John Wight

The ongoing economic crisis engulfing the British economy each week reveals an increase in the level of disdain, if not utter contempt, in which working people and the poor are held by David Cameron & Co.

When business secretary Vince Cable feels compelled to go public with his warning that...

So a certain promoter has got his way and proved that where British boxing is concerned words such as 'intergrity', 'ethics', and 'honour' do not exist. The debacle of a 'press conference' which followed the announcement that Dereck 'Del Boy' Chisora is to fight David Haye at West Ham's Upton...

Francois Hollande's victory in the French presidential elections constitutes a major step forward in the struggle against austerity across Europe. Its immediate effect is the smashing of the pro-austerity consensus of the political classes, responsible for strangling the life out of Europe's economies over the past four years and resulting...

"I am standing on the threshold of another trembling world. May God have mercy on my soul."

With these words, written 31 years ago, Bobby Sands began the hunger strike which culminated in his death after 66 days on May 5 1981.

It was followed by the deaths of nine...

With the trial in Norway of mass murderer Anders Breivik now underway, a man whose complete lack of remorse and indeed evident satisfaction over the slaughter of 77 people was a sickening sight to behold, it is time for progressive forces in the West to make a stand in defence...

William Butler Yeats' epic poem on the Easter Rising of 1916 has immortalised an event which possesses all the elements of a Greek tragedy and which ninety-six years later is still capable of stirring strong emotions.

The audacity and bravery, bordering on insanity, of just over 1200 combined Irish Republican...

The recent revelations of alleged multiple breaches of the data protection act by employees of Virgin Atlantic Airways, currently the subject of an investigation over the passing of the passenger details of various celebrities to a celebrity picture agency in return for money, is further proof that where the rich...

The tragic and senseless killing of black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida recently once more confirms that racism remains an ever-present corrosive in US society despite the election of the nation's first black president in 2008. Indeed it comes as a shocking rejoinder to those who, swept up in the...

With that annual ritual of fanfare, glitz and glamour otherwise known as the Oscars upon us, yet again the world will be treated to a view of Hollywood and the movie industry which suggests streets paved with gold and a passport to fame and fortune for all who arrive with...

If the sport of boxing is to retain a shred of credibility and integrity after the shameful scenes in Munich at the weekend, before and after the heavyweight title fight between reigning champion Vitali Klitschko and challenger Dereck 'Del Boy' Chisora, Dereck Chisora must be given a lifetime ban.

In...

The decision by both China and Russia to veto the UN Security Council Resolution on Syria last week, supporting the Arab League plan for a swift transition of power and elections, has served notice on the West by both countries that further interventions in the region will be opposed.

Russia's...

Continuing bloodshed in Syria, violent protests in Egypt, and a ramping up of tensions between Israel and Iran.

It would be hard to think of a more dangerous period in this the most contentious region on the planet, which given its location at the epicentre of the ongoing struggle over...

The latest hammer to fall in the vast experiment in human despair which the coalition calls an economic policy is a cap on welfare benefits of £500 per week per family. This is assuming it passes through the Lords, of course, which at time of writing is still to vote...

The Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic are once again the subject of a dispute between Britain and Argentina, with David Cameron's statement that Argentina's interest in the islands are 'colonialist' surely a contender for the annual 'you must be having a laugh' award.

Back in 1982 a military conflict...

Muhammad Ali's 70th birthday is occasion for both celebration and sadness. Celebration because it allows us to reflect on the huge impact he has had on the world both in and out of the ring. Sadness because it seems more than likely that he won't be around to celebrate his...

The capitulation of the Labour leadership to the austerity and cuts agenda of the Tories and right wing press was confirmed by shadow chancellor Ed Balls' recent statement that Labour would not reverse the cuts and would maintain the pay freeze within the public sector if they win the next...

It has long been said that justice delayed is justice denied, yet it would be hard to find anyone to agree with this sentiment over the convictions of David Norris and Gary Dobson for the murder of Stephen Lawrence, stabbed to death 18 years ago on 22 April 1993 in...

Three years ago you launched your murderous air assault against 1.5 million men, women, and children hermetically enclosed in the most overcrowded piece of land on earth - the Gaza Strip. Starved, besieged, yet unbowed, they could do nothing except endure as your bombs and your missiles rained down, targeting...

The outpouring of protest by Amir Khan and his camp over the second defeat of his professional career by Washington's Lamont Peterson has demeaned a fight that many have rightly touted as a strong candidate for fight of the year.

It has also demeaned Lamont Peterson, who despite surviving a...

David Cameron's decision to veto a proposed revision of the Lisbon Treaty in Brussels this week to save the euro marks a low point in Britain's relations with the rest of Europe. Shamelessly, he cited the national interest as his objective in the stance he was set on taking prior...