World Cup

Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
“Don’t Worry Be Happy”: The World Cup as an International Psy-Op
17 Jun 2026
FIFA uses the World Cup to present the United States as a legitimate nation, but the U.S. is a rogue state committing crimes against humanity. The call for a boycott is a call to decolonize football…
Black Alliance For Peace
World Cup 2026: FIFA and the U.S.’s White Supremacist Colonial Partnership is already on Full Display
17 Jun 2026
FIFA has shown itself to be a colonial instrument that serves white supremacy and U.S. imperialism. Referees, players, and fans from non-white nations are being harassed, denied entry, and brutalized…
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: All the World’s a Ball, Eduardo Galeano, 1998
10 Jun 2026
“Professional soccer does everything to [destroy] that energy of happiness, but it survives in spite of all the spites.”
Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
The Beautiful Game Can’t Hide the Ugly
10 Jun 2026
The United States should never host the World Cup because it is a country built on racism, repression, and endless war. FIFA and its leaders ignored international demands to host the matches…
Black Alliance For Peace
Black Alliance for Peace Calls On International Community to Boycott the 2026 World Cup Games Scheduled for the United States
03 Jun 2026
The World Cup is meant to be a celebration of global unity, not a propaganda shield for a superpower waging genocide abroad and running detention gulags on its own soil.
Black Alliance For Peace
Move the Games: No World Cup for Genocide, Ecocide, or State Thuggery
29 Apr 2026
A celebration of the most popular sport in the world can't be held in a country that commits genocide, ecocide, and daily state violence. The World Cup must not be held in the U.S.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist , Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
White Power, White Decedance, White Denial: A Dialog with Ajamu Baraka
22 Apr 2026
Ajamu Baraka and Margaret Kimberley discuss how the assault on Iran exposed the pathological nature of white power, the cynical games of the duopoly, and a new campaign to move the World Cup out of…
Black Alliance For Peace
100 Days From the World Cup, an International Coalition is Calling on FIFA to Move the Games From the U.S.
11 Mar 2026
The US has disqualified itself from hosting the World Cup through wars, genocide, and domestic repression.
Black Alliance For Peace
The Black Alliance for Peace Condemns the U.S.-Israeli War on Iran
04 Mar 2026
The U.S. and Israel are rogue states whose existence threatens international peace and security.
Black Alliance For Peace
FIFA and IOC Must Ban the United States and Israel from Hosting or Participating in International Sporting Events
02 Jul 2025
With an anticipated tens of thousands of international travelers for the World Cup and the Olympic Games, U.S. immigration policy has made it a dangerous place to visit. Both the U.S. and Israel…