Daniel Noroña and Ajamu Baraka join Edge of Sports to discuss practicing dissent in the face of the upcoming World Cup, and we have a bonus movie conversation.
This week, we speak to Ajamu Baraka of the Black Alliance for Peace and Daniel Noroña of Amnesty International about why they are organizing against the 2026 World Cup’s presence in the United States. And then, just in time for Easter, a cinematic Easter egg, as film savant Arya Shirazi and I talk about two forgotten films of our youth.
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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.