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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...

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.

2 months ago | countervortex.org | Bill Weinberg

Speaking at the NATO summit in Brussels Feb.

Nov 13, 2024 | countervortex.org | Bill Weinberg

A spontaneous Friday-night phenomenon of mass youth bicycle rides from Zhengzhou, the capital of central China’s Henan province, to the nearby historical city of Kaifeng seemingly got out of control Nov. 8, prompting a crackdown from authorities. The ostensible goal of the 50-kilometer “Night Riding Army” (akin to Critical Mass in the West) was midnight partaking of Kaifeng’s famous soup dumplings, guàn tāng bāo.

Sep 12, 2024 | countervortex.org | Bill Weinberg

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