A People's History of Soccer, livre ebook

‘Correia takes us around the world to examine how soccer has produced the kind of political energy that can change minds and even topple governments’ Dave Zirin, Sports Editor, The Nation‘A fascinating journey through the game’s history [as] a vehicle of change’ Shaka Hislop, former player, anti-racist educator and broadcaster‘An essential read for soccer fans everywhere’ Juliet Jacques, writer, filmmaker and journalistSoccer is so much more than the billionaire owners and eye-watering signing fees that dominate the headlines. Look beyond the Premier League and the World Cup, the sublime brilliance of Messi and Mbappé, and you’ll find a story unparalleled in the world of sport.From England, France and Germany to Palestine, South Africa and Brazil, A People’s History of Soccer reveals how the ‘beautiful game’ has been a powerful instrument of emancipation for workers, feminists, anti-colonialist activists, young people and protesters around the world.Countering the clichés about soccer fans, Mickaël Correia dives into soccer countercultures born after the Second World War, from English hooligans to the ultras who played a central role in the ‘Arab Spring.’ And with chapters on anti-fascism, the women’s game, and the rise in community-owned clubs, Correia reminds us that soccer can be a powerful social and political force—as generous as it is subversive.Mickaël Correia is a journalist at Mediapart. He is the author of several books. He has written for Le Monde Diplomatique, Le Canard Enchaîné and La Revue du Crieur. His passion for soccer began when he was 4, with kickabouts on the streets of Roubaix.Introduction: Football grounds, grounds of strugglePart I: Defend: Working class resistance to the bourgeois order1. Kicking off: Riotous balls and social control2. Normalising bodies, shaping minds: The birth of an industrial sport3. The people's game: Football as a cultural trait of the working class4. The Munitionnettes: The saga of the first women football players in Britain5. Class against class: Working-class football in France, an extension of the field of strugglePart II: Attack: Assault on dictatorships6. 'A small way of saying "no"': Italy, the USSR, Spain: stadiums under totalitarian regimes7. Ball at the feet against the iron fist: Football's resistance to Nazi domination8. 'Corinthian democracy': Football and self-organisation against the Brazilian dictatorship9. On the front line, Tahrir Square: Ultras Ahlawy fans at the heart of the 2011 revolution in EgyptPart III: Dribble: Outmanoeuvring colonialism 10. The Algerian Independence Eleven: A liberation struggle in football boots11. When Palestine occupies the pitch: Football as a political weapon in the hands of the Palestinians12. Dribbling the ball, a decolonial art: Afro-Brazilian identities and indigenous resistance in football13. Sending colonialism off: Football and emancipation struggles in sub-Saharan AfricaPart IV: Support: Collective passions and popular cultures14. 'You'll Never Walk Alone': Hooliganism and subcultures in British stands15. The twelfth man: The Italian ultras movement: from political militancy to supporter autonomy16. 'God and the devil': Maradona, between popular passion and fan cult17. 'We are lovers, not fighters': Istanbul's ultras and Turkish powerPart V: Outflank: Facing the football industry: fight and reinvent18. Football for footballers!: From May'68 to the fans' revolt19. Tackling sexism: Women's football against the French sporting patriarchy20. "Here it's about punk football": Fan-owned clubs in England21. Play on the left wing: Hamburg’s FC Sankt Pauli or the pirates of the football business22. Wild balls, balls on the margins: Street football wrong-foots at the institutional gamePostscript to the English editionEndnotesAcknowledgmentsIndex