From Jesse Owens defying Hitler at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin to Tommie Smith and John Carlos giving a ‘black power’ salute at the Mexico Olympics in 1968, politics has long mixed with sport. But is sport in danger of being consumed by wider cultural issues today or is it part of a healthy cleansing process?
This feisty panel filmed at the Battle of Ideas Festival 2021 have plenty to say on the matter.
The speakers are: Duleep Allirajah – Football writer; long-term spiked contributor; Co-Founder, Libero! network; season ticket holder, Crystal Palace Donald Clark – Tech entrepreneur; investor; professor; author; founder, Epic plc; CEO – WildFire Sophie Corcoran – Business management student, Durham University; writer and commentator; footballer, Leyton Orient WFC and FA Women’s’ National League Oscar Lopez – Political and social commentator; host, A Pint of Interest,
The Chair is Geoff Kidder – Director of Membership and Events, Academy of Ideas
