North Korea’s Secret Sporting Weapon

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October 27, 2023
Via The Economist, a look at North Korea's women’s football team which is an explosive propaganda tool: George Orwell — who is too good a source of aphorisms to worry about their truth—once opined that sport was “war [...]
A Beautiful Game for Evan. The Goal Is the Same.

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September 29, 2023
Via the Wall Street Journal, a look at how detained Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich’s former high school soccer team dedicates a contest to raising awareness—and bringing a beloved champion back home: Had you hurried by, [...]
How Soccer Players Re-Started Spain’s #MeToo Movement

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September 26, 2023
Via The New Yorker, an article on the history of feminist activism in Spain and why the World Cup controversy marks a new phase: Late last month, amid a roaring crowd, members of the Spanish national soccer team walked up the [...]

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