Boycott Qatar? A View from Germany

The Assistant Professor of Football: Soccer, Culture, History.

In this one - and only - World Cup-based episode, Stefan Schirmer, co-founder of the fan-run German initiative boycott-qatar and fan of Mainz 05 explains why the resistance to this year’s cup is so organized and so strong in Europe, particularly in Germany. How have fans organized? How do they view the engagement of the World Cup by the rest of the world? What do they mean by “boycott”? And what is their positive vision for the future of FIFA and the beautiful game, going forward?

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HELPFUL LINKS for this episode:

Boycott Qatar (in English)

A chronicle of controversies surrounding this World Cup (wikipedia)

Report on Stefan’s initiative in Euronews

VICE, “The Football Fans Boycotting the World Cup”

Montclair State University study on the human rights situation surrounding the World Cup

Human Rights Watch on the WC in Qatar

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