04-11-2016, 19:57
If you take an inclusivist view of politics very few images are a-political. The white poppy of peace is seen as political so I imagine the red one is too.
But why does China play in red, why does its badge refer to the Chinese flag? In that flag the red represents the communist revolution; the five stars and their relationship represent the unity of the Chinese people under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. A definite political statement!
Germany's shirts often have referred to German flag. The origins of that flag and those colours were in the 1848 unification of the country. Surely that's political? If you look around the shirts of the world you will see the politics of the world reflected back. The Republic of Ireland is about to be punished for its 1916 Easter uprising remembrance shirt! Political yes, but I don't think they were saying unite Ireland, bomb the UK mainland.
Political symbols are everywhere. All FIFA is proving is its own ignorance.
Barcelona display UNICEF on their shirt - so is the United Nations political and is the work of UNICEF totally a-political? Discuss.
But why does China play in red, why does its badge refer to the Chinese flag? In that flag the red represents the communist revolution; the five stars and their relationship represent the unity of the Chinese people under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. A definite political statement!
Germany's shirts often have referred to German flag. The origins of that flag and those colours were in the 1848 unification of the country. Surely that's political? If you look around the shirts of the world you will see the politics of the world reflected back. The Republic of Ireland is about to be punished for its 1916 Easter uprising remembrance shirt! Political yes, but I don't think they were saying unite Ireland, bomb the UK mainland.
Political symbols are everywhere. All FIFA is proving is its own ignorance.
Barcelona display UNICEF on their shirt - so is the United Nations political and is the work of UNICEF totally a-political? Discuss.