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Tifo Talks: David Goldblatt on the Qatar World Cup

Tifo Football Podcast

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Do You Understand Why People Won't Watch the World Cup?

I have no problem with people who take the position that I am not going to watch, you know, a football tournament in a country where human rights are at such a poor level. These are all completely plausible moral and ethical arguments. But this also applies to many other tournaments and many other aspects of football. For example, the very poor treatment of vulnerable workers is precisely what underlies the entire global sportswear industry. Every time we buy a football shirt or indeed a football, we are plugging into an appalling system of labour abuse all over the world. less than 1% of that is going to the workforce. And the workforce has no trade union rights, a terrible health and safety

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