New Fireside Chat available exclusively for our Patreon supporters where we discuss football, politics, and the madness of hosting the World Cup in Trump’s USA.
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With the World Cup underway, we invited back Tomas Rothaus (from our Argentina 2001 episodes) to discuss football, politics, and the chaotic mess of hosting the World Cup in Donald Trump’s USA.
We actually recorded this discussion before the competition started, but since we spoke the chaotic nature of World Cup has only gotten worse: Tomas’ prediction of empty seats as a result of sky-high ticket prices has been proven correct while fans from a number of Global South countries have faced travel bans as has Somali referee, Omar Artan.
In this episode, we discussed the many contradictions of being a radical football fan, the excitement of attending previous World Cups, the way various authoritarian regimes have utilised football for their ends, and the many players and managers (past and present) who have believed in fairer society for all.
Episode
- E124: Fireside Chat – World Cup of Chaos – Available exclusively for our supporters on Patreon
- Listen to a short preview of the full 92-minute episode below:
E124: [TEASER] Fireside Chat – World Cup of Chaos – Working Class History
More information
- Get a copy of Tomas’ book, Argentina, a Tale of Two Utopias: Anarchism, Soccer, Neoliberalism
- You can also get Tomas’ other book, Another War Is Possible: Militant Anarchist Experiences in the Antiglobalization Era
- Check out our other books about football and politics in our online store
- More football related merch
Acknowledgements
- Thanks to our Patreon supporters for making this podcast possible. Special thanks to Fellow Worker and Jazz Hands.
- Edited by Jesse French
- Our theme tune is Montaigne’s version of the classic labour movement anthem, ‘Bread and Roses’, performed by Montaigne and Nick Harriott, and mixed by Wave Racer. Download the song here, with all proceeds going to Medical Aid for Palestinians. More from Montaigne: website, Instagram, YouTube.
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