Society Talk

The World Cup opened and the real story was outside the stadium

I watched the opening match at a bar with friends and nobody there knew about the clashes outside Estadio Azteca until later. Reading the post afterwards, what struck me was how each outlet picked a different protester: AFP and The Namibian focus on teachers demanding pay rises, AP via Thairath on students against the cost of hosting, The Nightly on around 200 hooded demonstrators.

Three different protests, in a way, depending on what you read. I think this will keep happening during the whole tournament, and in a city where teachers are protesting for days about pay, the cost of a World Cup is a very fair question.