Sport

Friday, 30 June 2017 14:31

Nothing to lose but our chains

Written by Mark Perryman

in Sport

Looking for a communistic sports event to take part in? As the annual cycling spectacle of the Tour De France begins, Mark Perryman argues the case for advancing to communism on two wheels. Who would have guessed it? Karl Marx was clearly a bike mechanic when he wasn’t plotting the…

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Tuesday, 13 June 2017 17:01

Is football still the game of ordinary working people?

Written by Paul Donovan

in Sport

Paul Donovan discusses the double-sided character of football in modern capitalist society, and Ben Banyard contributes a poem to accompany his article. The old newsreels of football show mainly men, standing often in flat caps, with scarves and sometimes waving rattles. What a contrast to today, when the football supporters are…

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K2_PUBLISHED_ON Tuesday, 01 November 2016 15:30

'That's Capitalism!' Football, Fighting and Fashion

in Sport

Written by Martin Cloake

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 classic. Easily lost in the midst of waves of football counterculture tales – and fairy tales – that clogged up the sports section…

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Thursday, 13 October 2016 14:51

Football's culture wars

in Sport

Written by Martin Cloake

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 well-financed commercial pressures, is changing. In the first of a series of articles, Martin Cloake provides an introduction to football's 'culture wars', linking…

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Thursday, 29 September 2016 14:32

Taking our ball back: English football's culture wars

in Sport

Written by Martin Cloake

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Wednesday, 31 August 2016 13:27

When Pep Met Jose: From Northern Powerhouse to Northern Bauhaus

in Sport

Written by Steve Redhead

Professor Steve Redhead discusses the rivalry between Pep and Jose, the absurdities of the English Premier League, the popular culture of Manchester, Northern Powerhouse - and communist football. Manchester is ‘buzzin’, as the locals would say. With the arrival this summer of the two best coaches in modern world football…

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Wednesday, 04 May 2016 14:32

Hillsborough and the policing of working class sport

Written by Michael Lavalette

in Sport

Professor Michael Lavalette argues that the police treament of working class fans at Hillsborough, and the subsequent extensive cover ups, were typical of the way working class communities - particularly young people, black and Asian people, and striking workers at Warrington, Wapping and Orgreave - were policed in order to…

Sunday, 14 February 2016 19:59

What's Happened to Sport?

Written by Tony Collins

in Sport

Professor Tony Collins starts a series of articles about the relationship between sport and capitalism with an introduction to the history of sport. It’s been a rough year for sport. In the last few months we’ve seen match-fixing allegations in tennis, Russia banned from international athletics for alleged doping, and…

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Saturday, 23 January 2016 08:28

Social Class and the Invention of Modern Football

Written by John Storey

in Sport

John Storey outlines the relations between football's history and social class. In the About Us section of this website, cultural activities are described as sites of domination and acceptance, struggle and resistance. And in my featured article, What do we mean by culture and why does it matter, I described…

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