Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and #climatecrisis That’s $700,000 a minute Iran conflict windfall over 3 months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage Story by Jillian Ambrose and me www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...

Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis

Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage

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“Rules alone do not produce accountability. They require institutions capable of enforcing them without fear or favour. Without these, you have rules without the rule of law.” via Miguel Maduro #ReformFIFA Every football entity faces the same challenge. www.ft.com/content/76d2...

Infantino is not the problem

Fifa’s regulatory functions must be separated from its commercial activities

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The lies and misinformation spread about Islam in recent times started with 9/11. The community is under increasing attack. This level of hate is ignored by the government, media and authorities. Where’s the Cobra meeting? Words of reassurance? Funding for security, so they can feel safe?

Infantino’s plan to privatize the World Cup has failed, but this must become an opportunity to seriously reform the governance of FIFA and international football - and to do so democratically. Read the new article on FOOTBALL POLITCS: footballpolitics.substack.com/p/how-to-ref...

How To Reform International Football

Infantino's plan to privatize the World Cup has failed, but this must become an opportunity to seriously reform the governance of international football - and to do so in a democratic direction.

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Another underwhelming statement from Football Australia. Moral clarity has never been one of their strengths. All about process. #FIFAcomedy

"WE THE FUCKING JUDGE SON" New York, I love you. I love you so fucking much. Via wali_talks on IG

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has instructed the military to take control of another West Bank refugee camp, saying the operation should follow the “Tulkarem, Nur Shams and Jenin model.” These words indicate more expulsion of Palestinians and more potential ethnic cleansing and war crimes.

Israeli Defense Ministry Plan Suggests Potential War Crimes

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz instructed the Israeli military on July 28 to take control of another Palestinian refugee camp in the West Bank without identifying which one. He has said the oper...

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Infantino is a symptom of the problem. 👇 FIFA is unfit to govern world football. FIFA is unfit to govern world football. FIFA is unfit to govern world football. FIFA is unfit to govern world football. FIFA is unfit to govern world football. fairsq.org/substitute-r...

Substitute: FIFA not fit to govern world football, external reform essential to prevent future harm

A major new report from FairSquare, published today, identifies serious structural flaws within FIFA, football’s global governing body, that have resulted in the organisation contributing to a wide ra...

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Am told sentiment from Concacaf meeting was that vast majority of members have lost confidence or are losing confidence in Infantino as Fifa president

Infantino is the symptom, not the cause, of the problems in football governance. Nasser Al-Khelaifi is also a symptom of these problems. The solution is structural reform enforced by regulation, not a new leader from within.

No one owns football. It is the common property of humanity. FIFA plans to sell off its tournaments to private equity. It is not FIFA's to sell. Our statement: rebootfifa.com/news/reboot-...

This is a brilliant listen - the history of the far right in France, from Dreyfus to Le Pen, as told by Enda O'Doherty @dubreviewofbooks.bsky.social The latest @bylinetimes.bsky.social podcast @goldbergradio.bsky.social 🎧 pod.fo/e/4c4282 📺 youtu.be/KjH-IBxRmuU?...

BYLINE TIMES PODCAST: France And The Far Right with Enda O'Doherty

Adrian Goldberg hears from Enda O'Doherty, author of The Dark Side Of France, which traces the history of the French far right. Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White in Birmingham. Learn mo...

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🚨Did you know that the UAE has invested billions of pounds into both the city of Manchester & @mancity.com? A prime example of sportswashing / citywashing. Questions for the candidates for mayor of Manchester, via @hrw.org & @fairsq.bsky.social⤵️ www.hrw.org/news/2026/07... #HumanRights

Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov the ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, has asked FIFA to provide all of its records on its contacts with Trump, his administration and the Trump Organization by August 9, 2026. Big story from @adamcrafton.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/747...

Infantino requested to appear before House committee over Trump relationship

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Gianni Instantino has a score to settle today.

Farage has said he thinks it’s “absolutely nuts” for CO2 to be considered a pollutant, while Badenoch says candidates aren’t welcome in the Conservative Party that support net zero. Leaders of the civilisational collapse cult.

The editor in chief of The Economist referring here to the AfD’s leader as a “perfectly thoughtful person“ instead of what she truly is - a driver and enabler of German fascism - is a huge part of the problem.

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At one point she notes that AfD, the German political party that Musk supports, has "real neo-Nazis." Musk literally just shrugs.

Love the World Cup but hate FIFA? Love professional sports but hate the billionaires, gambling companies, and authoritarians ruining them? You’re not alone. W/ @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social @edgeofsports.bsky.social and @julesboykoff.bsky.social

Loving sports in an age of authoritarians: A conversation with Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff

Love the World Cup but hate FIFA? Love professional sports but hate the billionaires, gambling companies, and authoritarians ruining them? You’re not alone.

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"Fifa must be reformed and Infantino removed." Op-ed for the Times of India. 👇 timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-ed...

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

The World Cup might be over, but the issues remain. Football has been taken from us – and we're leading the fight to take it back. Our director @ncgeehan.bsky.social spoke with @mspopok.bsky.social on @legalafmtn.bsky.social. Watch the full show here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCLV...

Popok is joined by FairSquare co-founder Nick McGeehan to discuss the group's ethics complaint accusing FIFA president Gianni Infantino of letting Trump use FIFA for political gain, including allegedly allowing him to overturn a red card issued to a U.S. player.

Trump SWEATS as New WORLD CUP FRAUD Charges REVEALED!

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Quick hit video of a dude asking people how much they spent on World Cup finals tix and then their occupation. CEO of KC Chiefs, owner of Welch’s, and an inconspicuous “consultant”. See if you can identify him.

@mspopok.bsky.social interviewed @ncgeehan.bsky.social of FairSquare discuss how his organization filed an ethics complaint charging #GrifterInChief & his buddy Gianni Infantino with ethics violations using FIFA for political purposes, including Trump "veto" of the red card. youtu.be/FcadQ0q8qdM?...

Trump SWEATS as New WORLD CUP FRAUD Charges REVEALED!

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infantino put himself top of the Vvip list. Few heads of state here.

Sorry to say Miss Piggy has demeaned herself here

FIFA has been accused of providing an “open door to fraud” and allowing political influence to cast doubt on the integrity of the World Cup in a stinging rebuke by the Council of Europe’s secretary general. More via @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Fifa gives fraud ‘an open door’ with betting, says Council of Europe chief

Alain Berset said Fifa’s deal with a prediction market company and Folarin Balogun’s reprieve meant urgent work was needed on ‘the integrity of the sport’

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Nothing says the people's game like delivering the World Cup trophy in a bespoke Louis Vuitton handbag.

The final crowns a winner. Yet the World Cup’s real legacy lies off the pitch: at borders, on policed streets, in Fifa’s opaque governance, betting markets, authoritarian states, and among those its spectacle pushed aside. Op-ed for @josimarfootball.bsky.social josimarfootball.com/2026/07/17/t...

The World Cup Legacy Fifa Does Not Want to Talk About - josimarfootball.com

The final will crown a champion, but the 2026 World Cup's true legacy lies far from the pitch.

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