Ord explores the contradictions

European Super League stitch-up shows football run for profit, not fans

19 April 2021
The move towards a European Super League is motivated by profit following a year of lockdown restrictions that have strangled some of the club’s income

Sheldon review into child sex abuse in football finds ‘institutional failings’

18 March 2021
A lack of safeguarding in football allowed perpetrators of sexual abuse “to hide and use their positions to ruin the lives of many children”.

LETTERS—Anti-trans court ruling is an attack on autonomy for all

15 December 2020
A high Court judicial review earlier this month outlawed the use of puberty blockers for young trans people unless they can persuade doctors to go to court on their behalf.

Don’t let the Tories define anti-racism

08 December 2020
In the wake of George Floyd’s killing, Black Lives Matter (BLM) made great advances in the struggle against racism, and what it means to be an anti-racist.

Letters : We made silence political

01 May 2020
In Oxfordshire we wanted to make sure that last week’s Workers’ Memorial Day action to remember health and care staff was more than a silent protest.