296 pages
English language
Published Jan. 3, 2016 by Haymarket Books.
The World Cup, the Olympics, and the Fight for Democracy
296 pages
English language
Published Jan. 3, 2016 by Haymarket Books.
As the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games approach, ordinary Brazilians are holding the country's biggest protest marches in decades. Sports journalist Dave Zirin traveled to Brazil to find out why. In a rollicking read that travels from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro to the fabled MaracanĂ£ Stadium to Zirin examines how athletic mega-events turn into neoliberal Trojan horses.