Max Blumenthal

A walk through Tehran's war martyrs cemetery, w/Prof. Mohammed Marandi

Max Blumenthal meets Professor Mohammed Marandi in Tehran's Behesht-e Zahra war martyr's cemetery and visits the graves of friends Marandi lost during Iran's eight year-long war with Iraq.

Marandi explains what he thinks Iran is fighting for, why he believes the US is ultimately responsible for filling up the cemetery, and addresses his country's situation as it is faced with the threat of a new war.

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How the rich are remaking Puerto Rico

Journalist Jeremy Loffredo travels to Puerto Rico to investigate how a new wave of U.S. crypto billionaires and wealthy transplants are reshaping the island. Drawn by tax breaks and lax regulations, these elites are buying up land, displacing locals, and transforming the entire Latin American country.

Through on-the-ground reporting Loffredo unpacks how this economic invasion is eroding the island’s sovereignty under the guise of “investment,” echoing earlier eras of U.S. dominance—most notably the island’s long history of American military presence.

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Audio from the Sobh Media Festival panel, The Decline of American Hegemony and the Emergence of a New World Order, with Anya Parampil, George Galloway, Ajamu Baraka, and Glenn Diesen.

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Audio from the Sobh Media Festival panel, The Influence of the Israeli Lobby on Western Political Institutions, with Max Blumenthal, Alastair Crooke, Mick Wallace and Clare Daly.

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Max Blumenthal speaks to Mother Superior Agnes Mariam De La Croix, a Lebanese Christian nun, as she organizes a second convoy of aid and food to the Alawite community which has been massacred by jihadist allies of the new Syrian government run by "interim president" Ahmad Al-Sharaa. Speaking from Kurdish-held territory in Syria, Mother Agnes details a human rights catastrophe that has been largely ignored by Western media, from the oppression and killing of the country's minorities to the growing plague of kidnappings of young Alawite women, and condemns the cruelty of continued US sanctions on Damascus.

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Aaron Maté joins Judge Andrew Napolitano to dissect Donald Trump’s claim that he could swiftly end the Ukraine war through negotiations with Russia. The conversation covers Russia’s unyielding demands, U.S. co-belligerence, NATO expansion, and Trump’s mixed signals on diplomacy. They also touch on Trump’s recent firings within his national security team and how “tough guy” tactics might sabotage serious peace talks with Russia, Iran, and others. Can Trump choose between diplomacy and hawkish posturing—or does trying to do both doom any hope of peace?

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Max Blumenthal discusses a US senator’s call for the fbi to investigate code pink on specious grounds, the inflammatory US tour of Israeli fascist Itamar Ben Gvir, and Trump’s failing negotiating strategy in Ukraine.

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Max Blumenthal assesses the chaos at the Trump Pentagon under the abysmal leadership of Pete Hegseth, and how it might shape a potential war with Iran. He also discusses his recent interview with a leader of Yemen's Ansarallah, and the failures so far of the US military to achieve any stated objectives against the popular Houthi movement.

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Max Blumenthal and Aaron Maté discuss the chaos inside the Pentagon as Israel and its neocon allies in the Trump administration attempt to goad the US into war on Iran. They will also cover Syria, where the US has issued revealing demands in exchange for removing troops, how El Salvador's rent a prison policy is being weaponized by Washington, and more.

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By Max Blumenthal - April 21, 2025

The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal interviews Muhammad Al-Bukhaiti, senior political officer and spokesman for Ansar Allah (the Houthi movement), on Yemen’s direct confrontation with a US military machine which is hellbent on destroying its ability to resist Israel.

In this third conversation between The Grayzone and Bukhaiti, the Ansar Allah spokesman explains why he believes his movement’s war with the US-Israeli axis is unlike any conflict that preceded it, and why he believes Yemen is engaged in a righteous battle despite the terrible toll its civilians have faced.

This interview was translated by Hekmat Aboukhater.

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