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/

We will speak live with Dr. Gerald Horne today at 6 PM EST about the historical and political context behind the wave of mass shootings across the US, new revelations about the imperial plunder of Haiti, and the crisis sparked by NATO’s Ukraine proxy war
Join us here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfhgIGDjDOk

Ukraine Volunteer Fighter and U.S. Citizen Craig Lang Armed by Colombia to Overthrow Venezuela’s Gov’t, FBI Source Says

NEW: An FBI affidavit against an American fighting in Ukraine, Craig Lang, states he was previously armed by Colombian police to attack the Venezuelan government. Lang is wanted by the US for murdering a couple in Florida and robbing them to pay for his trip to the Venezuelan border. He is also accused by the FBI of torture and murder in Ukraine.

Another American fighting in Ukraine, white nationalist Paul Gray, was also involved in a plot to topple Venezuela’s government, according to a former associate of coup leader Juan Guaidó. Gray has been associated with four neo-Nazi organizations in the US, and now serves with the Georgian Foreign Legion in Ukraine.

➨ thegrayzone.com/2022/06/05/ukraine-fighter-craig-lang-armed-colombia-overthrow-venezuelas

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Paul Mason’s Covert Intelligence-Linked Plot to Destroy The Grayzone Exposed

NEW: Leaked emails reveal British journalist Paul Mason plotting with an intelligence contractor to destroy The Grayzone through “relentless deplatforming” and a “full nuclear legal” attack. The scheme is part of a wider planned assault on the UK left.

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🎥 Davos Goes to War for Ukraine

Journalist Jeremy Loffredo joins Max Blumenthal to discuss his reporting from Davos, site of the World Economic Forum.

They discuss the global 1%'s zealous embrace of the NATO proxy war in Ukraine and Loffredo's visit to a "Russian War Crimes House" paid for by a notorious Ukrainian oligarch.

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🎥 Max Blumenthal on Jimmy Dore: U.K. Government Ordered Censoring of YouTube Videos, Leaked Emails Reveal

NEW: Max Blumenthal and Jimmy Dore discuss damning revelations about the Deep State operation to silence any voices critical of the dominant neoliberal narrative on imperialist wars.

Leaked emails have revealed the extent to which celebrity British journalist Paul Mason has been colluding with members of U.K. intelligence to smear, deplatform and bankrupt left-wing and anti-war journalistic outlets like The Grayzone. Mason has even generated a bizarre “mindmap” connecting Russian psyops to Jeremy Corbyn, the Muslim community, trade unions and black people.

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Ilhan Omar’s Meddling in Horn of Africa Earns Boos at Somali American Concert

NEW: Framed by Republican media as a backlash against Ilhan Omar’s “woke” politics, the boos of a Somali American crowd expressed growing anger over the congresswoman’s role in US meddling in the Horn of Africa.

➨ thegrayzone.com/2022/07/13/ilhan-omar-booed-somali-concert-africa

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🎥 U.S. Intel Officer Targeted by John Bolton Reacts to Coup-Plot Confession

NEW: In a live interview with CNN, former senior US official John Bolton admitted that he has "helped plan coups d’etat" in a number of foreign countries, including Venezuela.

Fulton Armstrong, a former senior US intelligence official, has a unique perspective on Bolton's coup confession. In 2002, Bolton unsuccessfully tried to have Armstrong removed from his post after the US intelligence community refused to back Bolton's allegations of an advanced Cuban biological weapons program.

Armstrong joins Aaron Maté to discuss his personal experience with Bolton and perspective on the legacy of US-backed coup plots, from Venezuela to Haiti, that Bolton candidly admitted to.

Guest: Fulton Armstrong. Former National Intelligence Officer for Latin America — the U.S. Intelligence Community's most senior analyst. Also a former CIA analyst and senior staffer on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Currently a Lecturer at American University's School of International Service.

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Max Blumenthal & Aaron Mate slam corporate media disinfo at Collision Toronto

At the Collision tech conference in Toronto on 6/21/22, before a hostile audience filled with members of the corporate press, The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate explain how the mainstream media is the most prolific source of disinformation on the planet, working closely with the national security state to cultivate public support for war while deflecting scrutiny from the oligarchy that controls it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcGlc3mw8lk