100 episodes

We ask the questions mainstream media avoid. Current affairs and geopolitics. Produced independently from Dubai, UAE. Hosted by award-winning journalist Afshin Rattansi.

https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv

Going Underground Hosted by Afshin Rattansi Going Underground

    • News

We ask the questions mainstream media avoid. Current affairs and geopolitics. Produced independently from Dubai, UAE. Hosted by award-winning journalist Afshin Rattansi.

https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv

    Col. Jacques Baud: Israel Has Done ‘EVERYTHING WRONG’ in Gaza, The Only Goal is Extermination

    Col. Jacques Baud: Israel Has Done ‘EVERYTHING WRONG’ in Gaza, The Only Goal is Extermination

    FOLLOW US ON ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv
    On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Former NATO Analyst and Former Officer of the Swiss Strategic Intelligence Service Col. Jacques Baud, author of ‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood: The Defeat of the Vanquisher’. He discusses the ‘Ukraine peace conference’ that took place in Switzerland and why Switzerland has become a party to the conflict against Russia, why Switzerland is beginning to abandon its tradition of neutrality amid the Russia-NATO proxy conflict in Ukraine, the US’ ‘you’re either with us or against us’ approach to neutral countries, the inability of the West to understand the Palestinian resistance amid Israel’s genocidal onslaught in Gaza, how Gaza and Ukraine have exposed the increasing split between the Western world and the rest of the world, Israel’s failures in Gaza and why its strategy goes against all the rules of counter-insurgency, why Israel’s goal isn’t to solve the problem of Palestinian insurgency but rather to just eliminate the Palestinian population, and much more.

    • 27 min
    Max Blumenthal: ‘TARGETED FOR EXPOSING ISRAEL’S LIES’- The Washington Post Attacks The Grayzone

    Max Blumenthal: ‘TARGETED FOR EXPOSING ISRAEL’S LIES’- The Washington Post Attacks The Grayzone

    FOLLOW US ON ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv
    On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Max Blumenthal, Editor in Chief of The Grayzone. He discusses the Washington Post’s latest hit piece against The Grayzone in an attempt to get its employees investigated by the federal government or arrested for exposing Israel’s propaganda to justify its genocide in Gaza, the lies and fabrications in the Washington Post article trying to tie The Grayzone to being affiliated with the Russian and Iranian government, why he believes the motive for the latest attack on The Grayzone is for exposing Israel’s lies and propaganda surrounding the events of October 7th, the targeting of Editor Wyatt Reed and attempt to tie him to Iran, why the Washington Post is nothing but a laundromat for Israeli and US intelligence agencies in its reporting, the exposed October 7th propaganda concerning ‘Hamas mass rape’ and other pieces of atrocity propaganda, Israel’s own atrocities including torture, sexual assault against Palestinians and violations of the Geneva convention, and much more.

    • 28 min
    The US is the GODFATHER of The Gaza Genocide, Israel is Showcasing Unhinged Extremism (Ali Abunimah)

    The US is the GODFATHER of The Gaza Genocide, Israel is Showcasing Unhinged Extremism (Ali Abunimah)

    FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv
    On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to the Ali Abunimah, the Founder and Director of The Electronic Intifada. He discusses the Nuseirat massacre committed by Israel in Gaza, the ongoing rhetoric and propaganda from the Biden Administration and Benjamin Netanyahu's government on ceasefire negotiations and their blaming of Hamas for no breakthrough, how the Palestinian resistance is imposing a defeat against Israel, the mainstream media’s role in propagating Israeli and US propaganda regarding Gaza, the disastrous Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s direct role in the genocide in Gaza, evidence of Israel killing its own civilians on October 7th and the propaganda to manufacture consent for the Gaza genocide, the glee of Israeli soldiers and Israeli society over the genocide in Gaza, Israel’s torture program and the similarities between it and the US’ torture program in Iraq, and much more.

    • 27 min
    Prof. Jeffrey Sachs on Ukraine, Gaza & Taiwan: The US is Risking ALL OUT WAR with Russia & China

    Prof. Jeffrey Sachs on Ukraine, Gaza & Taiwan: The US is Risking ALL OUT WAR with Russia & China

    FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv
    On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network and Former Special Advisor to UN Secretaries-General. He discusses why he is never brought on mainstream media to discuss the Ukraine proxy war and the lies of Western media, the G7’s growing arrogance resulting in multiple dangerous crises in Gaza, Ukraine and Taiwan, NATO nation’s governments and media continuously using the term ‘unprovoked invasion’ when discussing the Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine, how the Ukraine proxy war could have easily been avoided and the consequences of NATO expansion and adventurism, the ‘Ukraine peace conference’ in Switzerland, why nothing will change after the November 2024 US Presidential election regardless of if Biden or Trump wins, the increasing failure of the US’ sanctions and the rise of BRICS, why he believes a two-state solution is the only solution to Israel’s occupation of Palestine, the 100 years of manipulation of the Arab world by colonial powers, the US giving the green light for Ukraine to strike inside of Russia, and much more.

    • 28 min
    Modi Re-Elected: Has Narendra Modi Been a Success or Failure for India? (Prof. Brahma Chellaney)

    Modi Re-Elected: Has Narendra Modi Been a Success or Failure for India? (Prof. Brahma Chellaney)

    FOLLOW US ON ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv
    On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Prof. Brahma Chellaney, a former advisor to India’s National Security Council. He engages in a debate with Afshin Rattansi on the reduced vote share that India’s population gave Narendra Modi’s BJP after 10 years of his rule, why the INDIA opposition alliance was still unable to topple the rule of the BJP and its allies, the poverty alleviation and inequality in India compared to neighbouring communist China, Modi’s Hindu-Muslim culture wars as economic problems persist for the poor and working classes, the increased concentrated ownership of India’s media outlets by oligarchs, India’s pro-Israel turn under Narendra Modi and deepening ties with the West, India’s independent stance on the Ukraine proxy war and continued good relations with Russia, and much more.

    • 27 min
    Gaza Genocide: Western Politicians Are FUNDAMENTALLY RACIST Towards Palestinians (Mouin Rabbani)

    Gaza Genocide: Western Politicians Are FUNDAMENTALLY RACIST Towards Palestinians (Mouin Rabbani)

    FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv
    On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Mouin Rabbani, Co-Editor of Jadaliyya and Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies. He discusses the latest Gaza ceasefire negotiations debacle between the US and Israel and typical blame being placed on Hamas and the US being ‘more pro-Israel than Israel itself’, the paradox of the US trying to avoid regional escalation while driving escalation with full-throttle support to Israel’s Gaza genocide, the increasing ineffectiveness of Israel’s propaganda for international audiences and the shift of Israeli society to the far-right, the mainstream media’s attacks on dissenting pro-Palestinian voices, why Israel is the US’ vassal state rather than the other way around, the slow end of the blind bi-partisan support for Israel, the US’ attempts to attach Israeli normalisation to security pact negotiations with Saudi Arabia, the GCC’s strategic diversification away from solely relying on the US to provide security, the racism of the Western political class, and much more.
     
     

    • 28 min

Top Podcasts In News

Genstart
DR
Q&CO på B.T.
B.T.
Tiden
DR
B.T. & det gode selskab
B.T.
Lyssky
DR
Borgerlig Tabloid
B.T.

You Might Also Like

Max Blumenthal
Max Blumenthal
The Katie Halper Show
Katie Halper
Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté
Useful Idiots, LLC | Cumulus Podcast Network
Rania Khalek Dispatches
Rania Khalek
System Update with Glenn Greenwald
Rumble
Geopolitical Economy Report
Ben Norton