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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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Hello Reader, A hunted freedom fighter crossed violent seas at dawn, nomads blocked bulldozers devouring sacred valleys, moms sacrificed themselves for literacy, and one badass flautist walked free after five years in darkness. This week, heroic men and women risked everything for freedom. The Global Fight for Freedom Operation Golden Dynamite Delivers Hope Commandos Hit Maduro Where It Hurts Our "Year of Revolution" Begins Early The Faith Iran's Theocracy Fears Brave Tibetans Rise Against...

Hello Reader, This week, a few words from a podcast hit me like lightning—and the implications are profound. Plus, how 700 million hungry Chinese pigs just devoured billions of American dollars, and why the Supreme Court’s likely upcoming ruling is neither “new” nor “terrifying”. A More Perfect Union Humans Triumph Over Control Trump's "Terrifying New Power" Intervene, Break Stuff, Repeat Trump's Incoherent National Security Strategy American Grifter of the Week Fei-Fei Li’s words hit me like...

Hello Reader, No, it's not the next Hollywood sequel—though I'll take a cut if they make it. It's a real-life battle over Ukrainian skies, waged by young men who grew up on Roblox and Fortnite. But this time, the nerds are lethal. The Global Fight for Freedom Revenge of the (Ukrainian) Nerds Canada Tacks Toward Economic Freedom American "Ally" Funds Al-Qaeda Siege Keep Dreaming, Kyrgyzstan! Tyranny on Top of the World Country names are followed by their 2025 freedom scores according to...

Hello Reader, This week's essay is the second excerpted from our upcoming report, 10 Revolts That Will Shake the World in 2026. Current subscribers will receive the full report next Saturday. Today's preview features Revolt #8 on the list (ordered by ascending global impact): The Cricketer's Revolt—Pakistan's "Movement for Justice" The gates of Adiala Jail remained sealed as Aleema Khan approached in late November 2025 with growing dread. She had traveled to Rawalpindi to visit her brother,...

Hello Reader, Three words broke Republican ranks. Two struggling men died in the water. One billionaire just launched 25 million dreams. And Minnesota's billion-dollar fraud showed how political correctness can kill accountability. A More Perfect Union The Order Was to Kill Them All WaPo Bombshell Shakes the GOP The Laws That Bind Us 25 Million Dreams, Launched Biden's Spiraling Immigration Catastrophe Color Key: 🟢 Advances liberty 🔴 Restricts liberty. Note: American Renegade of the Week will...

The week brought a presidential pardon for a (very guilty) narco-tyrant, naval drones ripping through Russia’s shadow fleet, and a "pampered princess" luring her countrymen to die in foreign trenches. The Global Fight for Freedom Trump Pardons Honduran Narco-Tyrant Mayday! Russia's Shadow Fleet Pummeled Dictators' Delight? Trump Targets Brotherhood "Pampered Princess" Betrays Her Nation The Chill Over Taiwan's "Hellscape" Country names are followed by their 2025 freedom scores according to...

Hello Reader, When concrete and steel crushed sixteen lives in Novi Sad, 100,000 marched in protest. A year later, the Trump family has added fuel to their fury. Elsewhere, corpses pile in morgues as a president claims 98% of the vote, and a Communist victory paradoxically marks a socialist defeat. The Global Fight for Freedom Western Fear Drives Putin Forward A Communist Victory Worth Celebrating Trump Tower, Built on Serbia's "Humiliation" Corpses Pile High in Tanzania China Threatens to...

Hello Reader, This week's essay is excerpted from our upcoming report, 10 Revolts That Will Shake the World in 2026. Current subscribers will receive the full report in mid-December. Today's preview features Revolt #4 on the list (ordered by ascending global impact): Countdown to Day Zero—Iran's Rebellion of Survival. Countdown to Day Zero—Iran's Rebellion of Survival "We may have to evacuate Tehran"—Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, March 2025Pezeshkian’s voice betrayed a panic Iran's...

Hello Reader, This week's Dispatches reveal a U.S. citizen vanishing for three days without charges while senators vote themselves justice—for only themselves. Yet a defiant judge struck a blow for freedom, and America reclaimed economic sovereignty from Brussels bureaucrats. Compared to the recent degradations of our democracy, I'll take it. A More Perfect Union Justice for Me, Not for Thee Europe Can't Tell Us What to Do WaPo Declares Independence Contempt, Resurrected American Renegade of...

Hello Reader, This week’s Dispatches feature billions created from thin air, dictators purchasing influence, and mass pardons for favors. But the most revealing moment came when a faltering president tried to buy back the voters slipping away. Donald Trump knows he’s in trouble. A More Perfect Union Jefferson's Worst Nightmare "Perverted to the Worst Purposes" Trump's "Unfettered" Pardons Trump's $300 Billion Voter Payoff American Renegade of the Week Note: I will be hosting family for the...