The People’s Game – Radio Show – 06/25/10
June 26, 2010
The People’s Game Radio Show for Friday June 25, 2010 The entire People’s Game team joins in the roundtable as we preview the biggest game in the history of USA men’s soccer – funny how that’s happened three times in the past two weeks. Nick, Jennifer, Alan, Fernando, and Pablo assess the prospects for the…
The People’s Game – Radio Show – 06/24/10
June 25, 2010The People’s Game Radio show for Thursday June 24, 2010 Italy, the defending champions, get knocked out of the tournament by Slovakia. Japan scores a historic victory over Denmark. Counterpunch’s Harry Browne joins Alan to discuss the tournament – and whether soccer, which not long ago was understood as a source of working class solidarity,…
The People’s Game Radio – Alexander Stille Interview
June 25, 2010The People’s Game Radio interview with Alexander Stille Journalist Alexander Stille discusses the place of calcio in contemporary Italian society – and how Coach Marcello Lippi’s terrible selections for the 2010 national side relates to the culture of corruption that dominates Berlusconi’s Italy. http://www.thepeoplesgame.org/Stille.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed
The People’s Game Radio – Harry Browne interview
June 24, 2010The People’s Game Radio – Harry Browne interview Counterpunch’s Harry Browne analyzes the tournament so far, explains why Maradona’s Argentina is staking a claim as The People’s Team, and discusses whether soccer, once a source of working class solidarity, can be wrested back from the clutches of global capital. http://www.thepeoplesgame.org/Browne.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |…
Italia: which circle of Dante’s Inferno?
June 24, 2010How to write about Italy? What words effectively convey something so truly horrid? Initially I thought about scurrying to my thesaurus – a synonym for utter wretchedness escaping me – lifeless, of course, but in the land of Berlusconi there’s also the stench of the sordid, corrupt, malign. Then it struck me, the Italians were…
The People’s Game – Radio Show – 06/23/10
June 24, 2010The People’s Game Radio – Special Edition – 06/23/10
June 23, 2010The People’s Game – special USA edition – June 23, 2010 Winning goal in the 92nd minute! Landon Donovan! Co-hosts Jennifer Doyle, Pablo Miralles, and Alan Minsky reflect on most dramatic moment in the history of U S Men’s Soccer! Analyze the game itself and reflect on the implications of the victory for soccer in…
The People’s Game – Radio Show – 06/22/10
June 23, 2010The People’s Game – Radio Show for Tuesday June 22, 2010 Perfecting the art of watching two TVs simultaneously – co-host Jennifer Doyle conveys what it means for Southern California to have Mexico and South Korea both advance. Lazar Treschan reports from cloud nine in La Celeste. Fernando Romero reflects on a less impressive Mexico…
Uruguay > Mexico > RSA > France
June 22, 2010The People’s Game – Radio Show #15 – 06/21/10
June 22, 2010The People’s Game – Radio Show for Monday June 21, 2010 Halfway through the tournament: 32 games played, 32 to go. The roundtable with Jennifer, Alan, Pablo, and Spanish partisan Tony Presido takes a critical look at the media coverage of Les Blues’ implosion and ponders the success of South America vs. the failings of…