In Episode 138 [13] of the CounterVortex podcast [14], Bill Weinberg is outraged that The Nation magazine marks the ninth anniversary of the Ghouta chemical massacre [15] by engaging [16] in glib "false flag" theorizing—the predictable response [17] of the post-truth pseudo-left. This sinister spewing from writer David Bromwich is but the latest entry in a long and shameful litany of pro-Assad and pro-Putin propaganda to appear in The Nation. Similar chemical denialism [18] has been dished out by James Carden, and loaned credence [19] by Phyllis Bennis—despite the findings [20] of bona fide human rights groups. The Nation's Bob Dreyfuss has expressed open support [21] for the genocidal dictatorship of Bashar Assad. The Nation's late éminence grise Stephen F. Cohen has spread dishonest Russian propaganda both on Syria [22] and on Ukraine [23], his spewings eagerly lapped up [24] by Tucker Carlson. Weinberg asserts that The Nation has become a vehicle of Kremlin foreign policy aims, and calls for a complete boycott. Listen on SoundCloud [13] or via Patreon [25].
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