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Eric Erdman

Editor of Dispatches from the Rebellion — a weekly newsletter covering freedom movements around the world. After 25 years in IT, I’ve dedicated my life to telling the stories of those risking everything for freedom. Each issue delivers sharp global updates, threats to American democracy, and profiles of the heroes fighting back. If you believe freedom is worth fighting for — you're in the right place.

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Alligator Alcatraz and the Vanishing Prisoners

Hello Reader, When cronyism masquerades as national security, governors use secrecy to build prisons, and the FBI monitors senators' phones—who's defending liberty?The answer may come from the independent voices rebuilding media credibility—from the bottom up. Trump's Industrial Power Grab FBI Targets Yesterday's Abuses Ron Desantis and the Prisoners of Alcatraz America's Doors Slam Shut Color Key: 🟢 Advances liberty 🔴 Restricts liberty One Trump ally woke up Tuesday morning $70 million...

Hello Reader, Not every protest is a cry for freedom. Some are revolutions; others are tantrums of the entitled. But when women bleed out in delivery rooms, tortured corpses drift down rivers, and leaders flaunt Rolexes while citizens drown in floodwaters, outrage is warranted. From Lima to Manila, Gen Z has had enough—and no generation has ever been better equipped to fight back. The Global Fight for Freedom Peru: Earth's Most Reviled Government Moroccan Stadiums Gleam as Mothers Die Kenya...

Hello Reader, The Vicious Cycle of Political Retribution "Repulsive pedant." "Gross hypocrite." "Unprincipled oppressor." Journalist James Callender published these words about President John Adams in 1800, bankrolled by Thomas Jefferson himself. Adams responded with prosecution. Under the Sedition Act—passed to silence Adams' critics—ten editors went to prison. Callender got nine months. Jefferson later pardoned them all. The law expired the day Adams left office, having disgraced his...

Hello Reader, The Republic grew darker this week. The shadows deepened. Troops deployed to American streets. An ominous presidential memo, floated beneath the radar. Constitutional barriers bending. When democracies slide toward authoritarianism, the early descent looks exactly like this. Government Shutdown Cycle Accelerates Guard Deployments Descend into Occupation Trump's Domestic Witch Hunt Intensifies SCOTUS Shields Fed Independence - For Now American Renegade of the Week In 1995—the...

Hello Reader, Trump surprised this week with signs of evolution, backing genuine liberty in one corner of the world and drawing a commendable red line in another—rare departures from his authoritarian playbook. Meanwhile, Western righteousness collided with brutal realities in Southeast Asia, and a false prophet mesmerized Africa while his revolution drowns in blood. The Global Fight for Freedom Ivory Tower Condemns Myanmar Resistance America Banks on Argentinian Liberty Trump's Welcome...

In July, Illinois Governor and future presidential hopeful JB Pritzker faced a moment that captured democracy’s greatest weakness. His own CFO had warned that proposed pension increases for Chicago police and firefighters would add $6.6 billion in unfunded liabilities over 30 years. With Chicago’s debt rating hovering just above junk status, the bill would push the city’s funding ratios below 20%—what actuaries consider insolvency. The state would be liable for the shortfall.Pritzker signed...

Hello Reader, When a tech giant confesses to censorship, bureaucrats threaten broadcasters, and an idea becomes grounds for persecution, it’s a rough week for American liberty. And one institution threatening it must go. The Global Fight for Freedom FDR, JFK, DJT and the FCC Trump's H1-Blunder When a Word Becomes a Weapon The Scariest Letter of the Alphabet In 1938, John Shepard III of Boston’s Yankee Network learned how perilous it could be to defy the FDR administration. After his stations...

It’s a tricky thing to classify tumultuous events as “good” or “bad” for global freedom. When protesters rise, do we count the courage or the crackdown? But with tyrants from Istanbul to Caracas rattled, this week’s Dispatches have my glass half full. The Global Fight for Freedom Turkish Opposition Roars Back to Life Maduro's Brutality Betrays His Panic Guyana Dodges the Petro-Curse Syria Joins the War on Terror Trump Counters China's Nuclear Ambitions Country names are followed by their 2025...

Charlie Kirk's horrific assassination shattered the political landscape this week. Social media erupted as private companies fired employees who celebrated his death—confused about free speech protections—but then our government began to trample the very principles Kirk himself had championed. Free Employers Punish Free Speech The Ominous Promise of Retribution No Humor in Trump's Media War The Fed Bends the Knee Note: No Saturday essay this week—I'm focused on growing The Rebellion. In 1981,...

This week’s Dispatches include a corrupt finance minister stripped to his underwear fleeing into a river and over a hundred thousand flooding London's streets at the behest of a convicted fraudster. Plus, Israeli missiles rain down on Hamas leaders reviewing Trump’s peace proposal. The Global Fight for Freedom Nepalese Corruption Triggers Gen Z Revolution 110,000 Rally Behind a UK Demagogue Israel Bombards America's Toxic Partner Putin's Polish Provocation Galvanizes NATO Press Freedom...