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Luke Thomas: Fighting for Palestine, UFC’s Monopoly, Saudi Sportswashing

Combat sports journalist Luke Thomas joins Eric Draitser on CounterPunch for a discussion of the politics of MMA, Boxing, and combat sports broadly. The discussion explores the inspiration of Belal Muhammad for Palestinian solidarity and resistance, the right-wing politics and culture of the UFC, the motivations for the Saudi government’s move into sports, the role More

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Combat sports journalist Luke Thomas joins Eric Draitser on CounterPunch for a discussion of the politics of MMA, Boxing, and combat sports broadly. The discussion explores the inspiration of Belal Muhammad for Palestinian solidarity and resistance, the right-wing politics and culture of the UFC, the motivations for the Saudi government’s move into sports, the role of MMA in promoting fascist politics to young men, the rise and fall of Conor McGregor, and much more. Follow Luke’s work on Substack @lukethomasnews.

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