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The power behind the T-shirt
Born at the start of Blair’s new Labour, KADEEM SIMMONDS looks at the message behind Philosophy Football
“The socialism I believe in is everyone working for each other, everyone having a share of the rewards. Its the way I see football, the way I see life,” said Bill Shankly. Anyone that says politics and sport cannot mix are unaware of the work Philosophy Football does.
2014 sees 20 years of Philosophy Football, a company that uses T-shirts as a “utilitarian platform well suited to the expression of dissent.”
Set up by Mark Perryman, the voice, and Hugh Tisdale, the eyes, the company has “actively supported the efforts of fans to promote a soft patriotism around a reinterpretation of supporting ‘Ingerland.’”
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