On this episode of Edge of Sports, Chris Kluwe joins the show to talk about his act of civil disobedience.
Retired football player and now author Chris Kluwe speaks at the 19th Annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at USC on April 12, 2014.(Lilly Lawrence / WireImage)
Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin
This week, we speak to former NFL player Chris Kluwe. Kluwe made news this week for his protest of MAGA at a Huntingdon Beach city council meeting, garnering headlines worldwide. We discuss what led to that moment, why he did what he did, and the sports world’s reaction to this administration and what explains it.
Zirin, Why Democrats Won’t Throw a Real Punch
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/democratic-party-fecklessness/
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This week, we speak to former NFL player Chris Kluwe. Kluwe made news this week for his protest of MAGA at a Huntington Beach City Council meeting, garnering headlines worldwide. We discuss what led to that moment, why he did what he did, and the sports world’s reaction to this administration and what explains it.
Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin
This week, we speak to Chris Buccafusco about his organization, Atlanta Bravest, and what they are doing to combat indigenous mascoting. Also, sound from the March for Mumia onto the grounds of his prison, which took on the issue not only of Mumia’s incarceration but also of elder and medical abuse inside our prisons.
Zirin,“This Is Historic”: FIFA and UEFA Presidents Are Accused of Aiding Israel’s War Crimes
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/fifa-uefa-war-crimes-israel/
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Dave ZirinDave Zirin is the sports editor at The Nation. He is the author of 11 books on the politics of sports. He is also the coproducer and writer of the new documentary Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL.