Via UK Column: "Mike Robinson speaks to Vanessa Beeley, Eva Bartlett and Fiorella Isabel about what it's like to report from the front lines of conflict zones, what they have experienced in their interactions with legacy media journalists and what it's like to live and work in Russia and with RT. Vanessa Beeley is an independent journalist, peace activist, photographer and regular contributor to the UK Column. She can be found on Twitter, and on her Substack. Eva Bartlett is an independent journalist with extensive experience in Syria and in the Gaza Strip, where she lived a cumulative three years (from late 2008 to early 2013). She has also reported from the Donbass and Venezuela. She can be found on Twitter, and on many other platforms. Fiorella Isabel is a journalist and geo-political analyst. She can be found on the news at RT, on the Convo Couch, and at her Substack" Original link: https://www.ukcolumn.org/media-on-trial-vanessa-beeley-eva-bartlett-and-fiorella-isabel ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvDgw_UHSJw

Yesterday (March 31), I spent over an hour with a Venezuelan journalist, Ricardo González [https://twitter.com/RicardoGZK], talking with people who had come to Waraira Repano mountainside to collect clean spring water. In spite of the media hype that Venezuela is in a state of crisis, you can see people calmly waiting for their opportunity to fill up water jugs, kids wading in the water, people joking, also people frustrated as to be expected under such exhausting circumstances. You can also hear a variety of opinions here. It's interesting that those who spoke in a pro-government stance seem to be politically aware of US machinations against Venezuela, which is something I've encountered among many of the poorest I've been meeting in my last few weeks here, moving around Caracas' poorest areas. See my latest: US is manufacturing a crisis in Venezuela so that there is chaos and 'needed' intervention https://www.rt.com/op-ed/455081-manufactured-crisis-venezuela-us-intervention/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s_vQudQCRo

Testimony of an employee of the municipality of Buqayn, shot at close range by terrorists in the Madaya region. “The driver was killed and we were all injured.” See my detailed article here: http://www.mintpressnews.com/order-returns-to-western-syria-civilians-recount-horrors-rebel-rule/232380/ Support my work by following on: My blog: https://ingaza.wordpress.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/EvaKBartlett Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EvaBoBeeva Twitter: https://twitter.com/EvaKBartlett ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikgV0O9i36g

As I mentioned at the beginning of this clip, when in Syria as a journalist it usually takes 3 or so days to acquire the necessary permissions to go to areas outside Damascus (or rather, areas outside of Damascus where there is a risk due to presence of terrorists, terrorists bombings, or their landmines). During this time, instead of loiter I try to interview average Syrian civilians, sometimes artisans, and otherwise love walking alone in the meandering back lanes, absorbing the atmosphere--whether daytime or evening. People ask me about safety: I feel completely safe walking alone in these lanes. In contrast from my first visit in 2014 to the liberation of eastern Ghouta in 2018, I did not feel safe, nor did Syrian civilians, because at any moment a terrorist-fired mortar might strike, as they did incessantly over the years. RELATED LINKS: -US-Backed Terrorism in Syria: A First-Hand Account of the Use of Mortars Against Civilians, Eva Bartlett, September 12, 2014 https://www.globalresearch.ca/us-backed-terrorism-in-syria-a-first-hand-account-of-the-use-of-mortars-against-civilians/5401390 -University Hospital, Damascus: Meeting Victims of Western-backed Mortar and Rocket Terrorism https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2015/03/03/university-hospital-damascus-meeting-victims-of-western-backed-mortar-and-rocket-terrorism/ -Damascus Walks: Glimpses of Normal Life Without Terrorism, Jan 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoZVxedii_w&t=1s -Revisiting Areas Mortared by Terrorists Before Peace Was Restored, Damascus, Jan 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZVpyZP8wyU& -Mortars Which Terrorized Damascus Residents Fall No More, Jan 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3dDmv1VbM8 -Steel Artisan From Old Damascus On Life Without Terrorism, Jan 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=purbIveKq7s& -Damascus Late 2018 Festive Atmosphere Without Terrorists' Bombings, Dec 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATo8_bKwtog&t=57s -Damascus Wood Worker: Traditions Continue, People Return, Jan 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Wj9-LwUAb8& -Tour of traditional Old Damascus home damaged by terrorists' mortar attacks, April 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNXvqg856S8& -Damascus sweet shop owner fled eastern Ghouta when terrorists came, April 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AfFwObjkfs& -Reflections on how Damascus used to be hammered with terrorists mortars, not now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JT2I6GPVF4& -Three Year Old Girl Critically Injured by Terrorist Mortar, Syria, Feb 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y0iIclOoHw -Terrorist Mortars on Damascus, Apr 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTNYsjSXUyk& -Children injured by shelling of Manar school Apr 15 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFAeXAsRxZk -Giovanni store Damascus: How the ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LF6gvSh6tI