Twice a week, award-winning journalist Afshin Rattansi and his team go underground to cover geopolitics and current affairs from a perspective you won’t find in the mainstream media, with some of the most high-profile guests.
Prof. Richard Wolff: China is waiting and watching as the US empire and the West implodes
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Prof. Richard Wolff, Professor of Emeritus of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He discusses the causes of the mass protests in France and the rest of Western Europe and the drive by Europe’s leaders to gear up for war against Russia, Europe’s hypocrisy in buying hundreds of billions of euros’ worth of Russian energy while funding Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky, the solution to Europe’s terminal decline and loss of power, China and Russia’s goal being to stay on the sidelines while the US’ unipolar world implodes, whether the US working class can trust progressives and ‘democratic socialists’ ahead of the midterms, what socialism actually means for progressive politicians in the US, how socialism is likely to evolve in the US in the future, how the Israel lobby’s and military-industrial complex’s power over Congress is ultimately their downfall, the two scapegoats in the US being immigrants and Russia, and much more.
Iran war: Trump is too egotistical and in Netanyahu’s pocket – Paul Craig Roberts
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Paul Craig Roberts, former US assistant treasury secretary for economic policy under Ronald Reagan and former associate editor of the Wall Street Journal. He discusses why the US under Donald Trump continues to supply intelligence to Ukraine despite pursuing an end to the NATO-Russia proxy war, the grip of the neoconservatives on American foreign policy, why he believes Ukraine’s Zelensky is “finished,” the US-Russia diesel deal and why it was struck, how Iran has handed Trump a midterm victory on a silver platter only to be met with rejection and more bombing threats, why he believes Benjamin Netanyahu orchestrated October 7th, how Ronald Reagan defied the Israel lobby, the ongoing protests in France and Western Europe, the prospect of the Democrats sweeping the midterm elections, and much more.
Prof. Robert Pape reveals Trump’s Iran escalation plan, the likelihood of the use of nukes has doubled
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Robert Pape, professor of political science at the University of Chicago, and founder of the Chicago Project on Security and Threats. He discusses the rise of violent populism in the United States and Americans increasingly turning on each other, the legacy media’s deliberate omission of the facts he has found about the new middle and upper class of violent populists in the United States, why Trump’s political survival is at risk because of the war on Iran, the Iran war escalation trap that has resulted in it spreading to Saudi Arabia and Yemen, Trump’s plan for escalation against Iran, why the odds of the use of a nuclear weapon against Iran have doubled, the normalization of political violence in the United States and the impacts it will have both at home and abroad, what could cause a mutiny in the US armed forces, skyrocketing economic inequality, and much more.
Iran War could be Trump’s downfall: An enormous strategic mistake (ex-economic hitman John Perkins)
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to John Perkins, former ‘economic hitman’ and Author of The Art of the Steal: Trump & The Economic Hit Man Presidency. He discusses the US’ move to oligarchy and Trump’s acceleration of the shift, why he feels ashamed to be an American, the IMF & World Bank’s GDP predictions and why GDP is only a measure of how the wealthy are doing, why unity is very important for African and Latin American countries, why the US made the enormous strategic mistake of attacking Iran, why the war on Iran could be Donald Trump’s downfall, the nature of Trump’s relationship with Vladimir Putin, why leaders of countries continue to take hated IMF & World Bank loans, China’s strategy of sitting on the sidelines while the US makes catastrophic mistakes, and much more.
Prof. Jeffrey Sachs: We are at dire risk of nuclear war from Russia-NATO escalation over Ukraine
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, President of the UN’s Department for Sustainable Development. He discusses the mood surrounding the Ukraine proxy war at the UN General Assembly and what the “only glimmer of light” was, why the Ukraine proxy war and the war on Iran have “sensible exit ramps,” the UN’s absence in efforts to end the war on Iran and the Ukraine proxy war, Trump’s incompetence in negotiating with Russia to end the Ukraine proxy war, the “dire risk” of nuclear war as Europe refuses to negotiate sincerely with Russia, his conversation with then-National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and the one thing which could have stopped the Ukraine proxy war happening which Sullivan refused to do, the “incompetence” of European officials as Europe gears its societies for war with Russia, the media’s role in continuing the Ukraine proxy war, and much more.
20 years of WikiLeaks: The biggest revelations, the state of press freedom, Julian Assange
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Kristinn Hrafnsson, editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks, which celebrated its 20th Anniversary recently. He discusses how Julian Assange is doing two years after he was freed, the state of press freedom globally with the assassinations of journalists in Gaza and why Julian chose to speak about Gaza after his release, the impact and legacy of WikiLeaks publishing the collateral murder video, how the Iraq War Logs helped end the Iraq War and how the Afghan War Diaries exposed the lies of NATO governments and the media, the CableGate revelations of 250,000 diplomatic diplomatic cables from around the world which showed how the US empire works, the revelations of US spying on European officials and the UN Secretary General, the Vault 7 revelations which was the largest CIA leak in history, the significance of the DNC & Podesta email leaks, the censorship of RT in the European Union, the future of WikiLeaks, and much more.