{"id":3141,"date":"2026-05-28T18:22:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T18:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peoplescenteredhumanrights.com\/?p=3141"},"modified":"2026-05-28T18:40:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T18:40:34","slug":"the-people-who-most-love-the-game-wont-be-able-to-go-ajamu-baraka-on-resistance-to-the-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peoplescenteredhumanrights.com\/es\/the-people-who-most-love-the-game-wont-be-able-to-go-ajamu-baraka-on-resistance-to-the-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The people who most love the game won&#8217;t be able to go&#8217;: Ajamu Baraka on Resistance to the World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><br><strong>&#8216;The people who most love the game won&#8217;t be able to go&#8217;: Ajamu Baraka on Resistance to the World Cup<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"&amp;apos;The people who most love the game won&amp;apos;t be able to go&amp;apos;: Ajamu Baraka on Resistance to the World Cup\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VpIO_RQWWx8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b586d6ea3403f4a8af2d46a089cd87f1 wp-block-paragraph\">In this episode of El Taller, the interview program from the Soberan\u00eda podcast, hosts Jos\u00e9 Luis Granados Ceja and Kurt Hackbarth sit down with Ajamu Baraka, national organizer and spokesperson for the Black Alliance for Peace, former vice presidential candidate of the Green Party, and a lifelong anti-imperialist activist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a00cd6992a1cdd64d824625352c4e1dc wp-block-paragraph\">The conversation focuses on the upcoming World Cup co-hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico; and the growing movement to oppose it. Baraka explains how the U.S. is using the tournament to sportswash its litany of international crimes: the war of aggression against Iran, the ongoing genocide in Gaza, the kidnapping of Venezuela&#8217;s president, and the escalating threats against Cuba. He describes FIFA&#8217;s decision to proceed as evidence of the &#8220;moral and political bankruptcy&#8221; of Western institutions, driven by an estimated $11 billion in projected revenues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-49f17faae20dedb11e2b07e223895205 wp-block-paragraph\">The episode details the work of the Anti-Fascist Football Coalition, which is entering its second phase: organizing in the 11 U.S. host cities to educate the public, amplify local opposition to gentrification and resource diversion, and decide whether to call for an explicit boycott. An organic boycott may already be underway, with hotel bookings in some host cities running below normal summer levels \u2014 a consequence of the Trump administration&#8217;s travel bans, visa-bond demands, and social media screening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0eabd894ab747c7b0c4d928a3543216e wp-block-paragraph\">The discussion also touches on Mexico City&#8217;s experience as a host city, where leftist local government has nonetheless fallen into the same traps: superficial beautification projects, conceding demands for tax exemptions, and pressure to suspend regulations. Baraka draws lessons from Brazil, where hosting massive events under Lula helped lay the groundwork for a subsequent right-wing backlash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e8135c1a1994eb666b2616bdeefd7a24 wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, the conversation turns to Colombia&#8217;s upcoming presidential election, where the U.S. is actively meddling. Baraka warns that the region is facing a coordinated right-wing offensive, but insists that beneath the surface, revolutionary currents remain alive. &#8220;When this is reversed,&#8221; he says, &#8220;it won&#8217;t be a pink tide. 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