PinnedJohn WightWhere We Go, Others Will Follow: Review of ‘Gaza: This Bleeding Land’ by John WightReview by Jim Aitken for Culture MattersJul 82Jul 82
PinnedJohn WightGaza — This Bleeding LandBelow is an excerpt from my novel — recently, published — which tells the story of this prolonged tragedy through the eyes of two rival…May 284May 284
John WightCapitalism not immigration has failed those involved in anti-migrant riots across EnglandLet no Irishman throw a stone at the foreigner; he may hit his own clansman. Let no foreigner revile the Irish; he may be vilifying his own…4d ago134d ago13
John WightIran must retaliate for Haniyeh’s assassination in TehranThe brazen Israeli assassination of the head of Hamas’ political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran marks a hugely significant inflection…Jul 3112Jul 3112
John WightThe US State Department just lost another election in VenezuelaFurther confirmation that the office of US Secretary of State should rightly be renamed the office of US Secretary of Imperialism has just…Jul 2923Jul 2923
John WightThe enduring truths of Victor Hugo’s ‘Les Miserables’Modern literature lacks the epic works that encompass and define the times in which we live, capturing that elusive but necessary…Jul 233Jul 233
John WightThe 2024 RNC was a festival of crackpots and cranksIn George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel, 1984, the main character Winston Smith has this to say:Jul 192Jul 192
John WightWas October 7 Israel’s 9/11, or was it a Palestinian Tet Offensive?When I search for Man in the technique and the style of Europe, I see only a succession of negations of man, and an avalanche of murders…Jul 1610Jul 1610
John WightA review of the multiple security failures surrounding the Trump assassination attemptIn a past life I spent years working security, from the age of 17 all the way up my mid-thirties (I’m now in my fifties) to be precise.Jul 1512Jul 1512
John WightTrump assassination attempt. Has the US entered a pre-civil war period?An enthusiast broods over the oppression of a people till he fancies himself commissioned by Heaven to liberate them. He ventures the…Jul 1410Jul 1410