Bill Weinberg
@billweinberg.bsky.social
Journalist, blogger, ranter, raconteur. Pragmatic anti-dogmatic anarchist. Obsessive copy-editor. Support my CounterVortex podcast on Patreon. http://patreon.com/countervortex
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Podcast: Trump for War-is-Peace Prize II
Trump continues to pursue his perverse ambition to win the Nobel Peace Prize—now proffering "peace" plans for Ukraine and Gaza that would actually reward war crimes, and therefore portend wider war. I...
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Lest any of you have been taken in by #Trump's Orwellian talk of "peace" in #Ukraine and #Gaza, the #CounterVortex #podcast is here to rain on your deluded parade. You're welcome. countervortex.org/blog/podcast...
Lest any of you have been taken in by #Trump's Orwellian talk of "peace" in #Ukraine and #Gaza, the #CounterVortex podcast is here to rain on your deluded parade. You can thank us by supporting us on #Patreon. www.patreon.com/posts/trump-...
Trump for War-is-Peace Prize II | Bill Weinberg
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December 1, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Lest any of you have been taken in by #Trump's Orwellian talk of "peace" in #Ukraine and #Gaza, the #CounterVortex podcast is here to rain on your deluded parade. You can thank us by supporting us on #Patreon. www.patreon.com/posts/trump-...
The latest #CounterVortex weekly headlines from #Brazil, #Chad, #DRC, #Ukraine, #HongKong, #Afghanistan, #Gaza and #Venezuela
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COP30 deal sidesteps fossil fuel transition
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December 1, 2025 at 5:00 AM
The latest #CounterVortex weekly headlines from #Brazil, #Chad, #DRC, #Ukraine, #HongKong, #Afghanistan, #Gaza and #Venezuela
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Lest any of you have been taken in by #Trump's Orwellian talk of "peace" in #Ukraine and #Gaza, the #CounterVortex #podcast is here to rain on your deluded parade. You're welcome. countervortex.org/blog/podcast...
Podcast: Trump for War-is-Peace Prize II
Trump continues to pursue his perverse ambition to win the Nobel Peace Prize—now proffering "peace" plans for Ukraine and Gaza that would actually reward war crimes, and therefore portend wider war. I...
countervortex.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Lest any of you have been taken in by #Trump's Orwellian talk of "peace" in #Ukraine and #Gaza, the #CounterVortex #podcast is here to rain on your deluded parade. You're welcome. countervortex.org/blog/podcast...
So are the #tankies going to rally around this asshole too? Their political postures on the Ukraine war are IDENTICAL. And some people still say #RedBrownPolitics doesn't exist. *cough*
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Ex-MEP imprisoned in pro-Russia influence-buying
The former Wales leader of right-wing populist political party Reform UK, Nathan Gill, was imprisoned after pleading guilty to accepting bribes from Kremlin-linked figures. The Central Criminal Court ...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
So are the #tankies going to rally around this asshole too? Their political postures on the Ukraine war are IDENTICAL. And some people still say #RedBrownPolitics doesn't exist. *cough*
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The latest #CounterVortex weekly headlines from #Gaza, the #WestBank, #Syria, #SaudiArabia, #Brazil, #Ecuador and #NewYorkCity open.substack.com/pub/counterv...
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UN endorses US-backed Gaza ‘peace’ resolution
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November 24, 2025 at 6:09 AM
The latest #CounterVortex weekly headlines from #Gaza, the #WestBank, #Syria, #SaudiArabia, #Brazil, #Ecuador and #NewYorkCity open.substack.com/pub/counterv...
Al-Sharaa sells himself to the Great Powers as a partner to fight ISIS. What does this mean for the #SyrianRevolution as the anniversary of the fall of the Assad regime approaches? The #CounterVortex takes a look. Listen (and support us!) on #Patreon... www.patreon.com/posts/new-sy...
The new Syria in the Great Game | Bill Weinberg
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November 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Al-Sharaa sells himself to the Great Powers as a partner to fight ISIS. What does this mean for the #SyrianRevolution as the anniversary of the fall of the Assad regime approaches? The #CounterVortex takes a look. Listen (and support us!) on #Patreon... www.patreon.com/posts/new-sy...
Al-Sharaa meets with Putin in Moscow & Trump in Washington, selling himself to the Great Powers as a partner to fight ISIS. What does this mean for the #SyrianRevolution as anniversary of the fall of Assad approaches? The #CounterVortex podcast takes a look countervortex.org/blog/podcast...
Podcast: the new Syria in the Great Game
Syrian interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa's White House meeting with Donald Trump followed the removal of his Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) from the list of designated "terrorist organizations" both at th...
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November 24, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Al-Sharaa meets with Putin in Moscow & Trump in Washington, selling himself to the Great Powers as a partner to fight ISIS. What does this mean for the #SyrianRevolution as anniversary of the fall of Assad approaches? The #CounterVortex podcast takes a look countervortex.org/blog/podcast...
#CounterVortex podcast argues that Mamdani's election heightens the contradictions in American society in a salubrious way. Yet his pledge to destroy Manhattan's Elizabeth St Garden points to contradictions in Mamdani's own politics. Listen (& support) on #Patreon... www.patreon.com/posts/nyc-tu...
NYC turns up the volume! II | Bill Weinberg
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November 17, 2025 at 6:25 AM
#CounterVortex podcast argues that Mamdani's election heightens the contradictions in American society in a salubrious way. Yet his pledge to destroy Manhattan's Elizabeth St Garden points to contradictions in Mamdani's own politics. Listen (& support) on #Patreon... www.patreon.com/posts/nyc-tu...
The latest #CounterVortex headlines from #Gaza, #Lebanon, #Brazil, #ElSalvador, #Mexico, #Texas and #NewYorkCity ...
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Gaza and Lebanon: the ceasefires that aren’t
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November 17, 2025 at 6:11 AM
The latest #CounterVortex headlines from #Gaza, #Lebanon, #Brazil, #ElSalvador, #Mexico, #Texas and #NewYorkCity ...
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The #CounterVortex podcast continues its discussion of how #ZohranMamdani's election heightens the contradictions in American society in a salubrious way—despite his own internal contradictions that activists will need to challenge him on. countervortex.org/blog/podcast...
Podcast: NYC turns up the volume! II
Zohran Mamdani hasn't even taken office, and already there has been a physical skirmish between ICE agents and NYPD cops in Washington Heights. This portends a full-on confrontation between federal an...
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November 17, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The #CounterVortex podcast continues its discussion of how #ZohranMamdani's election heightens the contradictions in American society in a salubrious way—despite his own internal contradictions that activists will need to challenge him on. countervortex.org/blog/podcast...
My latest for #CannabisNow Magazine... The budget bill that ended the government shutdown includes a provision that bans hemp-derived #THC... cannabisnow.com/thc-at-issue...
New Legislation Bans Hemp-Derived THC
It was federal subsidies for healthcare that were center stage in the government shutdown and the Capitol Hill deal that finally ended it. But the fight over the heretofore ambiguous legal status of h...
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November 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
My latest for #CannabisNow Magazine... The budget bill that ended the government shutdown includes a provision that bans hemp-derived #THC... cannabisnow.com/thc-at-issue...
Fortunately, they have now been released, but it was not at all clear that they would be when they were sent to the CECOT for indefinite detention, without charge or conviction. I don't think people apprehend how close we are to Nazi-like levels of evil... countervortex.org/blog/deporte...
Deportees in El Salvador were tortured: report
Venezuelan nationals deported to El Salvador by the US government earlier this year were tortured and ill-treated, advocacy groups reported. According to a report jointly released by Human Rights Watc...
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November 16, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Fortunately, they have now been released, but it was not at all clear that they would be when they were sent to the CECOT for indefinite detention, without charge or conviction. I don't think people apprehend how close we are to Nazi-like levels of evil... countervortex.org/blog/deporte...
The latest #CounterVortex weekly headlines from #Sudan, #Nigeria, #Tunisia, #Venezuela, #Alaska, #Chicago and #NewYorkCity .... open.substack.com/pub/counterv...
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Sudan: atrocities as North Kordofan city falls to RSF
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November 10, 2025 at 6:03 AM
The latest #CounterVortex weekly headlines from #Sudan, #Nigeria, #Tunisia, #Venezuela, #Alaska, #Chicago and #NewYorkCity .... open.substack.com/pub/counterv...
The #CounterVortex podcast offers its take on the #ZohranMamdani victory. Paradoxically, it is the threat of #MAGA backlash that could keep Zohran true to his progressive and working class base. Listen (and support us!) on #Patreon... www.patreon.com/posts/nyc-tu...
NYC turns up the volume! | Bill Weinberg
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November 10, 2025 at 5:26 AM
The #CounterVortex podcast offers its take on the #ZohranMamdani victory. Paradoxically, it is the threat of #MAGA backlash that could keep Zohran true to his progressive and working class base. Listen (and support us!) on #Patreon... www.patreon.com/posts/nyc-tu...
#ZohranMamdani suffers from limitations that make him vulnerable to pressure from NYC's permanent government to betray his prole base. However, the #MAGA backlash to his mayoralty may help keep him true to that base. The #CounterVortex podcast breaks it down... countervortex.org/blog/podcast...
Podcast: NYC turns up the volume!
The anarchist critique of Zohran Mamdani's election in the New York City mayoral race reminds us that "socialist faces in high places" do not bring fundamental change, and Gotham has seen mayors befor...
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November 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
#ZohranMamdani suffers from limitations that make him vulnerable to pressure from NYC's permanent government to betray his prole base. However, the #MAGA backlash to his mayoralty may help keep him true to that base. The #CounterVortex podcast breaks it down... countervortex.org/blog/podcast...
I can't get over how lucky we are that we elected the isolationist peacenik Trump and not that neocon war-monger Kamala. Can you imagine? countervortex.org/blog/potenti...
Potential war crimes seen in Trump’s Caribbean airstrikes
UN human rights experts raised concern over "repeated and systematic lethal attacks" by the US military against vessels in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, which they said could constitute war crime...
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November 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I can't get over how lucky we are that we elected the isolationist peacenik Trump and not that neocon war-monger Kamala. Can you imagine? countervortex.org/blog/potenti...
It isn't just #Darfur. A second #ElFasher is unfolding at #Bara in #NorthKordofan state —to virtual silence from the outside world. countervortex.org/blog/sudan-a...
Sudan: atrocities as North Kordofan city falls to RSF
Summary executions of civilians by fighters of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are being reported from Bara city, in Sudan's North Kordofan state, after it was captured by the paramilitary army followi...
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November 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
It isn't just #Darfur. A second #ElFasher is unfolding at #Bara in #NorthKordofan state —to virtual silence from the outside world. countervortex.org/blog/sudan-a...
It was not just a blustering tweet this time, there is a bureaucratic process in motion. #Nigeria, #Venezuela.... while appeasing Russia and virtually finking out on #Article5? See a pattern here? Bullies never pick on someone their own size. countervortex.org/blog/trump-t...
Trump threatens Nigeria with military action, aid cut
US President Donald Trump said that he has ordered the Pentagon, or "Department of War," to prepare contingency plans for potential military action in Nigeria. Trump alleged that the Nigerian governme...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
It was not just a blustering tweet this time, there is a bureaucratic process in motion. #Nigeria, #Venezuela.... while appeasing Russia and virtually finking out on #Article5? See a pattern here? Bullies never pick on someone their own size. countervortex.org/blog/trump-t...
The latest #CounterVortex weekly headlines from #Sudan, #Cameroon, #Tanzania, the #WestBank, #Colombia and #Bolivia... open.substack.com/pub/counterv...
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Sudan: massacres, ‘execution spree’ as El Fasher falls to RSF
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November 3, 2025 at 6:25 AM
The latest #CounterVortex weekly headlines from #Sudan, #Cameroon, #Tanzania, the #WestBank, #Colombia and #Bolivia... open.substack.com/pub/counterv...
Remember #SaveDarfur? There is a sickening sense of deja vu here. How did the world allow this to happen? A view from the #CounterVortex on #Patreon... www.patreon.com/posts/darfur...
Darfur again —a genocide foretold | Bill Weinberg
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November 3, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Remember #SaveDarfur? There is a sickening sense of deja vu here. How did the world allow this to happen? A view from the #CounterVortex on #Patreon... www.patreon.com/posts/darfur...
Throughout the siege of #ElFasher, rights observers warned the city faced a general massacre when it fell to the Rapid Support Forces ( #RSF ). Amid the foretold massacre, calls now mount for #BDS against the #UAE, apparent underwriter of the genocidal RSF. countervortex.org/blog/podcast...
Podcast: Darfur again —a genocide foretold
Throughout the 18-month siege of El Fasher, capital of Sudan's North Darfur state, international human rights observers had been warning that the city's residents faced a general massacre when it even...
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November 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Throughout the siege of #ElFasher, rights observers warned the city faced a general massacre when it fell to the Rapid Support Forces ( #RSF ). Amid the foretold massacre, calls now mount for #BDS against the #UAE, apparent underwriter of the genocidal RSF. countervortex.org/blog/podcast...
@newhumanitarian.bsky.social The favela raid was Oct. 29, not Sept. 29. www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/10...
Massacre in El Fasher, Melissa’s devastation, and Gaza’s violent limbo: The Cheat Sheet
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues.
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November 1, 2025 at 1:27 AM
@newhumanitarian.bsky.social The favela raid was Oct. 29, not Sept. 29. www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/10...
Zohran is next. countervortex.org/blog/us-impo...
US imposes sanctions on Colombian president
The US administration announced sanctions against Colombian President Gustavo Petro, his family, and Colombia's Minister of the Interior Armando Benedetti. The US will also reduce financial assistance...
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October 30, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Zohran is next. countervortex.org/blog/us-impo...
I can't believe how little attention this is getting. The REAL double standard about #genocide is very helpful to Israel and its propagandists. The deeper the silence about #Darfur, the happier Bibi Netanyahu is.
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Sudan: massacres, ‘execution spree’ as El Fasher falls to RSF
Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have fired on fleeing civilians, plundered hospitals, and carried out over a dozen "field executions" in El Fasher in the days since the paramilitary army took the c...
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October 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I can't believe how little attention this is getting. The REAL double standard about #genocide is very helpful to Israel and its propagandists. The deeper the silence about #Darfur, the happier Bibi Netanyahu is.
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