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This is related to a broader international anti-slavery campaign, as the exit visa system is essentially the instrument for enforcing wage slavery in Qatar. cf.
by jdmitch 13y ago
This is related to a broader international anti-slavery campaign, as the exit visa system is essentially the instrument for enforcing wage slavery in Qatar. cf. recent Guardian articles related to the world cup construction:
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/video/2013/sep/25/qatar-migrant-workers-world-cup-host-video http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/video/2013/sep...
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/25/revealed-qatars-world-cup-slaves http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/25/revealed-qatars...
- yapcguy 13y agoYes, given the story of a football slave, how ironic that they are holding the football World Cup in Qatar. I hope every true football fan boycotts Qatar 2022 and puts pressure on top players and FIFA to move the World Cup to more deserving countries.
- kubiiii 13y agoI also really hope footballs fan wont go there. Maybe they'll fill the stadiums with the surviving workers.
- AYBABTME 13y agoThose who go might never come back, so either ways...
- TillE 13y agoIf they wind up holding it in winter, European enthusiasm for the World Cup is going to plummet even without the other factors. Forget all those public gatherings, large and small, which are a huge part of the experience of major tournaments. The TV broadcasters are already objecting to the proposed winter move. It's just an awful decision on every level for everyone who wasn't being directly bribed by the Qataris. I do maintain a tiny shred of hope that a few major nations will withdraw from FIFA after this summer, bringing the whole thing toppling down. It's a fantasy, though. Most football politicians are nearly as bad.
- ciupicri 13y agoFootball goes hand in hand with beer and other alcohol, so Qatar is going to face some challenges.
- personlurking 13y agoPolitics and sports...arenas for the latter are created so that no one pays attention to the arena of the former.
- jrockway 13y agoYou forgot the obligatory "wake up, sheeple" remark.
- nikcub 13y agoFootball and politics are inseparable. It might be true in the USA that sports pacify the population, but in the rest of the world you have football fans starting wars (real wars), overthrowing governments, politicians and dictators owning clubs (being a director of a football club is a legitimate stepping stone in a lot of European politics), etc. At the football forums I am a regular the top topics recently have all been about Qatar, the World Cup bid, etc. The only reason Human Rights Watch picked up this campaign (they are late to the party) is because The Guardian and its football writers started writing about Qatar (and the example of the player cited within) before and after they won the World Cup bid.