World War 4 Report becomes CounterVortex

Submitted by Bill Weinberg on Mon, 06/20/2016 - 02:47

World War 4 Report, the news service and digest we founded in the aftermath of 9-11, is being incorporated into a new domain: CounterVortex. We take this move in light of our expanding areas of coverage (beyond our original mandate of the Global War on Terrorism), and to emphasize positive alternatives to the consolidating dystopia. The planet is spiraling into a vortex of ecological collapse, permanent war, and totalitarianism—whether of the techo-security state or the religious and ethnic fundamentalisms that ostensibly oppose it. Through our resistance, we create a counter-vortex, generating movement toward sustainability, peace, and popular democracy.

While we advance a ruthless criticism of all existing reality, this is not an invitation to mere nihilism: in negating the leviathan that is itself negating human freedom and autonomy, we utlimately seek a negation of the negation.

This is something of a reboot, and we call upon our readers to help spread the word of our existence. We must also emphasize that this project still fails to break even, and we must call upon all who appreciate our work to support us with whatever you can.

Please support CounterVortex!

Submitted by Bill Weinberg on Mon, 06/27/2016 - 00:58

If you support our reboot, please give us some encouragement. We receive no foundation funding. We depend on our readers to sustain our daily, ongoing work. If you are reading this, that means you.

We currently have three monthly subscribers on Paypal—in the Bronx, NY; in Montreal, Quebec; and in Missoula, Mont. Will you be our next?

We've also received two one-time donations this month—from readers in New York, NY; and Norfolk, Va. If you don't want to make the commitment of being a monthly subscriber, you can help us out this way.

The minimum donation of $10 is considerably less than what you would spend if you bought a daily newspaper every day. Some of you may be old enough to remember this.

Even if you don't always agree with us, we hope you recognize the value of our work and ultra-dissident voice, and will do your small part to help keep it alive.

Remember: We are 100% reader-supported!

Thank you!

Summer fund drive tally moves forward

Submitted by Bill Weinberg on Tue, 07/05/2016 - 22:06

Two more donations from readers in New York, NY, have brought our summer fund drive total to $95. Help us break $100? Your turn, reader!

Summer fund drive tally moves forward again!

Submitted by Bill Weinberg on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 23:19

Thanks to a $10 subscription payment from our reader in Missoula, Mont., our summer fund drive tally now stands at $105. Thank you, Missoula! Who's next....?

If you are getting info you don't see anywhere else on CounterVortex, please help keep us going! We receive no foundation support, and depend on you!

Summer fund drive tally jumps again!

Submitted by Bill Weinberg on Sun, 07/10/2016 - 05:41

Thanks to another $25 donation from a reader in New York City, we are now up to $130!

Who's next?

Summer fund drive tally jumps again!

Submitted by Bill Weinberg on Mon, 07/18/2016 - 02:21

Thanks to a $10 subscription payment from our reader in Montreal, our summer fund drive tally now stands at $140. Thank you, Montreal! Who's next....?

If you are getting info you don't see anywhere else on CounterVortex, please help keep us going! We receive no foundation support, and depend on you!

Summer fund drive tally jumps again!

Submitted by Bill Weinberg on Sat, 08/13/2016 - 19:52

Thanks to two subscription payments and a one-time donation from a reader in Marietta, Ga., our summer fund drive tally now stands at $170. Can we make an even $300 this week?

Just three donations of $10 each would do it... Who's next?

Final count-down on summer fund drive

Submitted by Bill Weinberg on Thu, 09/08/2016 - 18:09

Thanks to a $10 subscription payment from our reader in Missoula, our summer fund drive tally now stands at $180. Thank you, Missoula! Who's next....?

If you are getting info you don't see anywhere else on CounterVortex, please help keep us going! We receive no foundation support, and depend on you!

Can we please make just $300 before summer officially ends on Sept. 21?

CounterVortex reviewed by Warlock Asylum

Submitted by Bill Weinberg on Mon, 09/12/2016 - 01:13

Warlock Asylum International News gives CounterVortex a five-star rating: "Weinberg has made it his responsibility to take on the often ignored perspectives that seem to seep through the cracks of mainstream media news reporting... [V]ery few writers can hold a candle to Bill Weinberg when it comes to critical journalism... On a scale of 1 to 5, I'm giving CounterVortex five stars."

Well, thank you, Warlock Asylum!

Warlock Asylum names Bill Weinberg 'Best News Journalist'

Submitted by Bill Weinberg on Wed, 02/01/2017 - 04:57

Warlock Asylum has named Yours Truly "Best News Journalist" of 2017, as well as "Activist of the Year." Now, the year is yet young, so I hope to live up to this honor. But dollars-to-hours, Warlock Asylum is probably right about the "hardest working journalist in New York City" part.

Summer fund drive in final stretch....

Submitted by Bill Weinberg on Tue, 09/13/2016 - 14:46

Thanks to a $10 subscription payment from our reader in Montreal, our summer fund drive tally now stands at $190. Thank you, Montreal! Who's next....?

If you are getting info you don't see anywhere else on CounterVortex, please help keep us going! We receive no foundation support, and depend on you!

Can we please make just $300 before summer officially ends on Sept. 21?

Summer fund drive breaks $200 in final stretch....

Submitted by Bill Weinberg on Thu, 09/15/2016 - 00:18

Thanks to a $20 donation from a reader in New York City, our summer fund drive tally now stands at $210. Thank you, New York City! Who's next....?

If you are getting info you don't see anywhere else on CounterVortex, please help keep us going! We receive no foundation support, and depend on you!

Can we please make just $300 before summer officially ends on Sept. 21? Just a $90 donation would get us there.

Summer fund drive in extra innings

Submitted by Bill Weinberg on Sat, 10/08/2016 - 17:30

OK, summer if over, but we still haven't quite made our $300 summer fund-drive goal. Thanks to a $10 subscription payment from our reader in Missoula, our tally now stands at $220. Thank you, Missoula! Just $80 to go. Who's next....?

If you are getting info you don't see anywhere else on CounterVortex, please help keep us going! We receive no foundation support, and depend on you!

Summer fund drive racing to the finish line

Submitted by Bill Weinberg on Wed, 10/12/2016 - 00:01

Thanks to a $50 donation from a long-time supporter in Brooklyn, our summer fund drive tally now stands at $270. Thank you, Brooklyn! Just $30 to go to reach our MODEST goal of $300. Who's next....?

Remember, CounterVortex is 100% reader-supported. We receive no foundation sponsorship, and our operating expenses are over $2,000 per year. Please do your part to keep out ultra-dissident voice alive.