{"id":8518,"date":"2021-03-04T19:09:46","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T18:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/?p=7067"},"modified":"2021-03-04T19:09:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T18:09:46","slug":"max-blumenthal-exposes-program-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/politics\/max-blumenthal-exposes-program-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Blumenthal Exposes Secret UK-funded Program Aimed at Undermining Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-8 pb-3\">\n<p><strong>Max Blumenthal Exposes Secret UK-funded Program Aimed at Undermining Russia<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span>In this video, we speak with investigative journalist and founder of The Grayzone Max Blumenthal about his latest investigative article which exposes an elaborate scheme involving the British media, government and intelligence community to undermine Russia. The report is based on leaked documents from the hacktivist collective Anonymous. Shortly after publication, the report went viral on social media after Twitter flagged the link with a warning label.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>VIDEO:\u00a0Max Blumenthal Exposes Secret UK-funded Program Aimed at Undermining Russia<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Max Blumenthal Exposes Secret UK-funded Program Aimed at Undermining Russia\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/327u_T3vMfA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>To watch more of our videos on this topic or with other experts such as Edward Snowden, Noam Chomsky, Abby Martin, Yanis Varoufakis, Glenn Greenwald, Jeremy Scahill, Jill Stein, Daniel Ellsberg, etc, please visit and subscribe to our YouTube channel by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/acTVismMunich?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Donate today to support independent &amp; non-profit media!<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0or on the picture below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4434 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future-300x100.jpg 300w\" width=\"700\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>ABOUT\u00a0MAX BLUMENTHAL<\/h2>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/355_Blumenthal.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5254\" src=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/355_Blumenthal-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"Max Blumenthal Grayzone acTVism\" width=\"91\" height=\"91\" \/><\/a>Max Blumenthal<\/b><span>\u00a0is an award-winning journalist and the author of several books, including best-selling\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Republican-Gomorrah-Inside-Movement-Shattered\/dp\/1568584172\"><span>Republican Gomorrah<\/span><\/a><span>,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Goliath-Life-Loathing-Greater-Israel\/dp\/1568586345\"><span>Goliath<\/span><\/a><span>,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/51-Day-War-Ruin-Resistance\/dp\/156858511X\"><span>The Fifty One Day War<\/span><\/a><span>, and\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.versobooks.com\/books\/2868-the-management-of-savagery\"><span>The Management of Savagery<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He has produced print articles for an array of publications, many video reports, and several documentaries, including\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/killinggaza.com\/\"><span>Killing Gaza<\/span><\/a><span>. Blumenthal founded The Grayzone in 2015 to shine a journalistic light on America\u2019s state of perpetual war and its dangerous domestic repercussions.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this video, we speak with Max Blumenthal about his latest investigative article which exposes an elaborate scheme to undermine 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