🇻🇪 Hugo Chavez:
"Years ago, someone told me: 'They’re going to end up accusing you of being a drug trafficker—you personally—you, Chávez. Not just that the government supports it, or permits it—no, no, no. They’re going to try to apply the Noriega formula to you.'
They’re looking for a way to associate Chávez directly with drug trafficking. And then, anything goes against a ‘drug trafficker president,’ right?"
History can teach us so much about the future if we just listen.
Football used to have legendary pro-democracy activists - Socrates, Captain of Brazil perhaps best.
Under the brutal ruling junta of the 80’s, he relinquished his captaincy of Corinthians so the team could become a model of democratic decision making in the struggle against dictatorship, sharing the leadership as an antidote to authoritarianism and pledged to leave Brazil without power being granted to the people.
He left, to play in Italy.
This is courage and principle that sport can provide.
Ali was convicted, his title stripped and banned for his conscientious objection to the Vietnam war, Aussie Norman joined Smith and Carlos’s black power salute at the 68 Olympics. A moment remembered today for its bravery.
Today, sadly, the world’s largest and most influential sport is not well served by its greats.
Who lavish praise on those harming people, attacking international law, arming genocide, burning the climate, attacking migrants, enriching themselves, undermining democracy.
A sporting legend will naturally meet with all power holders.
But this false praise for personal gain is an insult to the game.
Which was built, and is played, by the common people of the world.
The very people being demonised, attacked, bombed, labeled as criminals, their public money misappropriated, their futures burnt.
This is just more Infantino.
"Death to Arabs... We will take your girls, when we rape them we will shout today is death!"
With Aston Villa’s recent decision to ban fans of Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv, here’s a compilation highlighting their racist chants, slogans, misconduct, criminal damage, and links to the IDF.
Interesting that the Israeli hostages released by Hamas appear to be in robust good health while many of the Palestinian prisoners freed by Israel appear emaciated, malnourished, haunted, broken…
Seriously, no other group in Australia will get this privilege, protection and cover up that the Jews in this country are afforded. These fckers shit all over us:
Thousands of pro-Palestine supporters are marching over the Sydney Harbour Bridge. WikiLeaks founder #JulianAssange , Premier Bob Carr and Labor MPs who defied calls from Premier Chris Minns not to march can be seen at the front of the crowd. 🇵🇸
#SydneyCBD
#HarbourBridgeprostest
#FreePalestine
#GazaGenocide
#Sydney
#NSWprotest
#7NEWS