Bill Weinberg

New York

Journalist, blogger, ranter, raconteur. Pragmatic anti-dogmatic anarchist. Obsessive copy-editor. Support my podcast on Patreon. https://t.co/cWPJxUdrCG

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Articles

Israel anti-Semitism confab embraces fascism -yes, really

3 weeks ago | countervortex.org | Bill Weinberg

Speaking at an International Conference on Combating Antisemitism held in Jerusalem last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned against “the fires of anti-Semitism” in Europe and blamed stateside campus protests against Israel’s bombardment of Gaza on “a systemic alliance between the ultra-progressive left and radical Islam.” But the conference, hosted by Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs & Combating Antisemitism, revealed a systemic alliance between Netanyahu’s...
External, internal challenges for Syrian Revolution

1 month ago | countervortex.org | Bill Weinberg

Up to 70 have been killed in fighting between forces of Syria’s transitional government and apparent loyalists of ousted dictator Bashar Assad. The clashes began March 6 when 15 members of the new government’s security forces were killed in ambushes near the town of Jableh in the coastal province of Latakia, heartland of the Alawite minority and stronghold of support for the old regime.
Intoxicating Hemp Swindle

1 month ago | projectcbd.org | Bill Weinberg

A new study from an industry advocacy group in California examines the content of dozens of unregulated intoxicating “hemp” products that are easily available in the Golden State despite being banned by state law. The study, entitled “The Great Hemp Hoax,” was released Feb. 13 by the San Diego/Imperial Counties Joint Labor Management Cannabis Committee — made up of representatives of UFCW Local 135, and local companies March & Ash and Embarc.
Trump prepares grab for Ukraine’s lithium

2 months ago | countervortex.org | Bill Weinberg

Speaking at the NATO summit in Brussels Feb.
Gaza and MAGA-fascism | Bill Weinberg

Jan 21, 2025 | patreon.com | Bill Weinberg

In Episode 261 of the CounterVortex podcast, Bill Weinberg urges that Donald Trump is an illegitimate president under the 14th Amendment, and that any propaganda exploitation of the Gaza ceasefire to sell his fascist agenda to progressives must be rejected.
Nullify the election! VI | Bill Weinberg

Jan 12, 2025 | patreon.com | Bill Weinberg

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Nullify the election! V | Bill Weinberg

Jan 5, 2025 | patreon.com | Bill Weinberg

Mere days before Congress is to certify the Electoral College votes, a movement has finally emerged to have Donald Trump disqualified from office under the Insurrection Clause of the 14th Amendment. A "14th Now March" in Washington is raising the demand, and is being promoted by the podcast and vlog Lights On with Jessica Denson.
Rojava and the Rohingya: fearful symmetry | Bill Weinberg

Dec 29, 2024 | patreon.com | Bill Weinberg

Three weeks after the fall of the Bashar Assad dictatorship, the only fighting in Syria remains between Arab and Kurdish militias—holding grim potential for destabilization of the democratic revolution. Kurds had been persecuted and even denied citizenship under the Assad regime, but the invasion of their autonomous territory of Rojava by the Turkish-backed rebels of the Syrian National Army (SNA) drove them into a paradoxical tactical alliance with the dictatorship.
Nullify the election! IV | Bill Weinberg

Dec 22, 2024 | patreon.com | Bill Weinberg

Around the world, with inspiring heroism and courage, people are putting everything on the line to defend democracy and prevent the consolidation of dictatorships. In the Republic of Georgia, protests continue in the wake of contested elections that consolidated the rule of an authoritarian pro-Russia party, and the incumbent opposition-backed president is refusing to step down until new polls are held.
Free Syria and the Kurdish question | Bill Weinberg

Dec 15, 2024 | patreon.com | Bill Weinberg

Amid jubilation following the overthrow of long-ruling dictator Bashar Assad, the only fighting in Syria is now between Arabs and Kurds—as the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) expels the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) from the town of Manbij. Ankara's design is clearly to expunge the Kurdish autonomous zone in the northeast region of Rojava. Yet there are also positive signs of an accommodation between the Rojava Kurds and the new revolutionary administration in Damascus.