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‘Political Playgrounds’ – Are sports a platform for activism?

Michael McLaren
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Michael McLaren examines the tension between sports as a neutral escape and its reality as a platform for activism.

He argues that selective neutrality is inherently political and suggests that “sport for sport’s sake” may be an impossible ideal.

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Michael McLaren
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