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3 weeks ago | 
thenation.com | Jules Boykoff |Dave Zirin
March 31, 2025 With ICE Out of Control, How Can the US Co-Host the 2026 World Cup? The country has proven itself incapable of not abducting and imprisoning people entering the country—boycotting US matches avoids putting teams, their families, and fans in danger.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
theguardian.com | Jules Boykoff
The Democrats find themselves out of power because they failed to embrace spaces where community connection is forged
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
thenation.com | Jules Boykoff |Dave Zirin
Society / January 15, 2025 The Olympics Aren’t the Way to Rebuild Los AngelesThe right opposes the LA Olympics on reactionary grounds, but the left must not embrace their arguments. There are better ways to help LA recover than LA28. Ad Policy A motorcyclist stops to look at a burning home during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles County, California, on January 8, 2025. (Josh Edelson / AFP via Getty Images)Los Angeles is on fire.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
thenation.com | Jules Boykoff |Dave Zirin
Society / December 3, 2024 Stopping Trump from Using the LA Olympics to Burnish His Strong-Man ImageActivists, community leaders, and organizers are already teaming up to prevent LA28 from becoming an echo of the 1936 Nazi Olympics. Ad Policy Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass receives the Olympic flag during the closing ceremonies of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Saint-Denis on August 11, 2024.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
msn.com | Jules Boykoff |Dave Zirin
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
transcend.org | Jules Boykoff |Antonio C.S. Rosa |Dave Zirin
Jules Boykoff and Dave Zirin | The Nation - TRANSCEND Media Service 7 Oct 2024 – FIFA banned apartheid South Africa. It banned Russia for invading Ukraine. But about Israel, FIFA does nothing. On October 1, fans of the Scottish soccer club Celtic FC waved Palestinian flags and released green smoke during their Champions League match against Borussia Dortmund in Germany.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
scheerpost.com | Jules Boykoff |Dave Zirin
By Jules Boykoff and Dave Zirin / The NationOn October 1, fans of the Scottish soccer club Celtic FC waved Palestinian flags and released green smoke during their Champions League match against Borussia Dortmund in Germany. Celtic’s Green Brigade supporters group, long champions of the Palestinian cause, orchestrated a mini-protest for Gaza: Fourteen people, wearing keffiyeh balaclavas and white shirts that spelled out “Free Palestine,” lit flares in unison.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
thenation.com | Jules Boykoff |Dave Zirin
Can we count on you? In the coming election, the fate of our democracy and fundamental civil rights are on the ballot. The conservative architects of Project 2025 are scheming to institutionalize Donald Trump’s authoritarian vision across all levels of government if he should win. We’ve already seen events that fill us with both dread and cautious optimism—throughout it all, The Nation has been a bulwark against misinformation and an advocate for bold, principled perspectives.
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
znetwork.org | Dave Zirin |Jules Boykoff
Dave ZirinDave Zirin, Press Action's 2005 and 2006 Sportswriter of the Year, has been called "an icon in the world of progressive sports." Robert Lipsyte says he is "the best young sportswriter in the United States." He is both a columnist for SLAM Magazine, a regular contributor to the Nation Magazine, and a semi-regular op-ed writer for the Los Angeles Times. Zirin's latest book is Welcome to the Terrordome:The Pain, Politics, and Promise of Sports(Haymarket Books).
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
thenation.com | Jules Boykoff |Dave Zirin
Can we count on you? In the coming election, the fate of our democracy and fundamental civil rights are on the ballot. The conservative architects of Project 2025 are scheming to institutionalize Donald Trump’s authoritarian vision across all levels of government if he should win. We’ve already seen events that fill us with both dread and cautious optimism—throughout it all, The Nation has been a bulwark against misinformation and an advocate for bold, principled perspectives.
