<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[COUNTERVAIL]]></title><description><![CDATA[COUNTERVAIL offers opinions and analysis on current events, all dispatched from the bogs of the wasteland.]]></description><link>https://www.countervail.net</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YFiz!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fedc80179-56a2-4e4a-b412-c46494034ad0_1000x1000.png</url><title>COUNTERVAIL</title><link>https://www.countervail.net</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 01:18:05 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.countervail.net/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[COUNTERVAIL]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[countervailmedia@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[countervailmedia@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[COUNTERVAIL]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[COUNTERVAIL]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[countervailmedia@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[countervailmedia@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[COUNTERVAIL]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[Welcome to COUNTERVAIL]]></title><description><![CDATA[Your free source for hard-hitting left-wing opinion and analysis about the American empire.]]></description><link>https://www.countervail.net/p/coming-soon</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.countervail.net/p/coming-soon</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[COUNTERVAIL]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2025 01:33:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/16f6f30d-601e-43d3-bd19-c60d0dd928a8_1456x1048.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>COUNTERVAIL is under construction. </p><p>When it does launch, it will be a wonderful free source for yet more hopeless left-wing writing (who can get enough?).</p><p>Another genocide abetted by the American government, a fascist president and his white South African lapbull in a bureaucratic china shop, an ascendant Chinese post-empire promising the shining light of 10,000-year Dengist supremacy (&#25105;&#27426;&#36814;&#26410;&#26469;), a metrosexual turn for skinny Chris Pratt &#8212; there is a lot going on in this world, and COUNTERVAIL is here to help unravel it all.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.countervail.net/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.countervail.net/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>