Originally published by Africa Is A Country · David Goldblatt. Read the full story →
Despite commercialization and elite capture, the world’s most popular sport still generates forms of collective life that resist the logic of capitalism. Seattle Sounders FC fans holds signs in protest of ICE raids during the second half of an MLS match against San Jose Earthquakes at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington on Jul 19, 2025. Photo credit Nate Koppelman / Sipa USA via AP Images. There are few things that have been so consistently political as football. This is true of the sport’s early