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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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‘Black rain’ falls on Tehran amid US-Israeli strikes United Nations officials said that US and Israeli airstrikes on fuel depots in Tehran have released large amounts of toxic pollutants, producing acidic "black rain" across parts of the capital. Offici...

Horror.

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14.03.2026 05:09 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

I'm back. Did you miss me?

10.03.2026 21:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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CounterVortex weekly headlines War crime seen in Niger drone strike

The latest #CounterVortex weekly headlines from #Niger, #BurkinaFaso, #Russia, #Ukraine, #Argentina and #CostaRica

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16.02.2026 05:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Podcast: resist cellular hegemony! As the architecture of total surveillance falls inexorably into place, cellular technology comes to colonize more and more of daily human existence. Accepted in the banal interest of "convenience," th...

As the architecture of total surveillance falls into place, cellular tech colonizes more & more of daily human existence. Accepted in the interest of “convenience,” this trajectory ends in the extinction of human freedom, & the abolition of humanity itself countervortex.org/blog/podcast...

16.02.2026 04:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Resist cellular hegemony! | Bill Weinberg Get more from Bill Weinberg on Patreon

Another #CounterVortex podcast with unique insights into the most important issue facing the human race at this moment, and certainly its most under-appreciated danger, Listen on #Patreon.

www.patreon.com/posts/resist...

16.02.2026 04:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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UN denounces Russian conviction of ICC prosecutor UN human rights experts decried Russia's conviction of nine International Criminal Court (ICC) officials, calling the ruling a "flagrant violation of international law." After a trial held in absentia...

So the same ICC prosecutors being sanctioned by Trump are being prosecuted by Putin. How do the #tankies square it? Why don't they just admit they are on the same side as #MAGA? One day they will. You heard it here first.

countervortex.org/blog/un-deno...

09.02.2026 20:21 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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CounterVortex weekly headlines Amnesty International condemns US attack on Venezuela

The latest #CounterVortex headlines from #Venezuela, #Pakistan, #Denmark, #Canada, #PlanetEarth and the #Moon.

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09.02.2026 04:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Lunar hubris and the end of the Earth | Bill Weinberg Get more from Bill Weinberg on Patreon

Plans by Trump & Putin to build AI-run reactors on the Moon unveiled as @bulletinatomic.bsky.social moves #DoomsdayClock to mere seconds to midnight. The #CounterVortex weighs the diminishing odds for humanity's survival. Listen on #Patreon... www.patreon.com/posts/lunar-...

09.02.2026 03:17 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Podcast: lunar hubris and the end of the Earth Plans by Trump's fascist tech bros as well as Putin and Xi to build AI-run nuclear reactors on the Moon open jurisdictional dilemmas that far outpace the modest UN efforts to put a regulation regime i...

Plans by Trump's fascist tech bros, Putin & Xi to build AI-run reactors on Moon unveiled just as @bulletinatomic.bsky.social moves #DoomsdayClock to unprecedented 85 sec to midnight. #CounterVortex argues for an abolitionist stance on AI, space & nuclear tech alike countervortex.org/blog/lunar-h...

08.02.2026 21:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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From Iran to Minnesota | Antidote Zine For Tehran-Minneapolis solidarity! Down with all tyrants!

The #TwinCities #anarchist zine Antidote runs a transcript of my podcast about #Iran and #Minneapolis... antidotezine.com/2026/02/04/f...

05.02.2026 08:10 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Twilight of Rojava? | Bill Weinberg Get more from Bill Weinberg on Patreon

The #CounterVortex podcast looks at the the escalation in northeast #Syria, the threat of #Arab-#Kurdish ethnic war, and the odds for a plurinational solution. Listen (and support us) on #Patreon... www.patreon.com/posts/twilig...

02.02.2026 05:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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CounterVortex weekly headlines Russia joins US in betraying Syrian Kurds

The latest #CounterVortex weekly headlines from #Syria, #Kurdistan, #Iran, #Kazakhstan, #China, #France, #FrenchGuiana, #Guadeloupe, #Guyana, #Suriname, and #Argentina ..... countervortex.substack.com/p/countervor...

02.02.2026 04:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Podcast: twilight of Rojava? A last-minute "permanent ceasefire" may mean that northeast Syria is back from the brink of Arab-Kurdish ethnic war. But ceasefires have repeatedly broken down since fighting resumed earlier this year...

Half my friends are cheering this development & the other half decrying it. I hope I say some things to challenge both sides, & contribute (however modestly) to the cause of Arab-Kurdish peace in #Syria, & a #plurinational model for the country's future... countervortex.org/blog/podcast...

01.02.2026 23:19 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Today Greenland, tomorrow the world | Bill Weinberg Get more from Bill Weinberg on Patreon

In #Trump's #Greenland gambit, the island is a pawn in the drive to divide NATO and establish a #FascistWorldOrder. The #CounterVortex calls for centering indigenous #Inuit voices on #KalaallitNunaat, and repudiation of annexationist designs. Listen on #Patreon... www.patreon.com/posts/today-...

27.01.2026 07:06 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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CounterVortex weekly headlines Rule of law under attack amid rising authoritarianism in US: Amnesty International

The #CounterVortex weekly headlines from #Minnesota, #Texas, #Gaza, #Syria, #Kurdistan, #Libya, #Burma, #Guatemala and #Greenland...
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27.01.2026 06:26 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Suffering from a cold... the proverbial day late and dollar short. Just posted.

26.01.2026 22:49 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Today Greenland, tomorrow the world Trump's Greenland annexation drive is only secondarily about the strategic minerals, but fundamentally driven by a geostrategic design to divide the planet with Putin. Even if his belated and equivoca...

In #Trump's #Greenland gambit, the island is a pawn in drive to divide NATO & establish a #FascistWorldOrder. #CounterVortex podcast calls for centering indigenous Inuit voices on the future of #KalaallitNunaat, & repudiation of annexationist designs. countervortex.org/blog/today-g...

26.01.2026 22:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Iran & Minneapolis: fearful symmetry | Bill Weinberg Get more from Bill Weinberg on Patreon

Don't fall for divide-&-rule. The protesters in Iran & Minneapolis are natural allies in struggle against authoritarian rule—whether of Ayatollah Khamenei or Donald Trump. We break it down on the #CounterVortex podcast. Listen (& support us) on #Patreon... www.patreon.com/posts/iran-m...

19.01.2026 06:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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CounterVortex weekly headlines Next week: the end of Rojava? Meanwhile.....

The latest #CounterVortex headlines from #Iran, #Ukraine, #Venezuela, #Greenland and #Minnesota... countervortex.substack.com/p/countervor...

19.01.2026 06:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Iran & Minneapolis: fearful symmetry As ICE agents open fire on protesters in Minneapolis, Portland and Los Angeles, Trump frames his military threats against Iran in terms of human rights and democracy—an atypical nod back to the neocon...

Don't fall for the global divide-and-rule stratagem. The protesters in #Iran and #Minneapolis are natural allies in the struggle against authoritarian rule—whether of #AyatollahAliKhamenei or #DonaldTrump. We break it down on the #CounterVortex podcast... countervortex.org/blog/iran-an...

19.01.2026 00:26 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Bob Weir, Grateful Dead co-founder, passes on at 78 (Bob Weir) Bob Weir, who helped define the sound of the Grateful Dead, flagship band of the 1960s San Francisco scene, died Jan. 10 at the age of 78.

Call me a geek (hey, I've been called worse), but I couldn't resist writing an obit for Bobby....
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13.01.2026 00:32 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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CounterVortex weekly headlines Next week: Iran between Trump and the Ayatollahs.

The latest #CounterVortex weekly headlines from #Venezuela, #Palestine, #Syria, #Ukraine and #Uganda. Next week: #Iran between Trump and the Ayatollahs. countervortex.substack.com/publish/post...

12.01.2026 06:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Venezuela and Ukraine: forbidden symmetry | Bill Weinberg Get more from Bill Weinberg on Patreon

#Trump & #Putin are dividing the world. Vlad gets Ukraine, Don gets Venezuela. Therefore, to betray #Ukraine is to betray #Venezuela. Campism has never made less sense. The
#CounterVortex podcast breaks it down. Listen (and support us!) on #Patreon.... www.patreon.com/posts/venezu...

12.01.2026 05:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Venezuela and Ukraine: forbidden symmetry A close reading of the facts indicates that Putin and Trump worked out a global carve-up in which Russia gets Ukraine and the US gets Venezuela. This was implicitly acknowledged in the "Trump Corollar...

#Trump & #Putin are dividing the world. Vladimir gets Ukraine, Donald gets Venezuela. Therefore, to betray #Ukraine is to betray #Venezuela. Campism has never made less sense. The #CounterVortex podcast breaks it down. countervortex.org/blog/venezue...

11.01.2026 18:59 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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CounterVortex weekly headlines Next week: Trump’s attack on Venezuela (of course).

The latest #CounterVortex weekly headlines from #Somalia, #WesternSahara, #Mali, #Niger, #BurkinaFaso, #Syria, #Turkey, #Iran, #Finland, #Estonia and #Venezuela (of course)
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05.01.2026 06:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Somaliland and Western Sahara: forbidden symmetry | Bill Weinberg Get more from Bill Weinberg on Patreon

#Israel is the 1st country to recognize the #RepublicOfSomaliland, yet also joined with the US as the only 2 countries to recognize Morocco's sovereignty over #WesternSahara—a betrayal of the occupied #Sahrawi people. The #CounterVortex podcast breaks it down. www.patreon.com/posts/somali...

05.01.2026 05:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Somaliland and Western Sahara: forbidden symmetry Israel has become the first country on Earth to recognize the de facto independent Republic of Somaliland, in exchange for a commitment from Somaliland to join the Abraham Accordsand recognize Israel....

#Israel is the 1st country to recognize the #RepublicOfSomaliland, yet also joined with the US as the only 2 countries to recognize Morocco's sovereignty over #WesternSahara—a betrayal of the occupied #Sahrawi people. #CounterVortex podcast breaks it down. countervortex.org/blog/somalil...

05.01.2026 00:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Sahel states launch new joint counter-insurgency force At an air base in Bamako, Mali's military ruler Gen. Assimi Goita presided over a ceremony marking the launch of a unified force for three Sahel states to fight the rising tide of jihadist insurgency ...

These Russian-backed coup regimes are escalating to genocide... and if you don't know about it, it's because the mainstream media largely ignore it, while the "alternative" media (sic!) are actively covering it up. countervortex.org/blog/sahel-s...

02.01.2026 19:33 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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CounterVortex weekly headlines US strikes supposed ISIS targets in Nigeria

The latest #CounterVortex headlines from #Nigeria, #Palestine, #Iran, #Burma, #Venezuela and #Chile

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29.12.2025 05:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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MAGA-fascism and the struggle in Nigeria | Bill Weinberg Get more from Bill Weinberg on Patreon

An in-depth look at an under-reported conflict where the #Trump regime has just blundered in with blind bellicosity. The #CounterVortex breaks down the actual dynamics of the internal wars (yes, plural) in #Nigeria... Listen (and support us) on #Patreon....

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