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WORLD CUP ETC - SPECIAL INTERVIEW: "Fifa - A Money Factory with Football Stashed in its Annex" - Interview with Jules Boykoff, on How Elections in NYC Present a Generational Opportunity to Hold FIFA to Account

November 11, 2025 • World Cup etc

Jules Boykoff is a former professional footballer who represented the US U23 National Team in international matches, and is now a critical academic and writer teaching political science at Pacific University. He has written a number of books on the politics of the Olympics and regularly comments on the intersection between sports, politics and society. www.julesboykoff.org

To read the Guardian article referenced in the interview, use the link here:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/nov/08/zohran-mamdani-has-upended-us-politics-now-he-should-take-on-fifa