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CounterVortex is a blog and news platform that offers clear and thorough daily updates and insights on US military actions and the "War on Terrorism." It covers topics such as resource conflicts, struggles for autonomy, and leftist viewpoints from the Middle East, Latin America, and beyond. This service has been providing news summaries and commentary since shortly after the events of September 11, 2001.

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MAGA-fascism and the dark side of 420

4 weeks ago | countervortex.org | Bill Weinberg

April 20 has become a national day of celebration for the hedonistic cannabis subculture, but it has also long been marked by the radical right and Nazi-nostalgists around the world for unsavory reasons. It now emerges that Trump’s Inauguration Day executive order declaring a state of emergency on the southern border also set a deadline of April 20 for a joint Pentagon-Homeland Security recommendation on whether to invoke the Insurrection Act.
Israeli intervention threatens Syria transition: UN testimony

1 month ago | countervortex.org | Bill Weinberg

Israel’s ongoing military actions in Syria undermine the Arab country’s political transition, and the opportunity for Syria and Israel to form a new security agreement, UN Assistant Secretary General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Khaled Khiari said before the Security Council on April 10.
Israel anti-Semitism confab embraces fascism -yes, really

1 month 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

2 months 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.
Trump prepares grab for Ukraine’s lithium

Feb 13, 2025 | countervortex.org | Bill Weinberg

Speaking at the NATO summit in Brussels Feb.
China: crackdown on Kaifeng Critical Mass

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.
Weekly News Update on the Americas

Sep 12, 2024 | countervortex.org | Bill Weinberg

Weekly News Update on the Americas is published nearly every Sunday (since 1990) by the Nicaragua Solidarity Network of Greater New York, 339 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10012; phone 212-674-9499; fax 212-674-9139; e-mail [email protected]. The Update is distributed via e-mail and regular mail, together with Immigration News Briefs, a weekly supplement. Free one-month trial subscriptions are available on request. Suggested donation for an e-mail subscription is $25 a year.
Mexican elections see record number of assassinations

Jun 6, 2024 | countervortex.org | Bill Weinberg

The results are in from Mexico’s June 2 presidential election and Claudia Sheinbaum of the ruling left-populist National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) has won by some 60%, handily defeating a rival backed by an alliance of the country’s more traditional political parties.
Netanyahu’s new map flap: multiple ironies

Jun 4, 2024 | countervortex.org | Bill Weinberg

Well, this is ironic multiple ways. Israel was forced to apologize to Morocco after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was seen in a video displaying a map of the Middle East an North Africa—that failed to show the occupied (and illegally annexed) territory of Western Sahara as within the kingdom’s borders.
Moscow terror: ISIS, Ukraine or ‘false flag’?

Mar 24, 2024 | countervortex.org | Bill Weinberg

A group of armed men opened fire at a concert hall in a Moscow suburb on the night of March 22, killing at least 133 people and injuring scores more. Video footage posted online showed at least two masked men in camo entering the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, repeatedly firing assault rifles as they advance. Another graphic video appears to show four men firing into the crowd in the seating area before a fire breaks out.