Arya Shirazi joins Edge of Sports to discuss two films about revolution and resistance.
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Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin
2026 marks the 60th anniversary of Gilles Pontecorvo’s classic film “The Battle of Algiers” and the 40th anniversary of Ron Howard’s flop Gung Ho. Yet both films aim to tell a story about capitalism, the working class and what comprises resistance in a certain time and place. I’m joined by film savant Arya Shirazi in breaking down these two films
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This year marks the 60th anniversary of Gilles Pontecorvo’s classic film The Battle of Algiers and the 40th anniversary of Ron Howard’s flop Gung Ho. Yet both films aim to tell a story about capitalism, the working class and what comprises resistance in a certain time and place. I’m joined by film savant Arya Shirazi in breaking down these two films.
My latest column: The Bombing of Iran’s Azadi Stadium Is Straight Out of Israel’s Gaza Script
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Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin
2026 marks the 60th anniversary of Gilles Pontecorvo’s classic film “The Battle of Algiers” and the 40th anniversary of Ron Howard’s flop Gung Ho. Yet both films aim to tell a story about capitalism, the working class and what comprises resistance in a certain time and place. I’m joined by film savant Arya Shirazi in breaking down these two films
Zirin, The Bombing of Iran’s Azadi Stadium Is Straight Out of Israel’s Gaza Script
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/us-hockey-olympics-gold-trump/
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n Conversation: The Battle of Algiers and Gung Ho.
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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.