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Sudan: ‘roadmap’ to peace —amid escalation to genocide

Bill Weinberg @billweinberg.bsky.social · 2d

The OTHER place where Trump is hawking a "peace" plan, yet #genocide continues on the ground unabated. Yet this one is receiving dramatically less attention. A reversal of the situation 20 years ago, when #SaveDarfur was the popular activist cause. Why is that? countervortex.org/blog/sudan-r...

After months of US-led negotiations, the United States, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (the "Quad") issued a "roadmap to peace" in Sudan, starting with a push for a three-month "huma...

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Bill Weinberg @billweinberg.bsky.social · 2d

The latest #CounterVortex headlines from #Morocco, #Madagascar, #Iran, #India, #China, #Colombia and #Chicago

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‘Gen Z’ uprisings in Morocco, Madagascar

Better anti than fa, thank you II | Bill Weinberg

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Bill Weinberg @billweinberg.bsky.social · 2d

#Trump's #NSPM7 explicitly identifies "anti-fascism" as a threat that must be targeted with the full power of the state. The
#CounterVortex deconstructs the propaganda being employed to impose #fascism in the United States. Listen (AND SUPPORT US) on Patreon... www.patreon.com/posts/better...

Podcast: Better anti than fa, thank you II

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Bill Weinberg @billweinberg.bsky.social · 3d

#Trump's #NSPM7 explicitly identifies "anti-fascism" as a threat that must be targeted with the full power of the state. The #CounterVortex continues to deconstruct the propaganda and apparatus being employed to impose a fascist order in the United States countervortex.org/blog/podcast...

Trump's call at Quantico for the armed forces to use American cities as "training grounds" and fight the "enemy within" was quickly followed by militarized ICE raids in Chicago and mobilization of the...

UN monitors warn of dramatic surge in executions in Iran

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Bill Weinberg @billweinberg.bsky.social · 5d

Rooting for the #AxisOfResistance? Don't.

countervortex.org/blog/un-moni...

The Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council reported that over 1,000 people have been executed in Iran in 2025, warning that this represents a dramatic escalation that violates international...

Better anti than fa, thank you | Bill Weinberg

Bill Weinberg @billweinberg.bsky.social · 7d

Government shut down. Consider it permanent. This moment will mark the death of American democracy.

Bill Weinberg @billweinberg.bsky.social · 9d

The latest #CounterVortex podcast. Anti-fascism is a duty, not a crime. Say it loud—I'm #Antifa and proud! Listen (and support us!) on Patreon...

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Bill Weinberg @billweinberg.bsky.social · 9d

The latest #CounterVortex weekly headlines from
#Syria (including #Rojava), #Mali, #Niger, #BurkinaFaso, the #Philippines, #China, #Tibet and #Portland
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Syria: clashes follow al-Sharaa ultimatum to SDF

Podcast: Better anti than fa, thank you

Bill Weinberg @billweinberg.bsky.social · 10d

There is no safety in playing it safe. This is the moment for mass defiance of the stigma. They can't arrest all of us. The more we capitulate to fear, the more likely what we fear will come about. Say it loud—I'm #antifa and proud! countervortex.org/blog/podcast...

Trump's executive order designating Antifa a "domestic terrorist organization" was quickly followed by a mobilization of federal troops to anarchist hotbed Portland and a highly unusual call for a gat...

Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso announce withdrawal from ICC

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Bill Weinberg @billweinberg.bsky.social · 11d

Saying it has become an “instrument of neo-colonialist repression.” Months after it issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu. That popping sound you hear is #tankie heads exploding. countervortex.org/blog/mali-ni...

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso announced that they will withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), accusing the tribunal of serving "imperial" rather than African interests. The three countri...

ICC prosecutors bring charges against Duterte

Bill Weinberg @billweinberg.bsky.social · 12d

Good. His body count dwarfs that of Pinochet, and he received a shamefully long honeymoon from large elements of the Philippine "left."
countervortex.org/blog/icc-pro...

International Criminal Court prosecutors brought charges against former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte for crimes against humanity, alleging he orchestrated thousands of murders during the grisl...

Chinese advocate for Tibetan rights arrested for ‘splittism’

Bill Weinberg @billweinberg.bsky.social · 13d

22 years old and facing life in prison... for creating a website advocating Han-Tibetan co-existence and solidarity. #FreeTara
countervortex.org/blog/chinese...

Human Rights Watch urged Chinese authorities to release activist Zhang Yadi (张雅笛), also known as Tara, after she was arrested for creating a digital platform advocating for Tibetan rights in the Chine...

Syria: clashes follow al-Sharaa ultimatum to SDF

Bill Weinberg @billweinberg.bsky.social · 15d

Blogged the disturbing events in northeast #Syria/#Rojava as well.... countervortex.org/blog/syria-c...

Fighting broke out in the village of Um Tineh, in Syria's Aleppo province, between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and forces aligned with the Damascus regime, leaving at least seven ci...

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Bill Weinberg @billweinberg.bsky.social · 16d

The latest #CounterVortex headlines from #Gaza, #Belarus, the #Baltics, #Spain, #Niger, #Zambia, #SriLanka and #Peru ....
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UN panel charges Israel committing genocide in Gaza

Charlie Kirk = Calvo Sotelo? | Bill Weinberg

Bill Weinberg @billweinberg.bsky.social · 16d

Some draw ominous analogy between #CharlieKirk & #HorstWessel, early martyr of Nazi cause. #CounterVortex podcast offers a more ominous analog still: to #JoséCalvoSotelo, the Spanish fascist whose assassination provided expedience for Franco’s coup. Listen on Patreon www.patreon.com/posts/139444...

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Bill Weinberg @billweinberg.bsky.social · 16d

In fact, I explicitly noted that Calvo Sotelo had already been scheming with Franco for a coup before he was killed.

Bill Weinberg @billweinberg.bsky.social · 16d

I'm encouraged to have a listener in Galicia, but I certainly didn't say Franco's golpe was "due" (debeu) to the assassination. I said that the assassination provided the "expedient." Very different.

Podcast: Charlie Kirk = Calvo Sotelo?

Bill Weinberg @billweinberg.bsky.social · 17d

Some draw analogy between #CharlieKirk & #HorstWessel, early martyr of the Nazi cause. The #CounterVortex podcast offers a more ominous analogy: to José Calvo Sotelo, the Spanish fascist leader whose assassination provided the expedience for Franco’s coup countervortex.org/blog/podcast...

Some are drawing an ominous analogy between Charlie Kirk and Horst Wessel, the early martyr of the Nazi cause. In Episode 296 of the CounterVortex podcast, Bill Weinberg offers a more ominous analogy ...

Zambia: toxic spill at Chinese-owned mine site

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Bill Weinberg @billweinberg.bsky.social · 20d

But no worries. This is that good multipolar toxic waste. Perfectly harmless. countervortex.org/blog/zambia-...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on Zambian authorities Sept. 11 to investigate the consequences of acid released into a river following the rupture of a dam holding mining waste, which has polluted lo...

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Bill Weinberg @billweinberg.bsky.social · 23d

The #CounterVortex weekly headlines from #Qatar, #Gaza, #Tunisia, #Mali, #Iran, #Nepal, #Thailand, #Mexico and #Utah
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Israeli strikes target Hamas in Qatar —and Greta Thunberg in Tunis?

Charlie Kirk = Horst Wessel | Bill Weinberg

Bill Weinberg @billweinberg.bsky.social · 23d

#CounterVortex breaks down the historical #DejaVu.... Listen (and support us) on Patreon.... www.patreon.com/posts/charli...

Podcast: Charlie Kirk = Horst Wessel

Bill Weinberg @billweinberg.bsky.social · 24d

#CharlieKirk could be more useful in death than in life to the consolidation of #fascism in the #USA: an American #HorstWessel. We break down the historical #DejaVu on the #CounterVortex #podcast.... countervortex.org/blog/podcast...

Charlie Kirk was not just a "conservative" but a white supremacist who denigrated the advances of the Civil Rights era and sought to impose patriarchical subjugation of all but white men. Yet he was o...

Nepal: youth uprising brings down government

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Bill Weinberg @billweinberg.bsky.social · 27d

Only AFTER the government shut down their social media sites. Will they never learn?
countervortex.org/blog/nepal-y...

Protests in Nepal finally turned violent as security forces opened fire on demonstrators, resulting in at least 19 deaths and over 400 injuries. Young activists who had been protesting government corr...

Israeli strikes target Hamas in Qatar —and Greta Thunberg in Tunis?

Bill Weinberg @billweinberg.bsky.social · 28d

I blogged it in a good amount of detail, if anyone's interested....
countervortex.org/blog/israeli...

Unprecedented Israeli air-strikes on buildings in Qatar's capital Doha apparently targeted senior members of Hamas' external leadership—precisely those involved in ceasefire negotiations. The Israel D...