CounterVortex

07/05/2025

Donald Trump's draconian immigration policies are to get a massive injection of cash thanks to the omnibus budget bill that the president signed into law on July 4. The bill includes over $170 billion in funding for new detention centers,... Read moreCongress approves Trump’s mass deportation forc...

07/04/2025

A court in Algeria sentenced French sports journalist Christophe Gleizes to seven years in prison on charges of "glorifying terrorism" and "possessing propaganda harmful to the national interest." Gleizes was arrested in Tizi Ouzou, in the restive Kabylie region, after interviewing the president.......

07/03/2025

President Donald Trump signed an executive order that terminates the majority of US sanctions imposed on Syria and associated designated persons. Lifting of the sanctions will represent in a significant opportunity for the ravaged Syrian economy. Sanctions against people and entities... Read moreUS....

07/02/2025

The Hong Kong Legislative Council passed a law that bans anyone convicted of a "national security" offense from forming or holding a leadership position within a union. The new law amends the Trade Union Ordinance, introducing a lifetime ban on union... Read moreHong Kong bars ‘national security.....

07/01/2025

At least seven have been killed and many more injured in anti-government protests that broke out in Togo's capital, Lomé. The demonstrations were called over recent constitutional reforms that could cement President Faure Gnassingbé's long hold on power. Gnassingbé, who has... Read moreProtests r...

06/30/2025

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Secretary General of the Council of Europe Alain Berset agreed to establish a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine. The agreement, supported by all 46 Council of Europe member states, will establish a tribunal... Read moreEurope, Ukr...

06/30/2025

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06/29/2025

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) announced that the recent killing of Palestinians trying to receive food from aid hubs may constitute a war crime, warning of a policy of "weaponized hunger" in the Gaza... Read moreUN warns of ‘weaponized hunger’ in Gaz...

06/28/2025

Amnesty International expressed concern over recurrent drone strikes conducted by Pakistan's military, which have caused unlawful loss of civilian lives. The rights group stated that the strikes in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have resulted in the deaths of 17 people this... Read morePakistan:...

06/27/2025

One result of the 12 days of war has been the intensification of repression inside Iran under the name of "defending the homeland" or "fighting espionage." According to reports, at least 700 people have been arrested on accusations of cooperating... Read moreIran: wave of repression in wake of bomba...

06/26/2025

In Episode 284 of the CounterVortex podcast, Bill Weinberg interviews Frieda Afary of the blog Iranian Progressives in Translation, author (most recently) of Socialist Feminism: A New Approach, and a longtime voice for democratic-secular opposition movements in Iran. How is the... Read morePodcast i...

06/25/2025

Two days after the US carried out air-strikes against Iran's nuclear sites in what is being dubbed Operation Midnight Hammer, Iran launched missiles at al-Udeid air base in Qatar, headquarters for US Central Command's regional operations and host to some 8,000 US... Read moreIran’s retaliation: ch...