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Zirin: Occupy the Super Bowl: Now More Than Just A Slogan
Znet Article, February, 03 2012
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The Super Bowl is perennially the Woodstock for the 1%: a Romney-esque cavalcade of private planes, private parties, and private security
Zirin: A Super Bowl of Struggle? The NFLPA’s Demaurice Smith on opposing Indiana’s “Right to Work” agenda
Znet Article, January, 23 2012
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From a sports union, our union, understand the power of management and understand how much power management can wield over an individual person
Zirin: Racism 101: Criminal Charges Considered After College Hoops Brawl
Znet Article, December, 15 2011
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There is a different reaction by the press, by a school’s administration and clearly by law enforcement when it’s young black men throwing the punches
Zirin: 'If the South Would Have Won'
Znet Article, October, 11 2011
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The NFL might be the last entertainment product that tries to be all things to all people
Zirin: Oh, These Poor, Billionaire NBA Owners
Znet Article, October, 03 2011
Dave Zirin
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the hard-working, exploited, victimized chief executives sacrificing their hard-earned fortunes just to overpay their ungrateful players and provide us simple fans with entertainment
Zirin: Fists Raised Across Generations
Znet Article, September, 29 2011
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It was Howard students, chanting "No justice, no vote!", who truly unveiled for me why the image of black-gloved fists thrust in the air has retained its power
Zirin: NFL Players Beat the Odds
Znet Article, July, 28 2011
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This deal--against all odds--is a victory for players, their families, their health and their long-term financial solvency
Zirin: Dodger's Bankruptcy Reveals Much About the US
Znet Article, July, 03 2011
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Dodgers have become the canary in the coalmine revealing a reality we often turn to sports to escape
Zirin: Iran's Lady Footballers: Let Them Play
Znet Article, June, 11 2011
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Football is the closest thing we have to a connective cultural tissue
Zirin: Santana is Booed for Using Baseball's Civil Rights Game to Speak Out for Civil Rights
Znet Article, May, 22 2011
Dave Zirin
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Yes, Carlos Santana was booed on Civil Rights Day in Atlanta for talking about Civil Rights
Zirin: How Global Sport Has Declared War on Brazil's Poor
Znet Article, May, 19 2011
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These events are giant Trojan horses that leave us shocked and awed
Zirin: Atlanta Hawks' Etan Thomas Stands Up to Georgia’s Immigration Crackdown
Znet Article, May, 14 2011
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Atlanta Hawks basketball player Etan Thomas refuses to be silent
Zirin: Patriotism, Jock Culture and the Limits of Free Speech
Znet Article, May, 06 2011
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By being an athlete you have signed away your right to have an opinion
Zirin: Why The Packers Back The Protesters
Znet Article, March, 02 2011
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After a thirty-year erosion of power, influence, and numerical strength, a period of reckoning has arrived for organized labor, and the terms of the debate couldn’t be starker.
Zirin: It's Not a Game: Sarah Palin and the Madness of March
Znet Article, January, 11 2011
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In the wake of Saturday's horrific shooting in Tucson of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 19 other victims, long overdue attention is being paid to Republican Party heroine Sarah Palin's brazen use of violent language and symbols.
Zirin: The Eagleton has Landed: A Response on Sports and Society
Znet Article, June, 23 2010
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Terry Eagleton has been one of the great minds of the European left seemingly since Cromwell. But in his recent piece on Comment is free, Football: A Dear Friend to Capitalism, his absence of understanding on the relationship between sport and mod...
Zirin: “This is Beyond Sports” Chuck D on the fight in Arizona
Znet Article, May, 12 2010
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I had done "Tear Down this Wall" four or five months ago because I heard a professor who works with my wife here on the West Coast speak in a speech about the multi-billion dollar dividing wall between the U.S. and Mexico, so, therefore, I based "...
Zirin: Los Suns Also Rise: Phoenix Suns Win in More Ways Than One
Znet Article, May, 07 2010
Dave Zirin
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Anyone who believes that sports can’t be an effective platform for social justice, needed only to watch last night’s game between Los Suns of Phoenix and the San Antonio Spurs.
Zirin: “This is Racist Stuff”: Baseball Players/Union Speak Out Against Arizona Law
Znet Article, May, 03 2010
Dave Zirin
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In the days following the passage of the racist Arizona anti-immigrant bill, SB 1070, Major League Baseball’s Latino players were conspicuous in their silence.
Zirin: The South Africa World Cup: Invictus in Reverse
Znet Article, March, 13 2010
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The present situation in South Africa could be called "Invictus in reverse." For those who haven't had the pleasure, the film Invictus is about the way Nelson Mandela used sport, particularly the near all-white sport of rugby to unite the country ...
