Update (September 29, 2020): A few days after this article was published, the authenticity of these leaked materials was indirectly confirmed by the British government, which reported that hundreds of Foreign Office documents detailing its Syria propaganda operations were .Leaked documents show how UK government contractors developed an advanced infrastructure of propaganda to stimulate support in the West for Syria’s political and armed opposition.Virtually every aspect of the Syrian opposition was cultivated and marketed by Western government-backed public relations firms, from their...…Update (September 29, 2020): A few days after this article was published, the authenticity of these leaked materials was indirectly confirmed by the British government, which reported that hundreds of Foreign Office documents detailing its Syria propaganda operations were .Leaked documents show how UK government contractors developed an advanced infrastructure of propaganda to stimulate support in the West for Syria’s political and armed opposition.Virtually every aspect of the Syrian opposition was cultivated and marketed by Western government-backed public relations firms, from their...WW…

Nour al-Din al-Zenki, a US-backed Salafi-jihadist rebel group in SyriaThe US government spent at least $12 billion in Syria-related military and civilian expenses in the four years from 2014 through 2017, former ambassador Robert Ford disclosed in a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing.The United States spent at least $12 billion in Syria-related military and civilian expenses in the four years from 2014 through 2017, according to the former U.S. ambassador to the country.This $12 billion is in addition to the billions more spent to pursue regime change in Syria in the previous three...…Nour al-Din al-Zenki, a US-backed Salafi-jihadist rebel group in SyriaThe US government spent at least $12 billion in Syria-related military and civilian expenses in the four years from 2014 through 2017, former ambassador Robert Ford disclosed in a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing.The United States spent at least $12 billion in Syria-related military and civilian expenses in the four years from 2014 through 2017, according to the former U.S. ambassador to the country.This $12 billion is in addition to the billions more spent to pursue regime change in Syria in the previous three...WW…

.LA PAZ, BOLIVIA – On the eve of Bolivia’s first election since a that removed President Evo Morales from office, the unelected de facto government has detained, doxxed, and threatened international electoral observers.On October 16, Bolivia’s migration department shared the private information and photos of Spanish electoral observers with a far-right activist, who promptly published these sensitive materials on social media, spawning a campaign of incitement against the monitors.Later that day, the right-wing Bolivian administration detained observers from Argentina in the airport outside...….LA PAZ, BOLIVIA – On the eve of Bolivia’s first election since a that removed President Evo Morales from office, the unelected de facto government has detained, doxxed, and threatened international electoral observers.On October 16, Bolivia’s migration department shared the private information and photos of Spanish electoral observers with a far-right activist, who promptly published these sensitive materials on social media, spawning a campaign of incitement against the monitors.Later that day, the right-wing Bolivian administration detained observers from Argentina in the airport outside...WW…

A senior executive at Twitter Latin America spent years working for right-wing Mexican politicians, including the notoriously corrupt Felipe Calderón. During his tenure as president, Calderón reportedly operated death squads, coordinated with drug cartels, and ordered the assassination of journalists. He even publicly called for an “armed rebellion” to overthrow the country’s current, democratically elected leader.Twitter has claimed the administrator’s lengthy political history has no influence over his work at the social media giant. But amid a wave of social media censorship that has...…A senior executive at Twitter Latin America spent years working for right-wing Mexican politicians, including the notoriously corrupt Felipe Calderón. During his tenure as president, Calderón reportedly operated death squads, coordinated with drug cartels, and ordered the assassination of journalists. He even publicly called for an “armed rebellion” to overthrow the country’s current, democratically elected leader.Twitter has claimed the administrator’s lengthy political history has no influence over his work at the social media giant. But amid a wave of social media censorship that has...WW…

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo speak at the 41st anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution in Managua on July 19, 2020 (Photo credit: Ben Norton / The Grayzone)A newly released document exposes a US government operation to overthrow the .The plot is administered by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), a to advance Washington’s aggressive foreign-policy interests.The () details the creation of a new “task order” called Responsive Assistance in Nicaragua (RAIN) and its plan for “Nicaragua’s transition to democracy” – a euphemism...…Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo speak at the 41st anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution in Managua on July 19, 2020 (Photo credit: Ben Norton / The Grayzone)A newly released document exposes a US government operation to overthrow the .The plot is administered by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), a to advance Washington’s aggressive foreign-policy interests.The () details the creation of a new “task order” called Responsive Assistance in Nicaragua (RAIN) and its plan for “Nicaragua’s transition to democracy” – a euphemism...WW…

Disgraced anarchist researcher Alexander Reid Ross works with former CIA and DHS officials and copsThrough his many hatchet jobs smearing anti-war leftists as crypto-fascists engaged in a supposed “red-brown” alliance with the far-right, writer Alexander Reid Ross has earned widespread derision and the retraction of his entire archive by one of his former publishers. Ironically, the self-described anarchist is now openly collaborating with a network of former cops, spies, right-wing Republicans, and Department of Homeland Security agents at a militaristic think tank funded in part by...…Disgraced anarchist researcher Alexander Reid Ross works with former CIA and DHS officials and copsThrough his many hatchet jobs smearing anti-war leftists as crypto-fascists engaged in a supposed “red-brown” alliance with the far-right, writer Alexander Reid Ross has earned widespread derision and the retraction of his entire archive by one of his former publishers. Ironically, the self-described anarchist is now openly collaborating with a network of former cops, spies, right-wing Republicans, and Department of Homeland Security agents at a militaristic think tank funded in part by...WW…