Kshama Sawant Interviews Suzanne Wrack: The Left Shouldn’t Write Off Sports

The connection between sports and politics may not be immediately apparent—why should the left pay attention to the world of sports? What potential is there for organizing, for making connections to the need to struggle for working-class demands against the billionaires? To discuss these and other questions, we’re delighted to interview Suzanne Wrack, a British sports journalist and soccer writer at The Guardian. She’s the author of A Woman's Game: The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Women's Football. Suzanne has written and spoken extensively about why she believes sports are important for working people and political activists.  With women’s soccer, Suzanne has helped put a spotlight on the fight for equal and equitable pay and better working conditions, and the battles of women players against sexism, sexual abuse and racism — battles that have helped embolden large numbers of women to understand the power of collective action and solidarity. On Strike is 100% funded by working people. BECOME A MEMBER of Workers Strike Back now to support our work: https://www.workersstrikeback.org/membership  Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OnStrikeShow  On Strike is a production of Workers Strike Back, hosted by Kshama Sawant and Bia Lacombe.