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Grayzone, a news publication operated by Max Blumenthal, Ben Norton, Aaron Mate, etc., pose to be leftists, yet their associations with fascist and white-washing of mass murder by authoritarian regimes needs a further look into.
Grayzone, a news publication operated by Max Blumenthal, Ben Norton, Aaron Mate, etc., pose to be leftists, yet their associations with fascist and white-washing of mass murder by authoritarian regimes needs a further look into.
To start off, here is Rania Khalek and Ben Norton showing how absolute idiots they are in explaining imperialism as:
India is not a left-wing govt
BRICS were not alternate to the global economy
Bretton Woods have been dead https://twitter.com/RaniaKhalek/status/1265358268450340865?s=20
India is not a left-wing govt
BRICS were not alternate to the global economy
Bretton Woods have been dead https://twitter.com/RaniaKhalek/status/1265358268450340865?s=20
(if he is referring to INC, even then they were less left than the Clinton Administration
BRICS were not alternate to the global economy (in fact it boosted IMF lending)
1/ https://theconversation.com/brics-bank-is-offering-more-of-the-same-rather-than-breaking-the-mould-76807
2/ https://www.cadtm.org/Does-BRICS-Banking-offer-an-Alternative-to-the-IMF-and-World-Bank-Pessimistic
3/ https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2017/05/14/pr17167-imf-and-china-establish-a-new-center-for-modernizing-economic-policies-and-institutions
BRICS were not alternate to the global economy (in fact it boosted IMF lending)
1/ https://theconversation.com/brics-bank-is-offering-more-of-the-same-rather-than-breaking-the-mould-76807
2/ https://www.cadtm.org/Does-BRICS-Banking-offer-an-Alternative-to-the-IMF-and-World-Bank-Pessimistic
3/ https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2017/05/14/pr17167-imf-and-china-establish-a-new-center-for-modernizing-economic-policies-and-institutions
One thing to note is in Ben Norton's explanation is how he tries to promote Anti-Hegemonic states as Anti-imperialist, so before I begin on some of the deeper material, here is a thread, on a similar note of how Grayzone reproduces a colonizer framework https://twitter.com/GhostsSeeHumans/status/1262417343558238208?s=20
Now let's get deeper into Grayzone and its association with fascists: here is a column written by @areidross (In fact, @areidross and @emmibevensee does a lot of studying on Grayzone and red-brown alliance so give him a follow) https://hummusforthought.com/2018/03/16/the-multipolar-spin-how-fascists-operationalize-left-wing-resentment/
@areidross 's articles was later fact-checked by @bobfrombrockley in two parts
1/ https://brockley.blogspot.com/2018/03/fact-checking-splc-on-max-blumenthal.html
2/ https://brockley.blogspot.com/2018/12/fact-checking-splc-on-max-blumenthal.html
1/ https://brockley.blogspot.com/2018/03/fact-checking-splc-on-max-blumenthal.html
2/ https://brockley.blogspot.com/2018/12/fact-checking-splc-on-max-blumenthal.html
You can also find some of @areidross's work on Grayzone here https://twitter.com/areidross/status/1273731252642668544?s=20
Here is a well-informative pieces and threads on Grayzone, written by @InvisiblesMuros
1/ https://medium.com/muros-invisibles/grayzone-grifters-and-the-cult-of-tank-fbd9b8e0dbe2
2/ https://twitter.com/InvisiblesMuros/status/1169724021828661248?s=20
3/ https://medium.com/muros-invisibles/enter-the-dragon-b8087398eaa0
4/ https://medium.com/@j.collins/the-venezuela-hustle-adb6d4929a4d
1/ https://medium.com/muros-invisibles/grayzone-grifters-and-the-cult-of-tank-fbd9b8e0dbe2
2/ https://twitter.com/InvisiblesMuros/status/1169724021828661248?s=20
3/ https://medium.com/muros-invisibles/enter-the-dragon-b8087398eaa0
4/ https://medium.com/@j.collins/the-venezuela-hustle-adb6d4929a4d
Here are two pieces from libcom on Grayzone and crew
1/ https://libcom.org/library/investigation-red-brown-alliances-third-positionism-russia-ukraine-syria-western-left
2/ https://libcom.org/library/ben-norton-max-blumenthals-podcast-claiming-iranian-protesters-were-saudi-israeli-assets
1/ https://libcom.org/library/investigation-red-brown-alliances-third-positionism-russia-ukraine-syria-western-left
2/ https://libcom.org/library/ben-norton-max-blumenthals-podcast-claiming-iranian-protesters-were-saudi-israeli-assets
And a few more articles and threads
1/ https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/07/14/iran-is-using-russian-gray-zone-tactics-in-echoes-of-ukraine-war/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
2/ https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/assad-s-war-crimes-bring-far-left-and-right-together-and-putin-smiles-1.6008713
3/ https://newpol.org/against-the-grayzone-slanders/
1/ https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/07/14/iran-is-using-russian-gray-zone-tactics-in-echoes-of-ukraine-war/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
2/ https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/assad-s-war-crimes-bring-far-left-and-right-together-and-putin-smiles-1.6008713
3/ https://newpol.org/against-the-grayzone-slanders/
4/ https://twitter.com/im_PULSE/status/1170769253877866501?s=20
5/ https://www.boundary2.org/2019/11/alexander-reid-ross-fooling-the-nation-extremism-and-the-pro-russia-disinformation-ecosystem/
5/ https://www.boundary2.org/2019/11/alexander-reid-ross-fooling-the-nation-extremism-and-the-pro-russia-disinformation-ecosystem/
For Ben Norton, here are a couple of articles on him (including being a millionaire)
1/ https://louisproyect.org/2016/06/18/putting-ben-norton-under-a-microscope/
2/ https://thegrayzoneproject.wordpress.com/
3/ https://networthpost.org/net-worth/ben-norton-net-worth-3/
1/ https://louisproyect.org/2016/06/18/putting-ben-norton-under-a-microscope/
2/ https://thegrayzoneproject.wordpress.com/
3/ https://networthpost.org/net-worth/ben-norton-net-worth-3/
For Max Blumenthal (including being a millionaire)
1/ https://louisproyect.org/2020/05/12/the-syrian-fascist-whose-word-max-blumenthal-would-have-us-believe/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
2/ https://pulsemedia.org/2017/08/22/did-a-kremlin-pilgrimage-cause-alternet-bloggers-damascene-conversion/
3/ https://networthpost.org/net-worth/max-blumenthal-net-worth/
1/ https://louisproyect.org/2020/05/12/the-syrian-fascist-whose-word-max-blumenthal-would-have-us-believe/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
2/ https://pulsemedia.org/2017/08/22/did-a-kremlin-pilgrimage-cause-alternet-bloggers-damascene-conversion/
3/ https://networthpost.org/net-worth/max-blumenthal-net-worth/
(Continued)
4/ (His dad, Sidney Blumenthal, sent his books to Hillary Clinton as Sid was an aide to her) https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/02/us/politics/emails-show-how-hillary-clinton-valued-input-from-sidney-blumenthal.html
5/ by @joeyayoub
https://hummusforthought.com/2016/10/05/list-of-rebuttals-to-max-blumenthals-anti-syrian-article/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
4/ (His dad, Sidney Blumenthal, sent his books to Hillary Clinton as Sid was an aide to her) https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/02/us/politics/emails-show-how-hillary-clinton-valued-input-from-sidney-blumenthal.html
5/ by @joeyayoub
https://hummusforthought.com/2016/10/05/list-of-rebuttals-to-max-blumenthals-anti-syrian-article/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
Another thing to note: Max Blumenthal and Rania Khalek association with the SSNP (a Syrian fascist party) so here are a few links on this
1/ https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2019/09/30/pro-assad-lobby-group-rewards-bloggers-on-both-the-left-and-the-right/?fbclid=IwAR0NdX0SMt8UrxtWwL62MXIIzHLZUk0CeE16wb9FYyo6X-cZMlwr6mpfmGo
2/ https://twitter.com/NuritBaytch/status/825149978960072705?s=20
And a small thread on the SSNP https://twitter.com/acephalelephant/status/1251730173461962752?s=20
1/ https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2019/09/30/pro-assad-lobby-group-rewards-bloggers-on-both-the-left-and-the-right/?fbclid=IwAR0NdX0SMt8UrxtWwL62MXIIzHLZUk0CeE16wb9FYyo6X-cZMlwr6mpfmGo
2/ https://twitter.com/NuritBaytch/status/825149978960072705?s=20
And a small thread on the SSNP https://twitter.com/acephalelephant/status/1251730173461962752?s=20
To previous post:
You can find more stuff by searching up grayzone and red-brown alliance, but now I am gonna show instances of Grayzone crew and adjacent promoting fascist stuff https://twitter.com/areidross/status/1220569743096074240?s=20
Yasha Levine, a regular contributor to grayzone and it's propaganda by association in himself with Nazbol Limonov
This William Engdahl? Who promotes Anti-Semitic conspiracy theories
1/ https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-04-06/soros-linked-undesirable-ngos-fund-isis-linked-refugee-boats-eu
1/ https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-04-06/soros-linked-undesirable-ngos-fund-isis-linked-refugee-boats-eu
Instance of Max being an asshole towards a father trying to protect his children from gas attacks https://twitter.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/1042117000351371264?s=20
Here is Alex Rubenstein, a member of Grayzone denying the camps in Xinjiang exist (Grayzone has repeatedly tried to suppress the fact that they exist)
(I will also make another thread on Xinjiang) https://archive.vn/wao5V
(I will also make another thread on Xinjiang) https://archive.vn/wao5V
Another NazBol connection https://twitter.com/areidross/status/1055907584752869376?s=19
