my first genuine exposure to abby martin was like 4 years ago during the US backed coup attempt in venezuela. there were constant videos and images of "citizen uprisings" in venezuela all over :reddit-logo: , then abby pops out with this 30 minute video where she goes around caracas interviewing people at the protests (peaceful and more aggressive) or non-protestors going about their business, and showing maps of where opposition and pro-government support exist while discussing socioeconomic data of regions. i'm a sucker for critical geography.
it was the first time i had seen coverage of the venezuela situation besides the un-ending B-roll of riot police and protestors while some $300 haircut in a $3000 suit described the situation as people rising up against a corrupt authoritarian regime for 6 minutes at the top of every hour before interviewing some NatSec goblin about the feasibility of US intervention. abby was the first person going in and talking to the people protesting and they were more than happy to explain themselves, on camera, to an english-speaking white lady from the US. very light skinned and wealthy looking people just straight up regurgitating mindless talking points and occasionally telling on themselves. at least until the opposition's dogs among the elites posted pictures of her and her team all over social media, accusing them of being part of a state intelligence service and advocating violence against them. not to mention, she was the only one i had seen at that point letting people in Caracas talk at length about their opinions of the situation, or analyzing the deaths attributed to the protests or the tactics of the protestors.
it completely shattered the monolithic narrative we had been seeing on all corporate news outlets in the US and made me wonder how long it would be until she and her producers were killed "mysteriously". it also touched on the racial component, which is completely wiped from typical US media coverage.
it is wild
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtu1DwHo1Zg
my first genuine exposure to abby martin was like 4 years ago during the US backed coup attempt in venezuela. there were constant videos and images of "citizen uprisings" in venezuela all over :reddit-logo: , then abby pops out with this 30 minute video where she goes around caracas interviewing people at the protests (peaceful and more aggressive) or non-protestors going about their business, and showing maps of where opposition and pro-government support exist while discussing socioeconomic data of regions. i'm a sucker for critical geography.
it was the first time i had seen coverage of the venezuela situation besides the un-ending B-roll of riot police and protestors while some $300 haircut in a $3000 suit described the situation as people rising up against a corrupt authoritarian regime for 6 minutes at the top of every hour before interviewing some NatSec goblin about the feasibility of US intervention. abby was the first person going in and talking to the people protesting and they were more than happy to explain themselves, on camera, to an english-speaking white lady from the US. very light skinned and wealthy looking people just straight up regurgitating mindless talking points and occasionally telling on themselves. at least until the opposition's dogs among the elites posted pictures of her and her team all over social media, accusing them of being part of a state intelligence service and advocating violence against them. not to mention, she was the only one i had seen at that point letting people in Caracas talk at length about their opinions of the situation, or analyzing the deaths attributed to the protests or the tactics of the protestors.
it completely shattered the monolithic narrative we had been seeing on all corporate news outlets in the US and made me wonder how long it would be until she and her producers were killed "mysteriously". it also touched on the racial component, which is completely wiped from typical US media coverage.
it is wild https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtu1DwHo1Zg