John Wight

LATEST ARTICLES BY John Wight

• World

  

  The U.S. empire’s undignified exit from Afghanistan—one year later

  August 17, 2022 By John Wight

  Afghanistan and its people were just a pawn in the imperial game. Now the game is over, and all that remains are the tears of the innocent.

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• World

  

  Anti-slavery solidarity united Abraham Lincoln, Karl Marx, and British workers

  June 25, 2020 By John Wight

  Reviving a forgotten history of anti-slavery solidarity.

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• Arts

  

  How Joe Louis became a symbol of the fight against racism

  June 27, 2014 By John Wight

  On June 19, 1936 Joe Louis climbed through the ropes at the Yankee Stadium in New York to face German heavyweight contender Max Schmeling in front of a sell-out crowd.

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