Soccer for Social Good

From Fifth Estate # 417, Winter 2025

A review of Beyond the Final Whistle, Soccer for a Better World by Vasilis Kostakis. Pluto Press, 2025

On a hot night in Houston Texas, two teams played during a social and political moment that carried more meaning than just the end result of the match. The significance was shown by supporters’ shirts depicting half split Mexican and American flags worn by those in attendance.

Update from Gabriel Kuhn

From LeftTwoThree by Gabriel Kuhn

I revived Alpine Anarchist Productions (AAP) for the briefest of moments to launch the pamphlet Varieties of Jewish Anarchism: A Brief Introduction by Anthony T. Fiscella. (You’ll find a ready-to-print zine layout here.) I did this because Anthony’s pamphlet Varieties of Islamic Anarchism: A Brief Introduction, which AAP launched seven years ago, was one of the most popular pamphlets we ever helped distribute.

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