Author: 2026WCW
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The Potential Impact of the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Parkdale, Toronto
(Photo above: © Jason S. Cipparrone, Sheltered Perspective Films 2026) By Claudia Vergara, Rhiannon Cobb, Isra Iqbal, Adam Ehsan Ali As Toronto prepares to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the Parkdale neighbourhood, which is directly adjacent to the host stadium BMO Field is likely to disproportionately experience its impacts and outcomes, including increased displacement,…
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Toronto’s FIFA Dreams: Whose City, Whose World Cup?
By: Farida Rady and Jacob Roberts Originally published on Progressive City This case study examines Toronto’s FIFA Fan Festival and the broader preparations for the 2026 World Cup as a lens through which to understand the neoliberalization and enclosure of urban space. It considers how an idealized and carefully curated image of Toronto is projected globally; one that…
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Introducing RETA: Red Trinacional Anti-Mundial (The Trinational Anti World Cup Network)
RETA (Red Trinacional Antimundial) is an emerging activist and free-media network that brings together independent journalists, media platforms, community groups, collectives, and grassroots organizers opposing the social and economic impacts of the 2026 FIFA World Cup across the Americas. Although decentralized and intentionally low-profile, RETA reflects a growing trinational alignment of actors who argue that mega-events such as…
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Vancouver’s Pivot Legal Society releases the first of their blog post series titled “FIFA on the Block: The Games, the Streets, and the Moment – Part 1”
-Pivot Legal Society Reposted with permission from Pivot. Access original here along with a sign up for the Legal Observer Program and further resources. The FIFA 2026 World Cup Games are less than five weeks from descending on Vancouver, sparking much foreboding – and for good reason. Mega sporting events are notorious for inviting a…
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Toronto: Safety for Whom? Struggling Locals Harassed and Beaten by Security Staff at Union Station in Preparation for FIFA
By: Toronto Underhoused and Homeless Union As Toronto prepares to host FIFA events under the banner of “safety” and “world-class city building,” many of the city’s most vulnerable residents are experiencing something very different. Over the last two months, the Toronto Underhoused and Homeless Union (TUHU), a grassroots collective led by people with lived experience of homelessness advocating…
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Black Alliance for Peace Calls On International Community to Boycott the 2026 World Cup Games Scheduled for the United States
by: Black Alliance for Peace The Black Alliance for Peace published the following press release on May 29, 2026. Learn more about the group on their website or Instagram. For Immediate Release Contact: communications@blackallianceforpeace.com (201) 292-4591 May 28, 2026 — The Black Alliance for Peace’s North-South Project for People(s)-Centered Human Rights (the Project) raised the…
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A Fascist World Cup?
-Carolyn Prouse FIFA has rightly made headlines for the oligarchy’s cozy relationship with authoritarian and fascist regimes. The evolving fraternity between FIFA President Gianni Infantino and American President Donald Trump, from the Oval Office to the (macabre) FIFA Peace Prize presentation and Infantino’s presence at the Israel-Gaza ceasefire talks, is only the most recent example…
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Mexico City: Living in a Marginalized Space During the 2026 FIFA World Cup
by Jair Coronado Rosales Mega-events such as the FIFA World Cup are unique phenomena in the history of certain countries, as well as certain cities. These scenarios open up opportunities for various transformations, particularly in relation to the urban environment and its infrastructure (Klinenberg, 2021; La Duke and Cowen, 2020). However, there are also transformations…
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Community Statement on FIFA 2026 and Human Rights in Vancouver from the Ayx Community Bus
-by Ayx Community Bus With the World Cup fast approaching, former CRAB Park tent city residents in Vancouver are sounding the alarm about forced displacement and street-level policing. These concerns occur amidst the end of drug decriminalization in the city and the tainting of the drug supply with sedatives. Vancouver’s host committee has been warning international visitors about toxic drug supply…
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Sunrise Movement: KC Against the World Cup
By: Sunrise Movement KC Why this zine: Sunrise Movement KC began the zine series because local officials have framed the World Cup as “next big thing” for Kansas City: hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup. But as city leaders continue to celebrate the tournament as a source of prestige, development, and economic opportunity, we see the…