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On episode 298 Nick is joined by Claire to discuss the politics of ice hockey, including theme nights; Pride tape; race and class in the NHL; vegan ice hockey equipment and much more! We also touch on other sports, such as cricketer Usman Khawaja’s stand for Palestine and the AFL and the Voice to Parliament.

Claire hosts the animal rights radio show Freedom of Species on 3CR Community Radio with Nick. This episode is a continuation of the discussion Claire and Nick started on the 3CR Summer Special ‘The Politics of Ice Hockey: Indigenous Advocacy, BLM and Queer Hockey Fanfic’, which you can listen to on the Freedom of Species website or by searching Freedom of Species on your favourite podcast app.

Additional links:

Class and race in the NHL:

• www.theplayerstribune.com/articles/hockey-is-not-for-everyone-akim-aliu-nhl
• https://medium.com/@robinketcheson/the-intersecting-state-of-racial-social-class-inequality-in-hockey-53e9d72e629b
• https://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/a-movement-not-a-moment-nhl-focuses-on-racial-diversity-1.5959834
• https://sports.yahoo.com/the-privilege-of-play-hockeys-racist-and-affluent-culture-still-hasnt-changed-140255916.html
• https://theconversation.com/don-cherry-debacle-highlights-the-whiteness-of-hockey-126972
• https://docs.google.com/document/d/104SWljIxFxL0YP9NnXfcRTSjaLENLdBp3Ola0k3GSOg

Theme nights and pride tape 

• https://www.cbssports.com/nhl/news/nhls-pride-night-problems-a-timeline-of-why-some-teams-players-have-scrapped-plans-to-wear-pride-jerseys/
•  https://www.outsports.com/2023/3/29/23657861/nhl-pride-nights-gay-lgbtq-jerseys
•  https://theathletic.com/5006275/2023/10/30/nhl-pride-night-arizona-coyotes/
•  https://theathletic.com/5068458/2023/11/17/luke-prokop-ahl-nhl-pride/
•  https://www.outsports.com/2023/10/9/23907582/nhl-gay-lgbtq-pride-tape-drag-queen-national-anthem-player-boycott
•  https://www.npr.org/2023/10/25/1208403697/nhl-pride-tape-ban-lifted-travis-dermott
•  https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2016/feb/16/pride-tape-brings-the-nhl-one-step-closer-to-its-first-out-player

Veganism

• Nick’s blog post on vegan ice hockey equipment.
• Vegan ice hockey goalie: Kasimir Kaskisuo.

Zach Whitecloud 

• https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/golden-knights/2023/05/09/espn-anchor-john-anderson-apology-zach-whitecloud-name/70201620007/
•  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZDGNcGD7-Y
•  https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/zach-whitecloud-sioux-valley-stanley-cup-1.6945796

Shane Pinto

• https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/explainer-the-shane-pinto-suspension-and-the-nhls-uneasy-connection-to-gambling

Palestine Activism in Cricket:

• https://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/usman-khawaja-to-wear-shoes-with-statements-in-support-of-palestine-during-perth-match/news-story/1e42efcff81f7d909e139a21d33344ad#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17024325745683&csi=0&
• https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-14/cricket-first-test-australia-pakistan-usman-khawaja-protest/103229702
• https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2023/10/12/rizwan-dedicates-pakistans-cricket-win-to-brothers-and-sisters-in-gaza

All Lives are Equal. Freedom is a Human right. I'm raising my voice for human rights. For a humanitarian appeal. If you see it any other way. That's on you… pic.twitter.com/8eaPnBfUEb

— Usman Khawaja (@Uz_Khawaja) December 13, 2023

Books

• Settler Memory: The Disavowal of Indigeneity and the Politics of Race in the United States by Kevin Bruyneel
• Chapter 5 – The Free Pass: The Racial Politics of Indian Team Names and Mascots (111-135) 
• Call Me Indian by Fred Sasakamoose
• Life in Two Worlds by Ted Nolan 
• Willie: The Game-Changing Story of the NHL’s First Black Player by Willie O’Ree
• All Roads Home: A Life On and Off the Ice by Bryan Trottier

Intro music: Embrace by ItsWatR.

Outro music: The Blackest Bouquet by Leonell Cassio.