https://znetwork.org/author/davezirin/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Tue, 20 Aug 2024 17:44:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/davezirin/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/france-avoids-disaster-can-the-olympics-do-the-same/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/france-avoids-disaster-can-the-olympics-do-the-same/#respond Tue, 20 Aug 2024 17:44:40 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1271096 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/france-avoids-disaster-can-the-olympics-do-the-same/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/macklemore-dares-others-to-stand-up-for-palestine/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/macklemore-dares-others-to-stand-up-for-palestine/#respond Thu, 09 May 2024 16:57:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1266095 Honestly @macklemore’s “Hind’s Hall” is the most Rage Against The Machine song since Rage Against The Machine. — Tom Morello (@tmorello) May 7, 2024 The foremost authority on the revolutionary rock/rap band Rage Against the Machine, their own guitarist Tom Morello, tweeted this. Rage Against the Machine filled stadiums in the 1990s with its brand [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/macklemore-dares-others-to-stand-up-for-palestine/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-fiction-of-the-outside-agitator/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-fiction-of-the-outside-agitator/#respond Sat, 04 May 2024 11:43:29 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1265882 More than 2,000 people have been arrested on US college campuses for peacefully protesting Israel’s war on the people of Palestine. For the “crime” of forming tent cities, or “encampments” on campus, students have been attacked by mobs, brutalized by police, and even faced gunfire at Columbia University after occupying a building. (I occupied several administration buildings in decades [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-fiction-of-the-outside-agitator/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/will-sports-gambling-ruin-super-bowl-sunday/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/will-sports-gambling-ruin-super-bowl-sunday/#respond Sun, 11 Feb 2024 15:56:01 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1262031 In a startling 44% increase from the previous year, an estimated $23 billion will be spent on sports betting on Sunday’s Super Bowl game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs. Just a generation ago, gambling was regarded as an intolerable pollutant on the integrity of sports that could never be permitted [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/will-sports-gambling-ruin-super-bowl-sunday/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/pro-israel-patriots-owner-robert-kraft-spends-7m-to-use-super-bowl-as-political-soapbox/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/pro-israel-patriots-owner-robert-kraft-spends-7m-to-use-super-bowl-as-political-soapbox/#respond Fri, 09 Feb 2024 18:34:22 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1261942 Super Bowl LVII in 2023 was the most-watched US telecast in history, and with well over 100 million people expected to tune in on Feb. 11, Super Bowl Sunday will provide one of the biggest platforms on Earth for pro-Israel groups to attempt to justify Israel’s ongoing genocidal war on Gaza. The Foundation to Combat [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/pro-israel-patriots-owner-robert-kraft-spends-7m-to-use-super-bowl-as-political-soapbox/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/im-jewish-i-want-a-ceasefire-in-gaza/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/im-jewish-i-want-a-ceasefire-in-gaza/#respond Thu, 26 Oct 2023 15:46:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1256380 On Oct 18, hundreds of Jewish activists were arrested after staging a sit-in at the US Capitol to demand a ceasefire in Gaza. Dave Zirin, who joined the sit-in, explains why he did so.]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/im-jewish-i-want-a-ceasefire-in-gaza/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/athletes-boycotted-games-in-2020-to-demand-racial-justice-wheres-the-fire-gone/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/athletes-boycotted-games-in-2020-to-demand-racial-justice-wheres-the-fire-gone/#respond Sun, 23 Jul 2023 13:27:40 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1249846 The growth of the Black Lives Matter movement through the 2010s catalyzed a resurgence of Black activism in professional sports that had its climax in 2020 with the athletes’ boycott following the shooting of Jacob Blake. Just a few years later, this energy seems to have dissipated. What happened, and how can we comprehend these [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/athletes-boycotted-games-in-2020-to-demand-racial-justice-wheres-the-fire-gone/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/caitlin-clarks-lesson-for-white-athletes-dont-be-a-maga-pawn/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/caitlin-clarks-lesson-for-white-athletes-dont-be-a-maga-pawn/#respond Tue, 11 Apr 2023 16:30:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1243301 In a less-sexist version of this country, we would all be talking about the number 9.9 million. That was the size of the television and streaming audience watching the NCAA Women’s Basketball Finals between Iowa and victorious LSU. It was 12.6 million at its peak—that’s more than watched the World Series. One wonders if in [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/caitlin-clarks-lesson-for-white-athletes-dont-be-a-maga-pawn/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/palestine-the-unexpected-star-of-the-2022-world-cup/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/palestine-the-unexpected-star-of-the-2022-world-cup/#respond Fri, 09 Dec 2022 16:47:15 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1234167 When Morocco defeated Spain in a penalty shootout, advancing to the quarterfinals of the Qatar 2022 men’s World Cup, players celebrated by posing for their victory photos with a Palestinian flag. This World Cup featured memorable performances on the pitch—and powerful statements of solidarity with the Palestinian cause off it. The Qatar World Cup has shown us that [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/palestine-the-unexpected-star-of-the-2022-world-cup/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-response-to-brittney-griners-capture-is-an-indictment-of-the-right-and-the-left/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-response-to-brittney-griners-capture-is-an-indictment-of-the-right-and-the-left/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2022 08:25:24 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1233438 I am deeply disturbed by the response to my recent column about what we know about the abhorrent prison conditions that Brittney Griner is enduring in a labor camp in Mordovia, Russia. While the article garnered attention to her plight, there were two trends on the right and among some supposedly on the left that speak to [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-response-to-brittney-griners-capture-is-an-indictment-of-the-right-and-the-left/feed/ 1 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/is-portland-about-to-have-two-supporter-owned-soccer-teams/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/is-portland-about-to-have-two-supporter-owned-soccer-teams/#respond Tue, 25 Oct 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1223518 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/is-portland-about-to-have-two-supporter-owned-soccer-teams/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/victory-minor-league-baseball-players-are-finally-unionized/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/victory-minor-league-baseball-players-are-finally-unionized/#respond Sat, 17 Sep 2022 15:36:23 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1220266 It is a historic day in the annals of both sports and labor history. Minor League Baseball players, some of the most precariously positioned workers in this country, have voted to join the Major League Baseball Players Association. 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