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 Wight‘Ali Belts Zionism’ — the story of Muhammad Ali’s support for the PalestiniansAs with the ‘Santa Clausification’ of Martin Luther King over the years, so the Santa Clausification of Muhammad Ali has served to elide…3d ago23d ago2
John WightArms for Ukraine, but no arms for Palestine. Welcome to the great hypocrisyJohn WightAug 287Aug 287
John WightWho will save us from America? A short discourse on the nightmare of US exceptionalismMickey and Mallory Knox are without a doubt the most twisted depraved pair of shitfucks it has ever been my displeasure to lay my god damn…Aug 219Aug 219
John WightIs Ukraine’s incursion into Russia a major political disaster for Putin?Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head. EuripidesAug 1610Aug 1610
John WightGaza today is the Warsaw Ghetto of yesterdayIn January 1943 Jewish inmates of the Warsaw Ghetto mounted one of the most heroic and courageous acts of resistance ever recorded. In the…Aug 1217Aug 1217
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…Aug 615Aug 615
John WightWhy Iran 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 3113Jul 3113