After Julian Assange, the US imperialist beast goes after Max Blumenthal: the brutal hunt against independent journalism officially begins!

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Right after the arrest of Julian Assange, we wrote that this is a war against real journalism. It is a direct threat against all the independent media with real journalists who expose the war crimes of the US empire and its allies. After this, expect an ongoing, brutal hunt against every real journalist who will attempt to report the truth, contrary to the corporate PR parrots of the mainstream media - the golden operatives of the establishment, who faithfully stick to the script.

We concluded that until we see Julian Assange free and safe, until we see the restoration of the real Democracy, especially in the US/UK neocolonial complex, we are at war with this fascist regime. We will all have to fight not just for Julian, but for our own existence. Because everyone who seeks truth and justice from now on, would be considered potential target from the regime.

Unfortunately, it seems that we were right. The regime is now going after Max Blumenthal. Blumenthal is a key creator of the Grayzone, which exposes the real picture, contrary to the propaganda of the Empire, with its journalists reporting on the ground.

Blumenthal tweeted:

                                I was arrested on Friday on a COMPLETELY FALSE charge 

manufactured by the Venezuelan opposition related to their siege of the embassy in DC. I spent 2 days in jail, was shackled for extended periods & was denied my right to call a lawyer.

I was arrested on Friday on a COMPLETELY FALSE charge manufactured by the Venezuelan opposition related to their siege of the embassy in DC. I spent 2 days in jail, was shackled for extended periods & was denied my right to call a lawyer. Here's the facts: https://t.co/2Nco0OzQ7P

— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) October 28, 2019

Grayzone revealed the details of the political persecution of Max Blumenthal. The story proves that we already live under an authoritarian regime which will not hesitate to hunt down every independent voice that exposes its dirty agenda.

According to the Grayzone report, "Blumenthal was arrested literally hours after The Grayzone published an article on USAID paying the salaries of Guaidó’s team as they lobbied the US government. 'I am firmly convinced that this case is part of a wider campaign of political persecution using the legal system to shut down our factual investigative journalism about the coup against Venezuela and the wider policy of economic warfare and regime change waged by the Trump administration,' Blumenthal stated."



It is quite probable that the Trump regime has targeted Blumenthal not only because he is one of the leading journalists who report the truth on what's really going on in Venezuela, but because he 'dared' to interview Nicolas Maduro.



So, this is clearly another warning shot by the Empire, signaling to every direction that it will not tolerate any independent reporting that exposes its imperialist agenda.

This is why we recently wrote that all the progressives should be properly-informed on these issues. There are truly independent journalists, among them several Americans, who give the real picture, reporting on the ground, contrary to the corporate media propaganda. Progressives should start get informed from these sources, otherwise they will end up crawling behind the US deep state imperialist agenda.

Therefore, if progressives like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez want to offer a real change and hope to the American people, they should explicitly condemn the political persecution of whistleblowers, journalists. They should put all their effort and power to defend people like Julian Assange and Max Blumenthal.