The Syria you won’t see: Max Blumenthal on visiting Damascus after the p...

The Syria you won’t see: Max Blumenthal on visiting Damascus after the proxy war 127,918 views •Sep 24, 2019 6.1K 119 Share Save The Grayzone 141K subscribers Pushback with Aaron Maté The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal discusses his reporting trip to Damascus in the aftermath of Syria's proxy war. He interviewed residents who were caught between Western and Gulf-backed extremist insurgents and the Syrian government’s war to retake territory, and who now struggle to recover under a US-led economic blockade. "They want to attack and intimidate people from the West who want to have cultural and personal contact with Syrians in the area where most Syrians live," Blumenthal says. "I went there and I took that opportunity to have contact with them because I’ll take any reasonable opportunity to break the media blockade in countries targeted with regime change, and to show my fellow citizens what’s on the other side of the corporate media and the US national security state’s information war." Guest: Max Blumenthal, Editor of The Grayzone and author of "The Management of Savagery." Video by Ben Norton ||| The Grayzone ||| Find more reporting at https://thegrayzone.com​ Support our original journalism at Patreon: https://patreon.com/grayzone​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/grayzoneproject​ Facebook: https://facebook.com/thegrayzone​ Minds: https://minds.com/thegrayzone​ Support Pushback at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aaronmate​ Pushback on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pushbackshow​ Aaron Maté on Twitter: https://twitter.com/aaronjmate​ Pushback on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lu7MGQ​ Pushback on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/pushbackshow​ Pushback on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2mpwIQm​ Pushback on Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=465855​ Find transcripts and more at https://thegrayzone.com/pushback​ 948 Comments Auggie Giuseppe Add a public comment... Auggie Giuseppe Auggie Giuseppe 1 second ago Now I understand More about Syria 1 Franz Sammer Franz Sammer 1 year ago Max Blumenthal is one of a few journalists who is telling the truth.give him a peace prize. 727 Men In Black Men In Black 1 year ago You don’t get to see this in the MSM. 221 Mazyar Mazyar 1 year ago Max Blumenthal represents the decent side of American society 444 Darkmatter2k Darkmatter2k 1 year ago This is why people get their news from youtube. 197 R G R G 1 year ago Truth has never stood a chance in this world. 118 100WangWing 100WangWing 1 year ago Great work once again. Max you are a very brave man, not just for going to Syria but for the telling the truth. 127 Amy Amy 1 year ago We seem to have forgotten that other people, particularly people in other countries, are just as human as we are. Reporting like this helps to break us of that notion, especially for those people who have never left the US. Thank you! 60 Jacquie Gehrke Jacquie Gehrke 1 year ago I really appreciate this kind of reporting. More like the "truth" zone.