FIFA's Future and What We Learned from World Cup 2026
Last Friday Sean, Ishaan and I had the pleasure of communing with Abdullah Al-Arian and David Goldblatt to parse the meanings of the spectacle of our summer
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Revolutions, Dinner Parties and things between
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Does "England" exist outside of football? Why we watch the World Cup despite it all, and what to expect on Sunday...
Some highly nutritional World Cup banter here Sean, Ishaan and I were joined by the legend Gary Younge
World Cup Weekly, Ep.3
A recording from Tony Karon and Sean Jacobs's live video
The USA at 250: Televised, but Whose Revolution Was it?
Behind the brittle, historically contingent, and crumbling facade of liberal democracy stands a nation-state whose settler-colonial DNA is remarkably similar to that of apartheid South Africa
What We Learned from the World Cup's Group Stage
I had privilege of exploring the deeper, political and cultural meanings of all of it with Sean Jabobs, Ishaan Tharoor and Imran Garda
Trump’s World Cup Rules Are a Big F*** You to the World, Generating More Sympathy for Iran than Goodwill towards the U.S.
World Cup Journal #1: What We’re Learning About Our World from Trump’s Disfigured World Cup
Asking the Wrong Questions on Bernie Sanders and Palestine
A twitter squall over Sanders’ attachment to Israel in a “two-state” fantasy calls to mind Rashid Khalidi urging Palestine activists in the U.S. to remember where they are and the strategic priorities
Why Football Matters to Social Justice
I had the honor and pleasure of sharing the stage with the legends Honey Thaljieh, David Goldblatt and Imran Garda to unpack the connections. Here's the vid
Ten Games that Shook the World
There’s a long history of fraught geopolitical symbolism in international football matches. 10, fairly Eurocentric examples, in no particular order. What have I missed? Send me your recommendations!
A lesson from Molly: Israel is the enduring legacy of Western anti-Semitism
Molly Crabapple's inspirational history of the Bund reminded me of the many ways in which the self-styled "Jewish State" is a monument to hatred (of Jews as well as of Palestinians)