Biden’s popular and long overdue withdrawal from Afghanistan triggered a big media meltdown that exposed its de facto merger with the military.

https://thegrayzone.com/2021/08/30/afghanistan-beltway-medias-permanent-war-state/

As the US establishment grapples with its defeat in Afghanistan, military veterans explain how the war was lost, Afghans suffered, and military contractors profited – all while the American public was kept in the dark.

https://thegrayzone.com/2021/08/22/anti-war-veterans-explain-how-us-lost-afghanistan-while-leaders-lied-profited/

Before he stole $169 million and fled his failed state in disgrace, Afghanistan’s puppet President Ashraf Ghani was formed in elite American universities, given US citizenship, trained in neoliberal economics by the World Bank, glorified in the media as an “incorruptible” technocrat, and coached by powerful DC think tanks like the Atlantic Council.

https://thegrayzone.com/2021/09/02/afghanistan-ashraf-ghani-corrupt/

Under the cover of counterterrorism, AFRICOM is beefing up Nigeria’s military to ensure the free flow of oil to the West, and using the country as a proxy against China’s influence on the continent.

https://thegrayzone.com/2021/09/13/us-oil-rich-nigeria-proxy-africa/

The US Congress invited neoconservative regime-change strategists to discuss the next stage of hybrid warfare on Nicaragua’s Sandinista government, which will likely involve creating an economic blockade, refusing to recognize the legitimacy of President Daniel Ortega, and borrowing tactics the Trump administration used in its coup attempt in Venezuela.
https://thegrayzone.com/2021/09/24/us-congress-economic-war-nicaragua-sandinista/

We sat down for an interview with the Cuban Foreign Ministry's director general of the United States, to discuss continuing US attempts to overthrow his country’s government.

https://thegrayzone.com/2021/09/29/top-cuban-diplomat-speaks-to-the-grayzone-about-renewed-us-assault/

As the Biden administration continues to seek the extradition of Julian Assange, new details have emerged about the Trump administration’s secret CIA-led war against Assange and his organization, Wikileaks.

https://thegrayzone.com/2021/09/30/inside-the-cia-plot-to-kidnap-kill-julian-assange/

Western governments in the NATO military alliance are developing tactics of “cognitive warfare,” using the supposed threats of China and Russia to justify waging a “battle for your brain” in the “human domain,” to “make everyone a weapon.”
https://thegrayzone.com/2021/10/08/nato-cognitive-warfare-brain/

Max Blumenthal and @BenjaminNorton are interviewing economist Michael Hudson today about his book "Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire."

Hudson just published a new edition updated to address the new cold war on China and Russia.

The livestream starts at 2 pm ET / 11 am PT.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uiz934HVZjY

Much of the legal team of Facebook "whistleblower" Frances Haugen, from a shady group called Whistleblower Aid, consists of former US intelligence agency insiders.

Our investigation suggests Haugen was cultivated to complete Facebook’s transformation into a vehicle for the US national security state.

https://thegrayzone.com/2021/10/21/facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugen-us-intelligence/

Billionaire CIA-linked “overt operative” George Soros teams up on a shady media venture with tech billionaire Reid Hoffman, who financed a Facebook disinfo operation that framed Russia for meddling in US elections.

https://thegrayzone.com/2021/10/27/billionaire-political-meddlers-disinformation-agents-launch-good-information-inc-to-fight-disinformation/

Join us today for a livestream with the president of Puerto Rican Association of University Professors to discuss the devastating austerity and neoliberal schemes imposed by the unelected US junta.

It starts at 4pm ET / 1pm PT

Watch at
YouTube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Nd8wRpVxTeU
Twitch: https://twitch.tv/thegrayzonenews

Facebook/Instagram suspended hundreds of prominent pro-Sandinista journalists and activists mere days before Nicaragua’s November 7 elections, falsely claiming they were government trolls.

Then when they posted videos on Twitter proving they're real people, Twitter censored them too.

We interviewed some of them to reveal the truth behind this blatant political censorship.

https://thegrayzone.com/2021/11/02/facebook-twitter-purge-sandinista-nicaragua/

The US, EU, and OAS are launching a new coup attempt against Nicaragua’s Sandinista government, refusing to recognize its 2021 elections.

We observed the vote on the ground, and dispels myths aimed at discrediting the process:

https://thegrayzone.com/2021/11/11/nicaragua-2021-elections/

A top Nicaraguan diplomat joined us for an exclusive interview to explain why his nation is leaving the Organization of American States (OAS), which he says is a “failed,” “coup-plotting” organization dominated by Washington.

He also responded to US attempts to discredit Nicaragua’s November elections.

https://thegrayzone.com/2021/11/21/nicaragua-leaving-oas-elections/

Venezuela's ruling socialist party won the November 21 mega-elections in a landslide, getting more votes in 20 of 23 states and the capital Caracas.

The election was monitored by the European Union and teams of international observers.

But because the right-wing US-backed opposition was crushed, Washington responded by trying to discredit the vote.

https://thegrayzone.com/2021/11/23/venezuela-socialists-win-elections/

We spoke with award-winning filmmaker and screenwriter Oliver Stone about his new film “JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass.”

Stone explores misconceptions regarding JFK’s legacy and discusses why he believes the US government refuses declassify documents related to the assassination even 58 years since it took place.

https://thegrayzone.com/2021/11/25/cia-kill-jfk-oliver-stone-film/

We sat down for an interview with Nicaragua’s Foreign Minister Denis Moncada, to discuss the country’s decision to leave the OAS, its attempt to build an international alliance against US unilateralism, and what an anti-imperialist foreign policy looks like.

https://thegrayzone.com/2021/11/27/nicaragua-foreign-minister-denis-moncada/

Cobalt, a key element used in lithium batteries and other “green” technology, is sourced from slave labor in Congo.

As the West points the finger at China, US Africa Command (AFRICOM) is helping police mining operations that profit US corporations.

https://thegrayzone.com/2021/11/30/africom-corporations-dr-congo-climate-china/

From the African nation of Djibouti, the US trains proxies and bombs strategically important countries in the name of democracy and counterterrorism.

To justify the country’s militarization, Washington hypes fears over China’s regional ambitions.

https://thegrayzone.com/2021/12/31/djibouti-us-african-imperial-aggression/