Blog Archive
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A Technofascist World Cup? Part I: Militarized Sport
-by Carolyn Prouse FIFA President Gianni Infantino waved to the crowd as Lenovo’s CEO, Yuanqing Yang, stood next to him on a Las Vegas stage, holding up a special edition FIFA 2026 Razr phone to enormous cheers. The ceremony was somewhat of a salve in comparison to the more fascist displays of authoritarian power increasingly…
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Beyond The Click Bait: 13 Arrested During Human Trafficking Sting During World Cup.
By COYOTE RI This investigative synthesis draws on 15 years of research by COYOTE RI (Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics Rhode Island), arguing that the modern anti-trafficking industry has become a profit-driven enterprise that diverts public attention from the structural conditions that create vulnerability: poverty, housing instability, inadequate healthcare, and failing social institutions. Rather…
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Vancouver’s Pivot Legal Society 3rd blog post: The Mega Event in an Era of Extreme Heat and Climatic Crisis
*republished with permission from Pivot Legal Society On Tuesday June 24, 2026, as Canada and Switzerland faced off at BC Place, the outdoor temperature in Vancouver reached 27.7°C. It was the warmest June 24 in Vancouver in more than a century. That same day, a total of 21 communities across British Columbia reached or surpassed all-time daily…
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World Cup attendees from Africa, South Asia denied visas to Canada
*screenshot from CTV site featuring news article
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Know Your Rights: Tkaronto / Toronto
This resource provides information about your legal rights during the FIFA World Cup 2026. It is not legal advice. If you require assistance with a legal issue, please consult a qualified lawyer. We are also seeking feedback and comments, particularly from people with experience navigating interactions with law enforcement during the World Cup. If you…
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Dispatch from Los Angeles: Week 2
by: NOlympics LA (originally published here) Sunday, June 21. As fans arrived for the 12pm match between Iran and Belgium, members of NOlympics LA, Black Alliance for Peace, Jewish Voice for Peace, the National Iranian American Council, and Black Alliance for Just Immigration gathered in front of SoFi Stadium to protest the unprovoked US war…
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I was arrested in a prostitution sting. Why I’m worried for sex workers as the World Cup begins
Photo above: courtesy of Antonia Crane By: Antonia Crane, originally published by LA Local In this essay, Crane reflects on the intensifying criminalization of sex work in Los Angeles in the lead-up to major global events – including the FIFA World Cup 2026, the 2027 Super Bowl, and the 2028 Olympics – and the heightened policing already being experienced…
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Trump and the Carbon Cost of FWC26
By: Tim Walters While the world’s most popular sporting event has always been entangled with business interests, its recent subordination to sites of fossil fuel wealth as hosts, owners, and sponsors of the beautiful game is unprecedented, and alarming amidst the backdrop of a spiraling climate emergency. In his “Play the Game” article, “Trump, FIFA, and the World Cup 2026: A match made in climate hell,” Tim Walters explores the incompatibility of US President…
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Dispatch from Los Angeles: World Cup Opening Weekend
by: NOlympics LA (originally published here) Friday, June 12. In the hours before the first FIFA World Cup game in “Los Angeles,” aka the City of Inglewood, Inglewood’s Market Street was closed to car traffic so that locals (and a trickle of fans who took Metro and then walked to the stadium) could enjoy the…