Bauer Resistance: Red Star FC, Supporter Identity and Football Populaire in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine
An in-depth exploration of one of France’s oldest football clubs located in the Parisian suburbs as a site of political expression and struggle. Through viewing football as an object of class struggle, I delve into the local social history of Red Star FC as an institution and a space that allows for political expression in the banlieue. I also explore how the memory and legacy of local resistance fits into the modern world of capital-dominated football structures amid the backdrop of a recent timeline of supporter’s struggle to keep the club in Saint-Ouen and resist against a potential financial takeover of the club by American Investment firm, 777 Partners.
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