Don Courter

Donald Courter is the Editor-in-chief of the Revolution Report. He is a pro-Russia propagandist that lives in Moscow, Russia.

About

From the Revolution Report website:^[1]

"Donald is a long-time Marxist and a highly-experienced journalist from the United States. His mastery of the Russian language has allowed him to travel across nearly the entire former soviet sphere and beyond, collecting interviews with people from once-socialist nations and creating English-language content that provides a different perspective on the great ideological struggle between capitalism and socialism.

Since the beginning of his career in 2018, Donald has won multiple awards for his journalistic work – from coverage of CSTO military exercises to his documentary film “8 Years Before,” explaining Russia’s reasons for launching its military operation in Ukraine. Donald firmly believes that Western imperialism is the primary contradiction of late-stage capitalism and that the goal of progressive people everywhere must be to aid nations struggling to assert their sovereignty.

The Rise of Multipolarity

On June 13, 2024, Don Courter hosted a show titled "The Rise of Multipolarity: Takeaways From the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum".^[2]

World Youth Festival 2024

Don Courter attended Vladimir Putin's World Youth Festival 2024. In a video representing the Revolution Report dated March 17, 2024, Don Courter interviews a Professor of Philosophy of Technology who speaks highly of the Soviet Union.^[3]

Summarized by Grok:

"The interview discusses the influence of the Soviet Union on modern Russia, particularly in terms of international relations and the economy. The speaker reflects on his own experiences growing up and being educated in the Soviet Union, highlighting the internationalist spirit and friendships between Soviet and other socialist countries. He mentions the construction brigades that helped developing countries, the exchange of students and delegations between countries, and the sense of camaraderie and mutual support.

In terms of the economy, the speaker acknowledges that the Soviet system had its flaws but also emphasizes the achievements in areas like space exploration, medicine, and scientific discoveries. He argues that the Soviet economy was stable and allowed people to live without excessive focus on material wealth.

Overall, the speaker expresses gratitude for the values instilled by the Soviet Union, such as love for all people regardless of race, religion or language, and the spirit of international cooperation. He believes these values continue to shape modern Russia's approach to international relations.

Ryan Cotten Connection

On August 13, 2022, Ryan Cotten of the Center for Political Innovation was featured in an episode of Revolution Report hosted by Don Courter titled "Soviet Political Economy - Monopoly Capitalism / Imperialism (Ep.4)"^[4]

Students and Youth for a New America

Don Courter

Don Courter is the Organizational Secretary of Caleb Maupin's Students and Youth for a New America and a specialist in Russian and Soviet history.^[5] Lives in Moscow, Russia. From East Brunswick, New Jersey. Manages Molotov Club.

Don Courter was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey and grew up in East Brunswick, New Jersey. Amidst economic problems that accompanied the Great Recession of 2008, Don became involved in radical politics during his high school years and founded the All Marxist Leninist Union at Rutgers University between during his 2013-2017 undergraduate career. He is now part of the New Brunswick Students and Youth for a New America chapter and Organizational Secretary of the national organization.

Education

Studied European History at Rutgers University New Brunswick
Went to East Brunswick High School

Career

Broadcast Journalist at Russia Today
Former Teacher at Smile English School

“Economy solutions for the XXI century and the Crisis of information space”

Donald Courter shared a Page. January 21 2019:

The III Annual Conference of The “Red Square” Club of experts “Economy solutions for the XXI century and the Crisis of information space.”

In October of 2018, I attended the 3rd Annual Conference of The Red Square/Molotov Club. There were many radicals from all over the world and many good discussions. Here is a report from the conference, for those who might be interested in attending next year.

On 26 and 27 October, the Red Square/Molotov Club organized the III Annual Conference with the support of Euro-Rus. The themes were very actual: free speech, economical situation in the World geopolitics and discussion about the most actual political and social issues.

A number of the guests were permanent members but also we had many new attendees. There were representatives from Russia, USA, England, Donbass, Ukraine, Italy, Belgium, Brazil, Venezuela, Germany, Spain and many others.

Remarkable this year was the presence of important people of the Russian Communist Party CPRF also as the German conservative party "Mittelpartei".

Topics proposed for discussion at the conference:

The state of affairs with freedom of speech in Western countries and in Russia, media objectivity, information wars.
Middle East crisis - Syria, Yemen, Kurdistan. The danger of escalation of the conflict.
The crisis in Venezuela. Developments in South America.
Trends in the political struggle in the United States.
Developments in Southeast Asia, the South China Sea, trends and forecast of events.
Anniversary of the liberation of Kharkov and the situation in Ukraine in 2018.
Formation of an anti-war coalition of political and public organizations in the world.

Also, the plan included: Economy solutions for the XXI century, strategic planning versus chaotic development. Among the speakers were invited: Robert Westerlund (Sweden), prof. Claudio Ribeiro (Brasil), Maria Kronsnest and Andreas Wishuchil (Germany) (not all of them could participate).

Remarkable for all was Kristina Melnikova, the Russian journalist writing for Eurasia Daily, Sonia Metelkina for the Eurasian Mouvement, Larissa Shessler from the Union of Ukrainian Political Emigrants.

The first day went on in the conference room of Hotel Tourist in Moscow. This is a simple but practical room. Pavel Zotov, member of the coordination committee of political-emigrants from Ukraine, opened the conference.

Afterwards, Kris Roman, chairman of the geopolitical think-tank Euro-Rus, continued the opening of the conference. After the introduction several people gave a speech. The Russian TV channel REN-TV honored us with a visit.

The outstanding speeches were given by our Clubs' respected members:

Humberto Carvaliu, Nudem Medeiros, Claudio Ribeiro from Brasil about the situation in South America and the danger of ultra-right regime of Bolsonaru in Brasil.

Also, the first day of presentations and debates included such topics as:

The concept of the strategic economical planning
Current “free market” as a chaotic system
The solutions for economical development in the XXI century

The evening ended with a cozy drink at the hotel.

During that day we had outstanding presentations of our new Colleagues from USA and Great Britain, the US peace activist Bruce Gagnon, the Coordinator of Global network against weapons in Space, that spoke about the danger of militarisation of Space and threads of new wars, and Tushar Kumar, the organizer of "Second Wave publishing house" from London with his speech about the current situation about Brexit.

The second day took place in the prestigious hall of the Isborsky Club (Moscows' think-tank group). The conference room of this reputable high class Russian conservative think-tank is a beauty. This room is really tailor-made for this type of conference.

On the second day Pavel Zotov also opened the conference, followed by Kris Roman.

Again, various guests expressed their opinion.

Donald Courtieu from USA about the development of the left and socialist movement in USA.

Issues of Middle East crisis - Syria, Yemen, Iran. The danger of escalation of the conflict as well as crisis of information space concerning the Middle East, Refugees problem in Europe and another issues of unstable regions were deeply reflected in our Clubs' members and visitors' speaches.

The most of the attention were given to the problematic of preparation of international terrorist in Ukraine, in the area of Kharkov. Such terrorists were send to EU and Syria after the trainings in Ukraine.

Given that the organization contains people from the left and the right side, it was not illogical that sometimes there were heated discussions. The discussions were sometimes tough but were respectful.

Our thanks go absolute to the Russian Anti-Maydan Movement and to the Isborsky Club. Our thanks go certainly to the organization. It is clear that before the conference started, they did already a great job to make everything fine. Without their contribution, the conference would have been different.

The event resolved in the common understanding of necessity of international cooperation and solidarity against the growing danger of war and conflicts in different part of the World, against weapons' raсe and growing neo-nazism in many countries in Europe and both Americas.

To combat the scenario of very much inhumane future, we call for international anti-war activists to join our initiative of creating the Global anti-war network.

In order to implement in practice the process of international anti-war activism and another social and political progressive moves, we want to make another meeting of our Club in Moscow on the topic of "Resroration of capitalism in the USSR" as part of celebration of centenary of the Comintern in March 2 and 3-d of 2019. The organizing group, which other forces are joining the initiative.

The idea of the seminar was proposed by the Second Wave Publications, London, to the Molotov Club, Moscow; as to a very broad anti-imperialist umbrella organisation. The entire organisational work including a draft programme is being carried out by the Molotov Club. Of course they will welcome any suggestions from you.

The Club, will be trying to contact various academics and political activists including the Department of Economics at the Moscow State University.

The language to be used.

These will be Russian and English and also German and Spanish translation will be provided.

We would like to emphasize that the proposed seminar has no direct association with any ideological trend. The purpose of it, as far as the Second Wave Publications is concerned, is to try to unravel the origins and development of the process of restoration of capitalism in the USSR, which presents an outstanding problem for socialist revolution in the twenty-first century.

From the side of Red Square/Molotov Club, we see this proposed meeting as the opportunity to link the celebration of 100 years of Comintern to our joint efforts of building the international anti-war and progressive network of activism.

Kris Roman (Euro-Rus), Kumar Sarkar (Second Wave Publications), "Red Square/Molotov Club" international.