Sports

Boycott the World Cup, Boycott the U.S.

June 12, 2026 UNAC Editor Action!!, International Institutions, Racism, Resistance, Sports, U.S. Hegemony, US Politics

U.S. officials have chosen to operate outside the bounds of law and basic morality — from supporting Israel’s genocide in Gaza and illegal settlement expansion in the West Bank, to launching a direct military strike on Venezuela and kidnapping President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, to escalating repression against migrants and racialized communities inside the U.S. itself that has even[…]

How Profit Undermines the World Cup and New York Basketball

June 12, 2026 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Action!!, Resistance, Sports, U.S. Hegemony

by Rachel Hu and Chris Garaffa, published on Covert Action Magazine, June 10, 2026 The World Cup is starting on June 11th with matches across the United States, Mexico and Canada. 104 matches will be played, with the majority in the 11 venues across the US. But as this week’s openers get closer, chaos is spreading around visas, travel and[…]

The Case of Peng Shuai and U.S.Hypocrisy

December 19, 2021 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, China, Sports, US Hypocrisy, Women

by Monica Moorehead, published in Workers World, December 7, 2021 U.S. and Western imperialism are super-obsessed with finding any angle to demonize and smear the People’s Republic of China, politically, economically and culturally. A main strategy for these anti-communist attacks on China has been accusations of so-called human rights abuses. For example, President Joe Biden has gone on record calling[…]