Another New York Times Russiagate bombshell turns out to be a dud — although the dodgy story had its intended impact of blocking the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan.

https://thegrayzone.com/2020/07/07/pentagon-afghan-bountygate-us-intelligence-agencies/

We just published an extended interview with Julian Assange’s father John Shipton, who condemned the US, UK, and Australian governments for their “11 years of ceaseless psychological torture” of the WikiLeaks publisher.

"The oppression of Julian is the great crime of the 21st century," Shipton said.

https://thegrayzone.com/2020/07/15/john-shipton-julian-assange-wikileaks/

More fake news spread by corporate media and the US government:

Taiwan’s claim that it provided early warning to the WHO about Covid and “human-to human-transmission” has been exploited by the Trump administration to attack the multi-lateral body and turn up the heat on China. There’s just one problem: it’s totally false.

https://thegrayzone.com/2020/07/17/us-taiwan-lied-warning-world-health-organization-coronavirus/

Today, July 19, is the 41st anniversary of Nicaragua's Sandinista Revolution against a brutal US-backed military dictatorship.

Last year, we made this documentary on the revolution and the ongoing US regime-change attempts

https://thegrayzone.com/2019/08/22/nicaragua-sandinista-revolution-40th-anniversary/

The influential DC-based US-Ukraine Foundation hosted a notorious neo-Nazi extremist in a webinar this month.

While legitimizing Ukrainian white supremacists, the think tank has forged close ties with foreign policy elites in Washington.

https://thegrayzone.com/2020/07/20/ukrainian-think-tank-neo-nazi-racist-violence/

We reported from inside Nicaragua’s capital on the 41st anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution, covering a speech by President Daniel Ortega, showing how the leftist government has responded to the coronavirus pandemic, and surveying the rising tide of US and corporate media disinformation.

https://thegrayzone.com/2020/07/23/nicaragua-sandinista-revolution-41-anniversary/

Revelations by a former police spy upend the official story blaming Iran for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, and suggest a cover-up by dirty war elements may have let the real culprits off the hook.


https://thegrayzone.com/2020/07/26/police-spys-testimony-official-us-israeli-amia-bombing/

A disturbing new document outlines plans for a US regime-change scheme against Nicaragua's elected leftist government, overseen by supposed "humanitarian" agency USAID, to bring about a “market economy” and purge of leftist Sandinistas.

https://thegrayzone.com/2020/08/04/usaid-document-nicaragua-coup/

The Biden campaign is now working with Republican strategist Ana Navarro, a staunch supporter of the CIA-backed Nicaraguan Contra death squads.

Ana Navarro also lobbied for corrupt right-wing Latin American regimes and leaders imprisoned for corruption

https://thegrayzone.com/2020/03/01/contras-cnn-ana-navarro-lobbying-corruption/

Twitter says it bans ads from state-affiliated media outlets. However, US government propaganda organs pay the social media corporation huge sums of money to spread disinformation against Iran and other foreign adversaries.

https://thegrayzone.com/2020/08/10/twitter-us-state-media-ads-voa-persian/

The new Democratic vice presidential candidate and self-declared “top cop" Kamala Harris held a friendly meeting with Israel’s right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2017.

It showed she is more than willing to throw anti-racism — and Palestinians — under the bus.

https://thegrayzone.com/2020/08/11/netanyahu-top-cop-kamala-harris-israel-racism/

We spoke with award-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone about his experience as a soldier during the Vietnam War; his films, including “Platoon” and “Scarface”; his work on Latin America; and his views on the demise of Hollywood.

https://thegrayzone.com/2020/08/18/oliver-stone-on-challenging-hollywood-convention-film-as-a-disappearing-art-form/

Leading Syria scholar Joshua Landis discusses how crippling US sanctions are devastating the Syrian people and hindering post-war reconstruction.

https://thegrayzone.com/2020/08/21/crushing-us-sanctions-devastate-syrias-people-and-post-war-reconstruction/

(Maintenant en français) Alors que les médias arguent que la crise du Liban n’a pour cause unique que la corruption, les États-Unis ont déclenché une campagne de «pression maximale» pour pousser au changement de régime et écraser la résistance libanaise

https://thegrayzone.com/2020/08/25/etats-unis-liban-sanctions/

Israeli intelligence is polishing off a dubious propaganda campaign to suggest Hezbollah was to blame for the recent catastrophe in Beirut. But the factual record either contradicts Israeli claims or reveals a complete dearth of evidence.

https://thegrayzone.com/2020/08/26/beirut-blast-israel-hezbollah-ammonium-nitrate-terror-plots/

The US Commerce Department blacklisted a Russian research institute that helped create the world’s first Covid-19 vaccine. https://thegrayzone.com/2020/08/28/us-sanctions-russian-research-institute-covid-19-vaccine/

Donald Trump previewed his RNC acceptance address before an influential group called the Council for National Policy. The membership list of this Christian Right cabal was a carefully guarded secret – until now.

https://thegrayzone.com/2020/08/30/membership-list-powerful-secretive-christian-right-america/

We interviewed former political prisoner René González, a member of the Cuban Five who spent 13 years in a US prison, and whose real life experience inspired the recent Netflix film “The Wasp Network”

https://thegrayzone.com/2020/08/29/real-life-member-of-the-wasp-network-responds-to-netflix-film/

We just published a major investigation showing how the Michael Moore-produced documentary "Planet of the Humans" faced a coordinated suppression campaign led by professional climate activists backed by the same "green" billionaires, Wall Street investors, industry insiders, and family foundations skewered in the film.

https://thegrayzone.com/2020/09/07/green-billionaires-planet-of-the-humans/

The first 9/11 attack took place back in 1973, when a CIA coup overthrew Chile's elected socialist President Salvador Allende.

We interviewed Allende's grandson in Caracas, who spoke about the many similarities between Chile then and Venezuela today, amid an ongoing US coup attempt and economic war.

https://thegrayzone.com/2020/09/12/grandson-salvador-allende-venezuela-us-coup/