May 30, 2025 • 3 mins
Chile’s Club Deportivo Palestino is a soccer team founded more than a century ago by Palestinian immigrants in Santiago, Chile. Chile is home to the largest Palestinian community outside of the Middle East: half a million people.
The team wears the country’s colors: white, green and red. In the stands, fans wear them too, as well as keffiyehs, the black-and-white scarves that represent Palestinian identity and resistance. Their slogan is: “More than a team, it is an entire people.”
The team, the players, and the fans have remained outspoken in defense of Palestine. And outspoken against the violence in Gaza.
This is episode 40 of Stories of Resistance—a podcast co-produced by The Real News and Global Exchange. Independent investigative journalism, supported by Global Exchange's Human Rights in Action program. Each week, we’ll bring you stories of resistance like this. Inspiration for dark times.
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You can see exclusive pictures of Club Deportivo Palestino in Michael Fox’s Patreon account: https://www.patreon.com/posts/chiles-soccer-in-130263594.
There you can also follow his reporting and support his work at Patreon.com/mfox
Written and produced by Michael Fox.
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The team wears the country’s colors: white, green and red. In the stands, fans wear them too, as well as keffiyehs, the black-and-white scarves that represent Palestinian identity and resistance. Their slogan is: “More than a team, it is an entire people.”
The team, the players, and the fans have remained outspoken in defense of Palestine. And outspoken against the violence in Gaza.
This is episode 40 of Stories of Resistance—a podcast co-produced by The Real News and Global Exchange. Independent investigative journalism, supported by Global Exchange's Human Rights in Action program. Each week, we’ll bring you stories of resistance like this. Inspiration for dark times.
If you like what you hear, please subscribe, like, share, comment, or leave a review.
You can see exclusive pictures of Club Deportivo Palestino in Michael Fox’s Patreon account: https://www.patreon.com/posts/chiles-soccer-in-130263594.
There you can also follow his reporting and support his work at Patreon.com/mfox
Written and produced by Michael Fox.
Subscribe to Stories of Resistance podcast here
Become a member and join the Stories of Resistance Supporters Club today!
Sign up for our newsletter
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