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Richard Medhurst, Leading Gaza Reporter, Arrested and Charged with "Terrorism" in European Crackdown
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this post was submitted on 13 Feb 2025
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Maybe. And i'm open to evidence to back that theory up, but for the time being i personally don't believe it. I think that's too convoluted an explanation when a much simpler one fits perfectly well. We shouldn't ascribe more subtlety or intelligence to the ruling class than they actually have. Most of these people are not evil geniuses, they are just evil...and some of them are really not that bright at all.
Sometimes the only reason why they do things is the straightforwardly obvious one: they are desperately trying to reassert control in a situation in which they fear they are losing it, when they feel everything is spiraling out of control for them and they just don't care anymore about being subtle.
And sometimes it turns out that they can get away with it, which then emboldens them to go even further next time, but sometimes they can't, and they find out that they have underestimated the level of pushback they will actually get. It's the same phenomenon of arrogance and belief in their own omnipotence that we see the imperialists display over and over. But whether they succeed or not in this or that individual case is not very relevant, because the intimidation still occurs either way.
Well, my reasoning for them being controlled opposition figures varies. I don't know much about Medhurst, but he gets a ton of attention, adding very little to the conversation, and is not a communist. (None of these alt media people are ever communists! There's only Ben Norton and some people associated with party organizations that have been turned into appendages of activism NGOs.) In addition, Medhurst seems to have a scandal following him around about DMs with minors.
The other people I mentioned are incredibly spooky. CodePink is part of the Veterans for Peace network, which is pretty closely connected with establishment figures and advocates for very minor reforms. They get away with holding Extinction Rebellion-style protests that end up almost looking like photo ops with Blinken. Blumenthal is suspicious not just because of his family ties and stalking of a former employee and associations with libertarians, but also becayse of the way he discredits a lot of The Grayzone's good work by veering into culture war nonsense. Kiriakou is wild, I will add more on this later, but he lied about being present at the torture of Abu Zubaydah, but records show that he was working at locations which did torture other people. His whole "inaccurate intel" framing of the problem with torture is weak, he never disavows the CIA, his whole framing is he wants the organization to be more morally upright. After his arrest he is still working right in Washington D.C. hosting a show on RT, which as an alt media outlet is a target for all kinds of US HUMINT assets.
I can't say for sure, but do you see why I would be suspicious of these people?
Do you have any sources on this?
Yeah let me pull it up. I encountered it randomly in his mentions. I shouldn't say that so flippantly.