from technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to losangeles@lemmy.world on 27 Jan 16:12
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/62517159
“Seriously, imagine going to play the World Cup in a country that attacks its ‘neighbors,’ threatens to invade Greenland, destroys international law, wants to torpedo the UN, establishes a fascist and racist militia in its country, attacks the opposition there, forbids the supporters to access the event from about 15 countries, plans to ban all LGBT signs in stadiums, etc… ?” wrote progressive French assemblymember Éric Coquerel in a blistering post on Instagram. “The question is so serious that it is still possible to refocus on Mexico and Canada.”
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“There’s the contradiction of this global celebration of unity and the quiet dread that has taken over the communities here who actually play the game,” she says. “Who wants to show up for a pickup game in Downey in the middle of the afternoon? Parents are afraid to let their kids do any sport in a public space.” And while Doyle lists many good reasons to support an international boycott — her lists are long; she’s been writing about exactly this topic for years — she thinks the violent occupation of those very communities should be an automatic no-go. “FIFA subcontracts with Homeland Security for the World Cup. They’re conflict seekers,” she says. “I am afraid people will die, and that’s not an unreasonable response to what’s happening in this moment because it’s happening all around us.”
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