Brazil: Workers Struggle Trumps Sports Spectacle

NOVANEWS By Prof. James Petras Global Research For decades social critics have bemoaned the influence of sports and entertainment spectacles in ‘distracting’ workers from struggling for their class interests. According to these analysts, ‘class consciousness’ was […]

Inequality and the World Cup

NOVANEWS The Ugly Reality of the Beautiful Game by GILBERT MERCIER The biggest sporting event of the planet kicks off in Brazil on June 12, 2014. Football, or soccer as it is called in a […]