PinnedJohn WightWhere We Go, Others Will Follow: Review of ‘Gaza: This Bleeding Land’ by John WightReview by Jim Aitken for Culture MattersJul 83Jul 83
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 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…3d ago3d ago
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 159Jul 159
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
John WightGenocide Joe Biden is not fit to run a bath, never mind a countryThe Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. George Orwell, ‘1984’Jul 1111Jul 1111
John WightNATO is not a shield it is a sword, covered in bloodThe current and ongoing conflict in Ukraine reminds us that the existence of NATO 75 years on from its creation stands as an insult to the…Jul 1018Jul 1018
John WightWhat to the slave is your Fourth of July?The Fourth of July is America’s Independence Day, one of the most important dates in the nation’s calendar. It is a day when myth and…Jul 47Jul 47