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Introduction: Capitalism and Sport: Politics, Protest, People and Play: Michael Lavalette
Part 1: Sport in a capitalist society
1 Capitalism and the birth of modern sport: Gareth Edwards
2 In defence of sport: Jonathan Dart
3 Sport and capitalism: Adrian Budd
Part 2: Global sport
4 Think local, act global: Football and globalisation: Dave Swanson
5 Cycling: History and globalisation: John Foot
6 Cricket and globalisation: Andrew Stone
7 The meaning of Murdoch: Sport in the New World Order: Tony Collins
8 The jogging boom: Dave Renton
Part 3: The sporting gods that failed
9 Rangers: The self-destruction of a football club: Phil Mac Giolla Bháin
10 Cycling and drugs: It’s not about the bike: Michael Lavalette
11 Hillsborough: The disaster and the cover-up: Sadie Robinson
12 Mexico 1968: Massacre at the Olympic Games: Eamonn McCann
13 Anyone but England: Not flying the flag in the World Cup: Socialist Worker
14 The Olympics: A nation united?: Brian Richardson
Part 4: Sporting divisions
15 Sexism in sport: Jo Cardwell
16 Wrestling with the prophet: The politics of Muslims and sport: Hassan Mahamdallie
17 Cricket: Gentlemen and players: Keith Flett
18 Cricket, racism and the Yorkshire Leagues: Prospects for a more inclusive cricket in Yorkshire: Lionel Cliffe
19 Rugby League: Sport, class and politics: Paul Blackledge
20 What’s different about the Paralympics?: Roddy Slorach
21 From the factory to the field: The story of Dick, Kerr Ladies FC: Peter Marsden
22 Cycling to socialism: The Clarion Cycle Club: Denis Pye
23 Pedalling days: Sylvia Pankhurst
Part 5: People
24 C L R James: Beyond cricket’s boundary: Christian Høgsbjerg
25 Test Match Résumé: C L R James
26 Arthur Wharton: Airbrushed from history: Phil Turner
27 “Sport is part of our resistance”: Mahmoud Sarsak, Palestine’s hunger striking footballer: Estelle Cooch
28 An anti-racist Olympic rebel: Damien Hooper: Dave Zirin
29 “Carriers of the dream”: Tennis radicals of the 1960s and 1970s: Peter Marsden and Rita Gough
30 Boxing, Ali, racism and resistance: Ron Senchak
31 Joe Louis and Jack Johnson: J R Johnson (C L R James)
32 “The flame of revolt”: An interview with John Carlos: Ken Olende
33 Justice for the 96: An interview with Sheila Coleman: Sadie Robinson
Part 6: Resistance
34 England’s travelling cricket fans: A turning wicket: Hazel Potter
35 Ultras and fandom: The Green Brigade at Celtic: Michael Lavalette
36 Protest, community and football: FC United of Manchester as a fan movement: Peter Millward and George Poulton
37 OMONOIA, Nicosia: When the “communist bandits” formed a football team: Vassilios Ioakimidis
38 Militant action against sports apartheid: Peter Hain
39 The workers’ sports movement: Simon Basketter
40 Working on the chain gang at the Tour de France: Michael Lavalette
Part 7: Alternative futures?
41 “Physical Culture”, sport and revolution: The debate in post-revolutionary Russia: Gareth Edwards
42 Physical education: A class issue?: Sue Caldwell
Conclusion: The contradictions of capitalist sport: Michael Lavalette
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