Going Underground Hosted by Afshin Rattansi

Going Underground
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Going Underground Hosted by Afshin Rattansi Podcast

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

  1. Ukraine Being Used as a PROXY for US Imperialism in War Against Russia (Dr. Daniele Ganser)

    1 HR. AGO

    Ukraine Being Used as a PROXY for US Imperialism in War Against Russia (Dr. Daniele Ganser)

    FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Dr. Daniele Ganser, Founder and Director of the Swiss Institute for Peace and Energy Research and author of ‘USA: The Ruthless Empire’. He discusses the history of NATO’s secret armies in Western Europe through Operation Gladio and their links to terrorist attacks, the parallels of Operation Gladio and the chaos fomented in Ukraine in 2014, the US’ involvement in the 2014 Maidan coup and the general population being unaware of much of this history, the assassination attempt against Donald Trump and the many suspicious facts surrounding the event that lead him to believe there was a stand-down order among the Secret Service, NATO countries possibly using Zelensky’s Ukrainian army to invade Kursk in Russia and how this is unprecedented in history, Switzerland’s abandonment of neutrality amid the Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine and Switzerland’s partaking in the economic war against Russia, the decline of the population’s trust in the ruling establishment parties in Western Europe, why Russia and Ukraine have no option to return to peace and brotherhood, and much more.

    27 min
  2. ‘Britain is the US’ LAPDOG, Gaza Genocide is a Reflection of Western Imperialism’ (Fiona Lali)

    2 DAYS AGO

    ‘Britain is the US’ LAPDOG, Gaza Genocide is a Reflection of Western Imperialism’ (Fiona Lali)

    FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Fiona Lali, the National Campaigns Coordinator of the UK Revolutionary Communist Party who went viral after calling the the former UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman a war criminal to her face on television. She discusses the protests outside of the Israeli Embassy in London on Saturday and the widespread opposition against the British government’s support for Israel in its genocidal slaughter, why the British government’s support for the atrocities happening in Palestine is a reflection of western imperialism and the capitalist system, the Labour Party and the Conservative Party being one and the same when it comes to Palestine, Britain being a lapdog to American imperialism and how British Labour politicians have shifted their positions to placate the US, the international pro-Palestine movement being symbolic of the divide between the ruling class and the working class, the British media’s constant covering for Israel amid the genocide and occupation of Palestine and how it reflects British ruling class interests, Sir Keir Starmer’s pledge to keep supporting Ukraine in the NATO proxy war against Russia while the government continues to attack the poorest in society, the continual cultural and media propaganda around the Ukraine proxy war, and much more.

    28 min
  3. HEATED INTERVIEW: Ex-Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Challenged on Gaza & Looming War With Iran

    6 DAYS AGO

    HEATED INTERVIEW: Ex-Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Challenged on Gaza & Looming War With Iran

    FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Amb. Danny Ayalon, the Former Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister and former Ambassador to the United States. In a heated interview, Afshin Rattansi challenges him on the the looming prospect of regional war with Iran and whether Iran already has nuclear weapons, the state of the Israeli economy and society as Israeli Jews leave the country, Lebanese Hezbollah’s recent wide-ranging strikes against Israel and the censorship order from the Israeli government to prevent reporting on the damage, the placing of Israeli military facilities next to civilian infrastructure, the banning of access for journalists to enter Gaza to verify any of Israel’s claims of see the apocalyptic damage, the reports of torture and sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners at the Sde Teiman concentration camp, the trend in the United States of the younger generation supporting the establishment of a Palestinian state and opposing Israel’s human rights violations, the extreme number of civilian casualties in Gaza and the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, and much more.

    28 min
  4. WAR ON FREE SPEECH: Matt Taibbi on Telegram Founder Pavel Durov’s Arrest, US Government Censorship

    6 DAYS AGO

    WAR ON FREE SPEECH: Matt Taibbi on Telegram Founder Pavel Durov’s Arrest, US Government Censorship

    FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Matt Taibbi, Co-Publisher of ‘Twitter Files’, Co-Host of the ‘America This Week’ Podcast, and Former Contributing Editor of the Rolling Stone magazine. He discusses the arrest of Telegram Founder Pavel Durov and why it marks a paradigm shift in free speech and censorship in Western countries, the creeping digital censorship since the passing of the Digital Services Act in Europe, the precedent set by arresting Durov for the crimes of users using his platform, the significance of Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg’s letter to the House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan admitting that the Biden Administration had pressured him to censor COVID-19 content and the Hunter Biden laptop story, his time in Russia and the shift in the journalistic environment there, the creeping move towards censorship in the US following Donald Trump’s victory in 2016 and Brexit, the shift of the priorities of the US government from counter-terrorism to monitoring speech domestically, why he has called Elon Musk ‘disappointing’ on the issue of free speech and his call for a conversation with Elon Musk to resolve their differences stemming from their dispute on Substack, and much more.

    28 min
  5. The US Has Been in a 5-YEAR RECESSION, The Shocking State of the US Economy (Prof. Peter St Onge)

    AUG 15

    The US Has Been in a 5-YEAR RECESSION, The Shocking State of the US Economy (Prof. Peter St Onge)

    FOLLOW US ON ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Prof. Peter St Onge, an economist at the Heritage Foundation. He discusses the skewing of the US government’s economic statistics and what the real numbers are on unemployment and inflation, why the US has been in a 5-year recession or 5-year depression, the increasing government takeover of the economy and the ballooning corporate welfare budget, the decline of the pace of new technology innovation, the US’ wanton use of sanctions to steal from other countries’ leading to the start of the decline of the US dollar as the world’s reserve country driven by BRICS, the Biden Administration’s use of the strategic oil reserve as a political football to lower oil prices before elections, the problem with a gold-backed currency, and much more.

    28 min
  6. Are Israeli Agents at the Heart of US Government Amid Genocide in Gaza? (CMSGT. Dennis Fritz)

    AUG 10

    Are Israeli Agents at the Heart of US Government Amid Genocide in Gaza? (CMSGT. Dennis Fritz)

    FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Command Master Sergeant Dennis Fritz, author of ‘Deadly Betrayal: The Truth About Why the United States Invaded Iraq’. He discusses the redactions imposed by the Pentagon in the book, his motivation for writing the book stemming from the lives lost from the lies behind the justification for the US invasion of Iraq, the military’s general confusion after being told they would invade Iraq, the architect of the Iraq War Douglas Feith and whether he was an Israeli agent at the heart of the Pentagon, the double standard in the US of agents of Israel not being classed as foreign agents, the neoconservative plan of ‘regime change policy’ to target Iran and Syria alongside Iraq, the allegation that the US is occupying northern Syria to protect it for Israel, Israel’s long-term plan for setting the stage for the US to attack Iran, why he waited 20 years before revealing the lies of the Iraq War exposed in his book, Russia and China deciding to fight back against US domination starting in Syria, and much more.

    28 min
  7. Israel vs Iran: Israel Would Rather BURN THE REGION Than Allow Palestinians to Be Free (Omar Baddar)

    AUG 10

    Israel vs Iran: Israel Would Rather BURN THE REGION Than Allow Palestinians to Be Free (Omar Baddar)

    FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Omar Baddar, a member of the National Policy Council of the Arab-American Institute. He discusses the current knife-edge crisis in the Middle East following Israel’s assassinations in Beirut and Tehran risking all out war with Hezbollah and Iran, the prospect of Israel using nuclear weapons in a regional war, the Majdal Shams attack and Israel’s use of it as a pretext for escalation, the root cause of the current unprecedented regional tension being the genocide in Gaza, the motives behind the US’ political establishment’s support for Israel amidst its perpetrating genocide, the pro-Palestinian shift in US public opinion, the US’ violent crackdown against Palestinian student protesters and how the US doesn’t learn from shameful chapters in its history, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s escalations for regional war made possible by the Biden Administration’s rhetoric with no action, why the US won’t realise its mistake for a long time if it goes into a war with Iran, and much more.

    27 min
  8. Col. Douglas Macgregor: US is UNPREPARED For War On Iran, Netanyahu Trying to Create GREATER ISRAEL

    AUG 3

    Col. Douglas Macgregor: US is UNPREPARED For War On Iran, Netanyahu Trying to Create GREATER ISRAEL

    FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Col. Douglas Macgregor, former Senior Advisor to the US Secretary of Defense in the Trump Administration, and CEO of Our Country, Our Choice. He discusses why the US is woefully unprepared for all out war against either Iran, Russia, or China and the growing perception of US weakness around the world, how each branch of the US Armed Forces has become its own lobby and therefore weakening the US’ preparedness as a whole, the US’ system of bullying both allies and adversaries around the world leading to the rise of BRICS and a multipolar world, the control of the US government by oligarchs and donors both under Democrat and Republican administrations, and the US’ weakness stemming from the US clinging to an outdated political system. In the second half, he discusses Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political manoeuvring to create a ‘Greater Israel’ and Israeli hegemony over the Middle East with US backing, Iran’s capability to level Israel with missiles and Turkey’s ability to flood Israel with 2 million troops, Russia’s continuing path to victory in the proxy war in Ukraine, the media and political establishment’s suppression of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as an alternative to Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, and much more.

    28 min
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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

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