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  • How Capitalism Crafted the Super Bowl
    February 13, 2026

    How Capitalism Crafted the Super Bowl

    From season-long competition to global spectacle, the Super Bowl became a monetized ritual that reshaped how we define legacy and greatness.

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  • How Olympic Neutrality Silences Dissent and Protects Power
    February 13, 2026

    How Olympic Neutrality Silences Dissent and Protects Power

    Olympic neutrality curates politics rather than banning it, suppressing messages that expose power while protecting the spectacle of alignment and sponsors.

    Read more: How Olympic Neutrality Silences Dissent and Protects Power
  • The Super Bowl as Ritual of American Decline
    February 11, 2026

    The Super Bowl as Ritual of American Decline

    How spectacle, managed outrage, and hollow pageantry keep a fading system functional by turning dissatisfaction into engagement and ritualized unity.

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  • Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Show and Empire’s New Strategy
    February 10, 2026

    Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Show and Empire’s New Strategy

    Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show wasn’t revolutionary or un-American. It showed how U.S. power absorbs difference without conceding autonomy.

    Read more: Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Show and Empire’s New Strategy
  • Amber Glenn and the Limits of Visibility Politics
    February 10, 2026

    Amber Glenn and the Limits of Visibility Politics

    Amber Glenn and visibility politics show how inclusion at the center of empire produces legitimacy while leaving deportation, war, and repression intact.

    Read more: Amber Glenn and the Limits of Visibility Politics
  • The Olympics and the Performance of Power
    February 9, 2026

    The Olympics and the Performance of Power

    Amber Glenn’s Olympic politics remark shows how the US converts dissent into proof of its own openness.

    Read more: The Olympics and the Performance of Power
  • The IOC Banned South Africa. Then It Quoted Mandela.
    February 9, 2026

    The IOC Banned South Africa. Then It Quoted Mandela.

    Mandela Olympic opening ceremony: the IOC excluded South Africa for 28 years over apartheid, then used Mandela’s words as ceremonial peace language.

    Read more: The IOC Banned South Africa. Then It Quoted Mandela.
  • How Super Bowl LX Amplifies Zionist Political Messaging
    February 8, 2026

    How Super Bowl LX Amplifies Zionist Political Messaging

    How Super Bowl LX is being used by an NFL owner to advance Zionist framing of antisemitism through ads, power, and media access.

    Read more: How Super Bowl LX Amplifies Zionist Political Messaging
  • The Olympics and the Collapse of Neutrality
    February 7, 2026

    The Olympics and the Collapse of Neutrality

    As Israel wages genocide in Gaza, the 2026 Games expose how sport rewards power, silences victims, and collapses when crowds refuse consent.

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  • British Olympian Posts Anti-ICE Message on Olympic Opening Day
    February 6, 2026

    British Olympian Posts Anti-ICE Message on Olympic Opening Day

    The response to Kenworthy’s protest post highlights how Olympic rules interpret political speech and where neutrality may be applied unevenly.

    Read more: British Olympian Posts Anti-ICE Message on Olympic Opening Day
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  • How Olympic Neutrality Silences Dissent and Protects Power

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  • Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Show and Empire’s New Strategy

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  • Amber Glenn and the Limits of Visibility Politics

    February 10, 2026
  • How Super Bowl LX Amplifies Zionist Political Messaging

    February 8, 2026
  • The Olympics and the Collapse of Neutrality

    February 7, 2026
  • British Olympian Posts Anti-ICE Message on Olympic Opening Day

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    February 6, 2026
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