Thread by @TheGrayzoneNews

In no particular order, here are some of our favorite Grayzone reports of the year...

We begin with @maxblumenthal and @dancohen3000's exposé of Juan Guaido and his regime change puppeteers, at a time when he was unknown even to most Venezuelans:

thegrayzone.com/2019/01/29/the…

@MaxBlumenthal @dancohen3000 2. @MaxBlumenthal blew up another interventionist deception, revealing how right-wing Venezuelan hooligans burned trucks full of US aid while Washington claimed that Maduro did it.

(The NY Times got to this weeks later)

thegrayzone.com/2019/02/24/bur…

@MaxBlumenthal @dancohen3000 3. @anyaparampil's exposes on Venezuelan coup leader Ricardo Hausmann resulted in him resigning from his job at the Inter-American Development Bank, but only after throwing a WhatsApp tirade:

thegrayzone.com/2019/09/27/fol…

@MaxBlumenthal @dancohen3000 @anyaparampil 4. We went to Honduras to cover the uprising against a US-backed narco regime, and @anyaparampil interviewed the opposition leader and president ousted by a right-wing coup, @manuelzr

@MaxBlumenthal @dancohen3000 @anyaparampil @manuelzr 5. @MaxBlumenthal and @BenjaminNorton revealed how the ISO/Jacobin/Haymarket-sponsored Socialism Conference featured a cast of US-backed regime change activists & seminars demonizing Cuba and Nicaragua.

The subjects of the piece responded with a tantrum.

thegrayzone.com/2019/07/06/dsa…

@MaxBlumenthal @dancohen3000 @anyaparampil @manuelzr @BenjaminNorton We launched @PushbackShow with @aaronjmate this year.

Aaron's interview with his wise father, @DrGaborMate, was one of our most popular and provocative pieces:

@MaxBlumenthal @dancohen3000 @anyaparampil @manuelzr @BenjaminNorton @PushbackShow @aaronjmate @DrGaborMate 7. @dancohen3000 ripped the lid off the Hong Kong protests, revealing the xenophobia, mob violence and millions of dollars of US backing behind the made-for-TV movement. This was one of our most popular print investigations ever.

thegrayzone.com/2019/08/17/hon…

@MaxBlumenthal @dancohen3000 @anyaparampil @manuelzr @BenjaminNorton @PushbackShow @aaronjmate @DrGaborMate 8. In the midst of the US regime change attempt against Venezuela, @MaxBlumenthal held a wide-ranging interview with President Nicolas Maduro, who revealed how John Bolton advanced plans to assassinate him:

@MaxBlumenthal @dancohen3000 @anyaparampil @manuelzr @BenjaminNorton @PushbackShow @aaronjmate @DrGaborMate 9. @anyaparampil broke the story of how the US-backed Venezuelan opposition was scheming to sell off their country's most valuable foreign asset in Citgo. Despite opposition denials, her report was confirmed weeks later.

thegrayzone.com/2019/09/03/the…

@MaxBlumenthal @dancohen3000 @anyaparampil @manuelzr @BenjaminNorton @PushbackShow @aaronjmate @DrGaborMate 10. @MaxBlumenthal's expose of a secret meeting of US coup plotters, Guaido opposition figures and rightist Latin American officials at @csis to mull a military intervention of Venezuela was brought up at the UN by the country's legitimate delegation thegrayzone.com/2019/04/13/us-…

@MaxBlumenthal @dancohen3000 @anyaparampil @manuelzr @BenjaminNorton @PushbackShow @aaronjmate @DrGaborMate @CSIS 11. @wyattreed13 provided on-the-ground post-coup coverage of Bolivia for us, interviewing Evo Morales' successor and revealing how the right-wing junta was viciously hunting activists and journalists who resisted it:

thegrayzone.com/2019/11/27/rig…

@MaxBlumenthal @dancohen3000 @anyaparampil @manuelzr @BenjaminNorton @PushbackShow @aaronjmate @DrGaborMate @CSIS @wyattreed13 12. Before Bolivian coup leader Luis Fernando Camacho was known in the US, @BenjaminNorton and @MaxBlumenthal exposed him and his movement as a fascistic and racist separatist front known for its violence against indigenous citizens

thegrayzone.com/2019/11/11/bol…

@MaxBlumenthal @dancohen3000 @anyaparampil @manuelzr @BenjaminNorton @PushbackShow @aaronjmate @DrGaborMate @CSIS @wyattreed13 13. @RaniaKhalek's on-the-ground investigative series on how the US was seeking to turn Lebanon's anti-corruption protest movement against Hezbollah generated a major debate in the country, and provoked fury from supporters of the imperial effort:

thegrayzone.com/2019/12/01/us-…

@MaxBlumenthal @dancohen3000 @anyaparampil @manuelzr @BenjaminNorton @PushbackShow @aaronjmate @DrGaborMate @CSIS @wyattreed13 @RaniaKhalek 14. @ajitxsingh and @MaxBlumenthal revealed two absurdly dubious studies - one authored by a fanatical right-wing evangelical on a "mission" against China - as the key source of the uncritically repeated story of China detaining millions of Uyghurs.

thegrayzone.com/2019/12/21/chi…

@MaxBlumenthal @dancohen3000 @anyaparampil @manuelzr @BenjaminNorton @PushbackShow @aaronjmate @DrGaborMate @CSIS @wyattreed13 @RaniaKhalek @ajitxsingh 15. @aaronjmate continued to hammer the Russiagate deception and was among a few adversarial voices to cover the corruption of the OPCW and doctoring of its now-discredited report on Douma

@MaxBlumenthal @dancohen3000 @anyaparampil @manuelzr @BenjaminNorton @PushbackShow @aaronjmate @DrGaborMate @CSIS @wyattreed13 @RaniaKhalek @ajitxsingh 16. By the end of the year, we were able to launch #RedLinesShow with @anyaparampil. A new year's worth of episodes is on the way!

@MaxBlumenthal @dancohen3000 @anyaparampil @manuelzr @BenjaminNorton @PushbackShow @aaronjmate @DrGaborMate @CSIS @wyattreed13 @RaniaKhalek @ajitxsingh We were able to all this and so much more thanks to our amazing supporters. This year, we will need your help more than ever as we continue our mission to break the media blockade. #LaLuchaSigue