The History of Sport Under Capitalism (Part III) - Sport, nationalism and imperialism

Submitted by ICConline on 10 February, 2013 - 11:01

In the previous article in this series, we saw that sport concentrates nationalist ideology and that it is an instrument at the service of imperialism. It expresses all the monstrosity of decadent capitalism.

The History of Sport Under Capitalism (Part II) - Sport in decadent capitalism (from 1914 to today)

Submitted by ICConline on 27 January, 2013 - 09:12

In the first article we saw that sport was a pure product of capitalism and that it had a real weight in the class struggle. In this part we will see that in the period of the decadence of this capitalist system it is an instrument of the state which is used to repress and keep down the exploited.

The History of Sport Under Capitalism (Part I) - Sport in the ascendant phase of capitalism (1750-1914)

Submitted by World Revolution on 3 January, 2013 - 10:41

For a long time sport has represented a phenomenon that cannot be ignored from the fact of its cultural breadth and its place in society. A mass phenomenon, it's imposed on us through the tentacles of many institutions and results in a permanent hammering from the media. What significance can we give it from the point of view of a historical understanding and from the point of view of the working class?

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