CounterVortex

10/27/2025

The regional head of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) for the Occupied Palestinian Territory warned that Israeli settlers are increasing violence against Palestinian farmers in the occupied West Bank. Ajith Sunghay said: "Settler violence... Read more‘Sky...

10/27/2025

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Russia calls up more reserves as Ukraine war stalls

10/26/2025

In Episode 301 of the CounterVortex podcast, Bill Weinberg offers his anarchist annotation of the New York City mayoral candidates' debate. He makes the case that the promise of "socialism" represented by Zohran Mamdani is (alas) not as real as... Read moreFascism, socialism and the NYC mayoral race

10/25/2025

Guatemala's Congress passed a law designating the Barrio 18 and MS-13 gangs as "terrorist organizations." The move came days after 20 Barrio 18 convicts broke out of the maximum-security Fraijanes II prison outside the capital. The new "Ley Anti-pandillas" provides for heavier... Read moreAnti-mara....

10/24/2025

Russian authorities are preparing to call up thousands of reservists for active military service—while insisting they will not be sent to Ukraine to fight. The Main Mobilization Directorate of the General Staff announced orders that men who have been drafted and... Read moreRussia calls up more re...

10/23/2025

A "small force" of US troops will remain at Iraq's Ain al-Asad air base in order to fight ISIS, the Baghdad government announced. The decision reverses plans for a full withdrawal of US forces from the base. Prime Minister Mohammed... Read moreUS troops to remain at Iraq air base

10/22/2025

United Nations human rights experts called on Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s government to clarify the fate and whereabouts of more than 120 individuals who appear to have been forcibly disappeared after the violent suppression of anti-government protests in 2018. The experts... Read moreUN ...

10/21/2025

Human Rights Watch condemned the adoption of a constitutional reform in Chad, stating that it could pose a significant setback to democracy and the rule of law by empowering current President Mahamat Idriss Déby to remain in power for generations to... Read moreChad: dynastic dictatorship consolida...

10/20/2025

Human Rights Watch called on Italy to revoke its migration cooperation agreement with Libya, saying the arrangement "has proven to be a framework for violence and suffering, and should be revoked, not renewed." The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the countries,... Read moreItaly urged to r...

10/20/2025

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Fighting breaks out along Durand Line

10/19/2025

In Episode 300 of the CounterVortex podcast (which coincidentally marks 24 years since the launch of his news blog in the immediate aftermath of 9-11), Bill Weinberg takes stock of the CounterVortex mission in light of the now urgently dire world... Read moreEpisode 300: the CounterVortex meta-rant

10/18/2025

Amnesty International called on Côte d'Ivoire authorities to end the repression of peaceful protests ahead of the upcoming presidential elections, following the dispersal of a demonstration by security forces in Abidjan and the arrest of 255 individuals. The Ivorian government's ban... Read moreCô...