culture wars – CounterVortex https://countervortex.org Resisting Humanity's Downward Spiral Mon, 22 Jun 2026 03:53:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://countervortex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/newsflash_logo-1-300x300.png culture wars – CounterVortex https://countervortex.org 32 32 Podcast: Resist digital hegemony! https://countervortex.org/blog/podcast-resist-digital-hegemony/ https://countervortex.org/blog/podcast-resist-digital-hegemony/#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2026 23:12:07 +0000 https://countervortex.org/?post_type=blog&p=25358 raising the alarm about the decline of literacy under the relentless assault of totalized digital immersion—finally catching up to what CounterVortex blogger and ranter Bill Weinberg has been saying for years (although sneering denialism about the problem remains fashionable). Worldwide, the humanities are being abandoned in favor of STEM, while social media overtakes "legacy media" as a source of "news"—or (as is more often the case) sinister propaganda. In Episode 333 of the CounterVortex podcast, Bill takes stock of this grave and still under-appreciated threat to the survival of democracy and humanity itself—and looks for signs of practical resistance. (Image: Earth First! Newswire)]]> Voices from within the academy are now raising the alarm about the decline of literacy under the relentless assault of totalized digital immersion—finally catching up to what CounterVortex blogger and ranter Bill Weinberg has been saying for years (although sneering denialism about the problem remains fashionable). Worldwide, the humanities are being abandoned in favor of STEM, while social media overtakes “legacy media” as a source of “news”—or (as is more often the case) sinister propaganda. In Episode 333 of the CounterVortex podcast, Bill takes stock of this grave and still under-appreciated threat to the survival of democracy and humanity itself—and looks for signs of practical resistance.

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Books discussed:

The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas G. Carr, Norton 2020

Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge from Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic by Simon Winchester, Harper Collins 2023

The Reticular Society by Ian Alan Paul, PM Press 2026

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]]> https://countervortex.org/blog/podcast-resist-digital-hegemony/feed/ 1 Podcast: The Space Trilogy revisited https://countervortex.org/blog/podcast-the-space-trilogy-revisited/ https://countervortex.org/blog/podcast-the-space-trilogy-revisited/#respond Sun, 14 Jun 2026 22:11:32 +0000 https://countervortex.org/?post_type=blog&p=25343 CS Lewis is mainly seen as either a purveyor of goopy children's literature or a Christian moralist fuddy-duddy. But Lewis' Space Trilogy—fantastic literature for adults, or "philosophical science fiction"—also reveals him as a dystopian prophet in the tradition of Orwell. The first two books in the series, Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra, are a critique of space imperialism that anticipated the Avatar movies. But the final one, That Hideous Strength, is particularly relevant for our historical moment, as it anticipated rule by fascist tech bros with hubristic visions of remaking (or abolishing) humanity. In Episode 332of the CounterVortex podcast, Bill Weinberg makes the case that Lewis offered a vital critique of technocracy and "transhumanism" that is now urgently needed, as humanity stands at the cusp of his worst nightmares. (Image via Diary of an Autodidact)]]> CS Lewis is mainly seen as either a purveyor of goopy children’s literature or a Christian moralist fuddy-duddy. But Lewis’ Space Trilogy—fantastic literature for adults, or “philosophical science fiction”—also reveals him as a dystopian prophet in the tradition of Orwell. The first two books in the series, Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra, are a critique of space imperialism that anticipated the Avatar movies. But the final one, That Hideous Strength, is particularly relevant for our historical moment, as it anticipated rule by fascist tech bros with hubristic visions of remaking (or abolishing) humanity. In Episode 332 of the CounterVortex podcast, Bill Weinberg makes the case that Lewis offered a vital critique of technocracy and “transhumanism” that is now urgently needed, as humanity stands at the cusp of his worst nightmares.

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]]> https://countervortex.org/blog/podcast-the-space-trilogy-revisited/feed/ 0 Podcast: world revolution & the digital contradiction https://countervortex.org/blog/podcast-world-revolution-the-digital-contradiction/ https://countervortex.org/blog/podcast-world-revolution-the-digital-contradiction/#respond Sun, 05 Apr 2026 18:45:25 +0000 https://countervortex.org/?post_type=blog&p=25196 break out in Russia over the new internet restrictions imposed by the Putin regime, while social media and instant messaging have become the "new public square" for the Gen Z protests that have swept the planet over the past months. Exemplifying the identification with online culture, a pirate flag from a Japanese anime series has become the global emblem of the Gen Z resistance. The new youth social media bans in a growing number of countries are opposed by human rights and civil-liberties groups for good reason. Yet the dystopian side of digital technology becomes more apparent each day—from the climate impacts of data centers, to cynical attempts to sell nuclear power as "clean energy" (sic!) to meet the surging electricity demand, to the digital colonization of human consciousness. Protests are also emerging to the new techno-fascism, and this critique must be central to any true oppositional movement. In Episode 321 of the CounterVortex podcast, Bill Weinberg grapples with the contradiction. (Composite image via GIGA. Gen Z protesters in different countries use appropriated image from One Piece manga. Fair use rights asserted.)]]> Protests break out in Russia over the new internet restrictions imposed by the Putin regime, while social media and instant messaging have become the “new public square” for the Gen Z protests that have swept the planet over the past months. Exemplifying the identification with online culture, a pirate flag from a Japanese anime series has become the global emblem of the Gen Z resistance. The new youth social media bans in a growing number of countries are opposed by human rights and civil-liberties groups for good reason. Yet the dystopian side of digital technology becomes more apparent each day—from the climate impacts of data centers, to cynical attempts to sell nuclear power as “clean energy” (sic!) to meet the surging electricity demand, to the digital colonization of human consciousness. Protests are also emerging to the new techno-fascism, and this critique must be central to any true oppositional movement. In Episode 321 of the CounterVortex podcast, Bill Weinberg grapples with the contradiction.

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]]> https://countervortex.org/blog/podcast-world-revolution-the-digital-contradiction/feed/ 0 Podcast: the other Russia —from Tolstoy to Komyagin https://countervortex.org/blog/podcast-the-other-russia-from-tolstoy-to-komyagin/ https://countervortex.org/blog/podcast-the-other-russia-from-tolstoy-to-komyagin/#respond Sun, 29 Mar 2026 22:11:27 +0000 https://countervortex.org/?post_type=blog&p=25180 new offensive in Ukraine with an unprecedented wave of drone and missile strikes across the country—even hitting an historic monastery in Lviv. Meanwhile, two young Russian poets, Artyom Kamardin and Yegor Shtovba, remain imprisoned on "state subversion" charges related to public readings of anti-war poetry. They join other imprisoned anti-war poet-activists, such as Daria Kozyreva, and numerous artists and activists imprisoned for opposing the new dictatorship of Vladimir Putin. The recently passed Russian rocker Nikolay Komyagin, frontman for the post-punk band Shortparis, was also an icon of artistic resistance. Long known for their defiant sound, after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine they released the music video "Apple Orchard," on an anti-war theme—getting them being blacklisted from major venues in Russia. In Episode 320 of the CounterVortex podcast, Bill Weinberg places these courageous voices in the context of a dissident tradition in Russia under the dictatorships of the czars, the Soviets, and now Putin—from Leo Tolstoy to Shortparis. (Composite image by CounterVortex from Ilya Efimovich Repin via Wikimedia Commons and Sasha Braulov via Instagram)]]> Eclipsed from the headlines by the war in the Middle East, Russia launches a new offensive in Ukraine with an unprecedented wave of drone and missile strikes across the country—even hitting an historic monastery in Lviv. Meanwhile, two young Russian poets, Artyom Kamardin and Yegor Shtovba, remain imprisoned on “state subversion” charges related to public readings of anti-war poetry. They join other imprisoned anti-war poet-activists, such as Daria Kozyreva, and numerous artists and activists imprisoned for opposing the new dictatorship of Vladimir Putin. The recently passed Russian rocker Nikolay Komyagin, frontman for the post-punk band Shortparis, was also an icon of artistic resistance. Long known for their defiant sound, after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine they released the music video “Apple Orchard,” on an anti-war theme—resulting in them being blacklisted from major venues in Russia. In Episode 320 of the CounterVortex podcast, Bill Weinberg places these courageous voices in the context of a dissident tradition in Russia under the dictatorships of the czars, the Soviets, and now Putin—from Leo Tolstoy to Shortparis.

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Book discussed:

Tolstoy’s Search for the Kingdom of God: Gender and Queer Anarchism by Javier Sethness Castro, Routledge 2025

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]]> https://countervortex.org/blog/podcast-the-other-russia-from-tolstoy-to-komyagin/feed/ 0 Podcast: resist cellular hegemony! https://countervortex.org/blog/podcast-resist-cellular-hegemony/ https://countervortex.org/blog/podcast-resist-cellular-hegemony/#respond Sun, 15 Feb 2026 19:24:41 +0000 https://countervortex.org/?post_type=blog&p=25094 architecture of total surveillance falls inexorably into place, cellular technology comes to colonize more and more of daily human existence. Accepted in the banal interest of "convenience," this trajectory ultimately ends in not only the extinction of human freedom, but the abolition of humanity itself—an idea openly embraced by the fascist tech bros as "transhumanism," and warned of by CS Lewis in his eerily prescient 1943 work The Abolition of Man. In Episode 317 of the CounterVortex podcast, Bill Weinberg urges a revolution of everyday life, in which we start saying no to the relentless encroachment of cellular and digital technology. (Image: Wikipedia, modified by CounterVortex)]]> As the architecture of total surveillance falls inexorably into place, cellular technology comes to colonize more and more of daily human existence. Accepted in the banal interest of “convenience,” this trajectory ultimately ends in not only the extinction of human freedom, but the abolition of humanity itself—an idea openly embraced by the fascist tech bros as “transhumanism,” and warned of by CS Lewis in his eerily prescient 1943 work The Abolition of Man.  In Episode 317 of the CounterVortex podcast, Bill Weinberg urges a revolution of everyday life, in which we start saying no to the relentless encroachment of cellular and digital technology.

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]]> https://countervortex.org/blog/podcast-resist-cellular-hegemony/feed/ 0 ‘Swan Lake’ anti-Putin protest in St Petersburg https://countervortex.org/blog/swan-lake-anti-putin-protest-in-st-petersburg/ https://countervortex.org/blog/swan-lake-anti-putin-protest-in-st-petersburg/#respond Fri, 17 Oct 2025 18:34:02 +0000 https://countervortex.org/?post_type=blog&p=24785 gathered in a square in the center of St. Petersburg to defy censorship by performing a banned song that calls (in barely veiled terms) for the overthrow of Vladimir Putin. The crowd converged on the city's iconic Palace Square to sing "Swan Lake Cooperative" by exiled rapper Noize MC, which was outlawed in May when judicial authorities labeled it "extremist." The song title refers to the practice in Soviet times of suspending all regular TV and radio broadcasts to play Tchaikovsky's ballet "Swan Lake" continuously whenever the old leader died or was deposed and the transition to a new one was underway. The lyrics go: "The old man still clings to his throne... When the czar dies, we'll dance again, 'Swan Lake' on every screen... I want to watch the ballet... Let the old man shake in fear..." (Photo: Kanal13)]]> Hundreds of young Russians gathered in a square in the center of St. Petersburg on the night of Oct. 14 to defy censorship by performing a banned song that calls (in barely veiled terms) for the overthrow of Vladimir Putin. The crowd converged on the city’s iconic Palace Square to sing “Swan Lake Cooperative” by exiled rapper Noize MC, which was outlawed in May when judicial authorities labeled it “extremist.” The song title refers to the practice in Soviet times of suspending all regular TV and radio broadcasts to play Tchaikovsky’s ballet “Swan Lake” continuously whenever the old leader died or was deposed and the transition to a new one was underway. The lyrics go: “The old man still clings to his throne… When the czar dies, we’ll dance again, ‘Swan Lake’ on every screen… I want to watch the ballet… Let the old man shake in fear…”

Russia’s Justice Ministry labelled Noize MC (real name Ivan Alexeyev) a “foreign agent” in November 2022. He had fled to Lithuania earlier that year, with the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. He continues to produce his music in Lithuanian exile.

The performance in Palace Square was led by 18-year-old singer Diana Loginova, stage name Naoko, and a small ensemble. After a video of the performance went viral, she was arrested. The band’s drummer and guitarist were also questioned but later released. Loginova could face charges of “discrediting” the Russian Armed Forces and organizing an unauthorized public event, punishable by prison. (TVP World, TVP World, The Independent)

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Photo: Kanal13

]]> https://countervortex.org/blog/swan-lake-anti-putin-protest-in-st-petersburg/feed/ 0 ‘Gen Z’ uprisings in Morocco, Madagascar https://countervortex.org/blog/gen-z-uprisings-in-morocco-madagascar/ https://countervortex.org/blog/gen-z-uprisings-in-morocco-madagascar/#comments Sat, 04 Oct 2025 17:18:07 +0000 https://countervortex.org/?post_type=blog&p=24760 announced the dissolution of the government in response to youth protests over power and water shortages. The UN criticized Malagasy authorities' response to the demonstrations, reporting at least 22 people killed and hundreds injured. The Madagascar demonstrations were also organized under the banner of "Gen Z." (Photo via Mika R/Twitter. Madagascar protesters use appropriated image from One Piece manga series.)]]> Youth-led protests demanding better education and healthcare in Morocco escalated into violent clashes with security forces on Sept. 30, the fourth consecutive day of angry demonstrations across several cities. The protests were organized online by a loose network calling itself “GenZ 212,” after Morocco’s country code. In the southern cities of Tiznit, Inzegane and Ait Amira, as well as the eastern city of Oujda and Temara near the capital Rabat, hundreds of protesters hurled stones at security forces attempting to disperse the gatherings. On Oct. 2, at least two protesters were killed when police opened fire in Lqliaa, near the coastal city of Agadir. Authorities said the troops fired to prevent protesters from storming a police station. (Reuters, BBC News, NYT, PRI)

Also Sept. 30, Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina announced the dissolution of the government led by Prime Minister Christian Ntsay, in response to widespread youth-led protests over power and water shortages.

The UN criticized Malagasy authorities’ response to the demonstrations, reporting that at least 22 people have been killed and hundreds injured. The victims included protesters and bystanders killed by the security forces, as well as some killed in violence by gangs exploiting the chaos. The Madagascar demonstrations were also organized under the banner of “Gen Z.”

This is not the first time that President Rajoelina has experienced popular unrest; as the incumbent candidate in October 2023, he was injured during protests over the presidential election. Nevertheless, these recent demonstrations have been described as the most serious challenge he has experienced since his re-election in the 2023 polls. (Jurist, PRI)

Note: Spikes in the price of food and fuel since the start of the Ukraine war in 2022 have contributed to popular privation and unrest worldwide.

Photo via Mika R/Twitter. Madagascar protesters use appropriated image from One Piece manga series.

]]> https://countervortex.org/blog/gen-z-uprisings-in-morocco-madagascar/feed/ 5 Podcast: The Twenty-Fifth Hour revisited https://countervortex.org/blog/podcast-the-twenty-fifth-hour-revisited/ https://countervortex.org/blog/podcast-the-twenty-fifth-hour-revisited/#respond Sun, 07 Sep 2025 17:19:33 +0000 https://countervortex.org/?post_type=blog&p=24705 Kilmar Abrego García, shunted from detention in one country to another, with no end in sight, recalls the World War II-era classic of dystopian fiction The Twenty-Fifth Hour by Romanian writer C. Virgil Gheorghiu. The wartime transnational detention system, harrowingly depicted in the novel, was seen by Gheorghiu as an inevitable manifestation of our technocratic civilization that exalts the machine above humanity, ultimately resulting in the treatment of human beings as mere cogs in the state-industrial apparatus. This process is more advanced today with the current hypertrophy of the technosphere, which is related to the re-emergence of abuses approaching those of the fascist era, and ultimately bodes poorly for humanity's future. In Episode 294 of the CounterVortex podcast, Bill Weinberg takes an unsparing look at this grim juncture for the human race. (Image via Cocosse)]]> The case of Kilmar Abrego García, shunted from detention in one country to another, with no end in sight, recalls the World War II-era classic of dystopian fiction The Twenty-Fifth Hour by Romanian writer C. Virgil Gheorghiu. The wartime transnational detention system, harrowingly depicted in the novel, was seen by Gheorghiu as an inevitable manifestation of our technocratic civilization that exalts the machine above humanity, ultimately resulting in the treatment of human beings as mere cogs in the state-industrial apparatus. This process is more advanced today with the current hypertrophy of the technosphere, which is related to the re-emergence of abuses approaching those of the fascist era, and ultimately bodes poorly for humanity’s future. In Episode 294 of the CounterVortex podcast, Bill Weinberg takes an unsparing look at this grim juncture for the human race.

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]]> https://countervortex.org/blog/podcast-the-twenty-fifth-hour-revisited/feed/ 0 MAGA-fascism and anti-Semitic pseudo-anti-anti-Semitism II https://countervortex.org/blog/maga-fascism-and-anti-semitic-pseudo-anti-anti-semitism-ii/ https://countervortex.org/blog/maga-fascism-and-anti-semitic-pseudo-anti-anti-semitism-ii/#respond Sun, 03 Aug 2025 17:38:10 +0000 https://countervortex.org/?post_type=blog&p=24627 Columbia and Brown University) is the Trump regime's Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism. Purporting to act on behalf of Jewish students, the Trump regime simultaneously attacks policies to promote campus diversity. This replicates the historical function of anti-Semitism—setting up Jews to take the hit for for the oppressive policies of (overwhelmingly) non-Jewish rulers. The perverse fascist pseudo-anti-fascism of the Trump regime has now become anti-Semitic pseudo-anti-anti-Semitism. This cynical feigned opposition to anti-Semitism is especially dangerous when actual anti-Semitism is very much in evidence—not least by the Trump regime itself, over and over! Yet the ever-more egregious manifestations of Jew-hatred are increasingly weaponized by the political right—and ignored or even normalized by the ostensible "left." In Episode 289 of the CounterVortex podcast, Bill Weinberg takes some encouragement from the growing ranks of Jewish voices breaking with the pro-Israel consensus to protest the Gaza genocide—while being clear in drawing the line against anti-Semitism. (Image: APE)]]> The ideological enforcer of MAGA-fascism in American higher education (just met with craven capitulation by Columbia and Brown University) is the Trump regime’s Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism. Purporting to act on behalf of Jewish students, the Trump regime simultaneously attacks policies to promote campus diversity. This replicates the historical function of anti-Semitism—setting up Jews to take the hit for for the oppressive policies of (overwhelmingly) non-Jewish rulers. The perverse fascist pseudo-anti-fascism of the Trump regime has now become anti-Semitic pseudo-anti-anti-Semitism. This cynical feigned opposition to anti-Semitism is especially dangerous when actual anti-Semitism is very much in evidence—not least by the Trump regime itself, over and over! Yet the ever-more egregious manifestations of Jew-hatred are increasingly weaponized by the political right—and ignored or even normalized by the ostensible “left.” In Episode 289 of the CounterVortex podcast, Bill Weinberg takes some encouragement from the growing ranks of Jewish voices breaking with the pro-Israel consensus to protest the Gaza genocide—while being clear in drawing the line against anti-Semitism.

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]]> https://countervortex.org/blog/maga-fascism-and-anti-semitic-pseudo-anti-anti-semitism-ii/feed/ 0 Russian activists arrested for letter-writing https://countervortex.org/blog/russian-activists-arrested-for-letter-writing/ https://countervortex.org/blog/russian-activists-arrested-for-letter-writing/#respond Sat, 31 May 2025 22:53:34 +0000 https://countervortex.org/?post_type=blog&p=24270 Yabloko (Apple), aimed at supporting political prisoners. Authorities detained 10 attendees, with charges against them now pending at the prosecutor's office. The raid targeted the first of a planned series of "evenings of letters," where attendees can carry out correspondence with imprisoned individuals. According to Yabloko, a total of 952  Russians are currently imprisoned because of their political beliefs or affiliations. (Photo: Yabloko)]]> Russian media outlets reported May 25 that police in Yekaterinburg stormed an event hosted by the pro-democratic opposition party Yabloko (Apple), aimed at supporting political prisoners. The authorities reportedly detained 10 attendees, who have been subsequently released, with legal action against them by the prosecutor’s office now pending.

On May 20, the social-liberal party Yabloko announced that it would be hosting several so-called “evenings of letters,” for attendees to carry out correspondence with imprisoned individuals. The party reported that to date, 952 individuals in Russia have been imprisoned because of their political beliefs and affiliations.

During the event in Yekaterinburg, hosted in the party’s local office, Yabloko reported that 10 “masked men,” under the command of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, raided the venue and detained the participants, who were brought to a policed station in the Kirovsky district of Yekaterinburg. Among the detained was the chairman of the regional party branch, Maxim Petlin. During the raid, personal equipment and items such as cameras, phones and documents were seized.

After the raid, Petlin stated that “the police acted based on a denunciation from our political opponents; it is a great pity that such a practice is becoming a part of Yekaterinburg life.”

Pro-government media channel УРАЛLIVE (UralLive) alleged that the list of prisoners to whom the activists wrote “included real terrorists and radicals convicted of attempting a coup d’etat.” The channel reported that a member of the State Duma, Anatoly Wasserman, has called for “the prosecution of terrorist fans from Yekaterinburg,” outraged that such events are held during the “special military operation” in Ukraine.

Another media channel, run by the pro-Kremlin influencer Katyusha Ivanova, proclaimed in the aftermath of the raid that Yabloko figures are guilty of promoting “non-traditional relationships,” and welcomed the arrests, stating that the correspondence gatherings have turned into “a hotbed of ideological and moral rot.”

Yabloko expressly stated that the prisoners to whom the activists wrote “do not and cannot include citizens convicted of terrorism.”

Particularly since the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine, members of Yabloko have been prosecuted for anti-war positions. The current government actions underscore concerns raised in the UN Human Rights Council’s 2024 report on the deterioration of the human rights climate in Russia.

Similar “evenings of letters” are planned throughout major cities across Russia such as Moscow, Vladivostok and Chelyabinsk, and so far have not been cancelled despite the authorities’ intervention in Yekaterinburg.

From JURIST, May 27. Used with permission. Internal links added.

Note: “Non-traditional relationships” refers to LGBT practices, “promotion” of which is effectively criminalized in Russia.

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