Jeremy Corbyn, a real progressive, could win UK’s elections. Max Blumenthal joins Pushback to discuss how powerful forces are trying to stop Corbyn with a Russiagate-fueled smear campaign — and why Bernie Sanders could be their next target.
By Aaron Maté
December 11, 2019 "Information Clearing House" - Just before British elections, the UK’s military-intelligence apparatus is smearing Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn with evidence-free Russiagate allegations. NATO-funded “researchers” are claiming that leaked documents publicized by Corbyn that exposed secret US-UK talks over the British health service are in fact the result of a Russian disinformation campaign. The Russia-baiting against Corbyn comes as the Labour leader also faces an ongoing campaign to smear him with fake charges of anti-Semitism. The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal discusses the British and US government-tied forces behind the anti-Corbyn effort, and how Bernie Sanders could be next.
Guest: Max Blumenthal, Editor of The Grayzone and author of The Management of Savagery.
“Russiagate media smears against Corbyn brought to you by US and UK military-intelligence apparatus,” by Ben Norton and Max Blumenthal.
Aaron Maté: Those of us on the Left who have been critical of Russiagate have long warned that it will be used to attack progressives and progressive values. In the US, we’ve seen that with attempts to tie Bernie Sanders, Jill Stein, Tulsi Gabbard, and other dissident voices to Russian influence. And now in Britain we are seeing perhaps one of the most blatant cases of Russia-baiting to date. Just days before British elections, the UK’s military-intelligence apparatus is smearing Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn with evidence-free allegations. This latest attempt began after Corbyn publicized leaked documents exposing secret talks between Britain’s Conservative government and the US to privatize Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) as part of the Brexit deal. The revelation undermined the claim of Prime Minister Boris Johnson – who is Corbyn’s opponent — that the NHS was not up for negotiation.
Jeremy Corbyn: We’ve now got evidence that under Boris Johnson, the NHS is on the table and will be up for sale. The U.S. is demanding that our NHS is on the table in negotiations for a toxic deal. It’s already being talked about in secret. That could lead to runaway privatization of our health service. Mega-corporations see Johnson’s alliance with Trump as a chance to make billions from the illness and sickness of people in this country.
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