Gray Zone : US gov narrative blaming Iran for oil tanker attacks falls apart + other reports

The Trump administration’s claims Iran attacked oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman were quickly debunked, with the ship’s crew saying it “was hit by a flying object.” But the US disrupted important Iranian diplomatic efforts at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
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Trump admin aims to kill historic talks and strangle Iran with evidence-free accusations - By Ben Norton   Hell-bent on isolating and suffocating Iran, the Trump administration derailed Japan’s historic talks by accusing Tehran without any evidence whatsoever of attacking oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman. Continue reading...

Why Hondurans set fire to the US embassy - By Alex Rubinstein   Ten years after a US-backed coup handed Honduras over to big business, the country is rising up. A leader of deposed President Manuel Zelaya’s party explains to The Grayzone what’s behind the protest wave. Continue reading...

Behind the Syrian Network for Human Rights: How an opposition front group became Western media’s go-to monitor - By Max Blumenthal   Top media outlets turn to the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) for figures on deaths and detentions, never noting the group’s seamless connection to Syria’s opposition, the support it receives from states that waged war on the country, or its open lobbying for US military intervention. Continue reading...

How Venezuela's US-backed opposition distorts 'human rights' to push regime change 22 min. Venezuelan lawyer Lucrecia Hernández, director of the human rights organization SURES, joins Ajit Singh to discuss how opposition groups have politicized and weaponized "human rights" discourse against the government, how the current economic crisis has been manufactured by the aggressive sanctions of the US and its allies, and how Venezuela's civilization population is being attacked to advance regime change.

Moderate Rebels Podcast: Dissecting Jorge Ramos' hilariously bad, propagandistic interview with Venezuela's President Maduro 1 hr. 27 min.   Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton do a live reaction video, picking apart Jorge Ramo's interview with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Joined by Anya Parampil, we fact check his lies and show how the Univision journalist makes propaganda for the right-wing opposition.