PinnedWhere We Go, Others Will Follow: Review of ‘Gaza: This Bleeding Land’ by John WightReview by Jim Aitken for Culture MattersJul 81Jul 81
PinnedGaza — 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
The Assads of Syria — a legacy of struggle, intrigue, and defianceThe name Assad was inextricably linked with Syria’s fortunes since 1970, when Hafez al-Assad (above), while defense minister, came to…2d ago12d ago1
Assad’s fall was swift. He goes into history as a failed leaderWhen states implode as suddenly as Syria just has, they do so as a result of external pressures combining with internal weaknesses, to thus…4d ago84d ago8
Brian Thompson’s execution and its moral implicationsBrian Thompson was a capitalist’s capitalist. He was a poster boy for greed in our time, a man driven by the ethos of capital accumulation…Dec 714Dec 714
The forces on the offensive in Syria are today’s Khmer RougeHistory never really says goodbye. History says, ‘See you later.’ Eduardo GaleanoDec 421Dec 421
Jesus was a revolutionary, and if alive today he would be fighting alongside the Palestinians in GIn his classic ancient work, The Jewish War, Jospehus — writer and participant in the Jewish revolt of 66–73 CE — ascribes the following…Nov 2928Nov 2928
Conor McGregor — a study in late stage capitalist alienation from selfA global icon for whom the only constraints are none whatsoever, who wears his vulgarity, bombast and disregard for humility as a badge of…Nov 237Nov 237
Netanyahu is a genocidal despot. The ICC arrest warrant is long overdueIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the hate that settler-colonialism produced. His is a twisted and warped ethno-supremaicst…Nov 2215Nov 2215
Biden is a lame-duck president with nothing to lose. WWIII never closer as a result‘An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes.’Nov 2110Nov 2110