Teatime Declarations

Episode 9 - Rebels For The Wrong Cause

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Show Notes

Rebels For The Wrong Cause

This episode explores apartheid in South Africa, the international cricket boycott and its impact. We discuss the D'Oliveira Affair, the English rebel tours, and whether a similar boycott would work on Taliban Afghanistan.

Teatime Declarations is a podcast that fiddles in the corridor of uncertainty between cricket and geopolitics. Jonathan Russell is your opening batter and Paul Seligman is your lethal wicket taker. Like and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, and follow us on whichever social media is likely to replace X.

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