Going Underground Hosted by Afshin Rattansi

Going Underground
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Going Underground Hosted by Afshin Rattansi

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. The AI Threat: Propaganda, Nuclear War and Stock Market Crashes (Jim Rickards)

    23/12/2024

    The AI Threat: Propaganda, Nuclear War and Stock Market Crashes (Jim Rickards)

    FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Jim Rickards, author of MoneyGPT: AI and the Threat to the Global Economy’. He discusses the increasing processing power behind AI and the woke training of AI, the training of GPT AI by corporations that have lied to us for years on key issues such as foreign policy and wars, AI GPT’s mimicking of corporate media narratives on the Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine, and more. In the second half of the interview, he discusses the escalatory pattern of the Ukraine proxy war and the regional war in the Middle East, how Soviet Lt. Col. Stanislav Petrov saved the world from nuclear Armageddon when a Soviet AI missile detection system falsely notified that the US had launched nuclear missiles, why he believes AI must be kept out of the decision-making kill-chain to avoid nuclear war, why AI decision-making could be catastrophic for the economy by triggering stock market crashes, why people must diversify their portfolios ahead of a coming ‘flash crash’ and much more.

    27 min
  2. The Death of Hollywood and Donald Trump vs The Swamp (Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter Roger Simon)

    21/12/2024

    The Death of Hollywood and Donald Trump vs The Swamp (Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter Roger Simon)

    FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter Roger Simon, CEO Emeritus of PJ Media. He discusses the implications of Donald Trump’s victory for freedom of speech, the rise of censorship machine and cancel culture in America, the pole switch where the Republican Party is now the party of the working class and the Democratic Party representing the elites, the left’s fear of retribution by Donald Trump in his second term, Hollywood’s destruction of itself with censorship and why it was due to die anyway, and more. In the second half of the interview, he discusses Trump’s cabinet picks and why some of them are swamp creatures in disguise, the shocking levels of poverty in the US including in the richest states such as California, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s DOGE partnership to cut wasteful government spending and corruption, celebrities relocating out of the US after Trump’s victory, the Russiagate hoax and whether that propaganda will be revamped to target Donald Trump and his team, whether Trump will take on the military-industrial complex and end the wars, and much more.

    28 min
  3. Roger Waters on the Gaza Genocide: The Mask is Off For a Dying Western Empire

    16/12/2024

    Roger Waters on the Gaza Genocide: The Mask is Off For a Dying Western Empire

    FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to legendary Pink Floyd Frontman Roger Waters. He discusses the fall of Bashar Al-Assad in Syria, the horrific events in the Middle East being machinations of a dying Western empire with the mask now off, how the Gaza genocide shows the hypocrisy of the US, UK and European governments when it comes to human rights and international law, Sir Keir Starmer’s UK government’s role in the Gaza genocide and the shame he feels to being English while the genocide continues, where he finds optimism for an ‘existential battle’ for the soul of the human race, how the US deposed Assad by stealing Syria’s oil and sanctioning the Syrian economy to the point where ‘the government never had a chance’, his release of the emails between him and Tom York of Radiohead asking him to join the BDS movement and not perform in Israel, the impact of his childhood and upbringing on his politics and his opposition to Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the few brave Israelis that speak out against the Israeli government, and much more.

    28 min
  4. Prof. John Mearsheimer on the Fall of Assad: Syria Will Be in CHAOS For the Forseeable Future

    14/12/2024

    Prof. John Mearsheimer on the Fall of Assad: Syria Will Be in CHAOS For the Forseeable Future

    FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktree.com/goingundergroundtv On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to John Mearsheimer, Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. He discusses the collapse of Bashar Al-Assad’s government in Syria and his demise being a loss for Iran, why the fall of Assad may mean Iran finally develops nuclear weapons and the implications for Turkey, why he doesn’t believe Donald Trump will radically change US foreign policy in the Middle East, the importance of Russia’s bases in Syria and whether those bases will be lost under the new regime, why neither Russia or Iran could save Bashar Al-Assad once the HTS-led offensive started, Russia and Iran warning Assad of the weakness of his military and their attempts to fix the problem in years prior and more. In the second half of the interview, he discusses the effect of US sanctions and the US occupation of Syria’s oil fields on the collapse of Assad’s government, the US’ alliance with Al Qaeda and ISIS operatives that are now in power in Damascus, the Ukraine proxy war and its intended goal of knocking Russia out of the great powers and instead has gotten Ukraine wrecked, the West’s genuine belief that it could defeat Russia in Ukraine, why he doesn’t believe Vladimir Putin is close to using nuclear weapons over Ukraine, how likely blowback terrorism is for the West after the Gaza genocide and regime change in Syria, and much more.

    27 min
  5. Zionists DICTATING US Foreign Policy, HORRIFYING Real Gaza Death Toll Range Revealed- Susan Abulhawa

    09/12/2024

    Zionists DICTATING US Foreign Policy, HORRIFYING Real Gaza Death Toll Range Revealed- Susan Abulhawa

    FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Susan Abulhawa, Founder and Director of Playgrounds for Palestine and best-selling author of ‘Mornings in Jenin’. She discusses the Playgrounds for Palestine initiative and its evolution into concentrating on education for Palestinian children facing bombing and starvation, the Western media’s ’active participation’ in Israel’s genocide in Gaza and The Guardian's opposition to her use of the word ‘Holocaust’ to describe the onslaught on Gaza, her time in Gaza this year and why the reality on the ground is ‘infinitely worse’ than is being reported, Israel’s mass degradation of Palestinian society, why she wishes she never left Gaza and the feeling of complicity and survivor’s guilt, Zionists dictating US foreign policy under the Biden Administration and previous administrations, and her lack of hope for the incoming second Trump administration. In the second half of the interview, she discusses her estimated real death toll in Gaza which she says in the range of 194,000-514,000 people killed, whether Biden Administration officials will be held accountable for the genocide in Gaza, why such a large segment of the US population voted for Kamala Harris despite her participation in the genocide, the awakening of the American public to the lies of pro-Israel propaganda, and much more.

    28 min
  6. Matt Kennard EXPOSES Western Media Propaganda About Syria and UK’s Role in Gaza Genocide

    07/12/2024

    Matt Kennard EXPOSES Western Media Propaganda About Syria and UK’s Role in Gaza Genocide

    FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Matt Kennard, Co-Founder of Declassified UK and author of ‘The Racket: A Rogue Reporter vs The American Empire’. He discusses the role of Western mainstream media as an adjunct of state power, the media’s propaganda coverage of the Al Qaeda cutout group HTS’ recent offensive in Syria against Syrian government forces, the organisations fighting ‘disinformation’ being funded by governments to delegitimise new voices as the mainstream media loses its hold on the narrative, his experience at Columbia University’s journalism school and the role of elite journalism schools to create the next level of journalists to defend the US empire, the propaganda reports that Israel would prefer Bashar Al-Assad to the Al Qaeda cutout groups, Al Jazeera’s pro-regime change coverage of the Syrian war and Qatar’s support for extremist groups, and the rise of China and how it has opened up space for governments in Latin America, Africa, and Asia to move away from relying on the US and its institutions. In the second half of the interview, he discusses the UK’s direct participation in Israel’s genocidal carnage in Gaza, the UK’s spy flights over Gaza and crucial intelligence sharing with Israel, the destruction of Jeremy Corbyn by elements of the British State and the Israel lobby and whether the same could be repeated again, the repression against independent journalists under UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, the US military’s and intelligence services activities in the UK and the black hole in reporting, and much more.

    28 min
  7. Gaza, Russia, China: US’ Escalating GLOBAL IMPERIALIST WAR Threatening Mankind (Joseph Kishore)

    02/12/2024

    Gaza, Russia, China: US’ Escalating GLOBAL IMPERIALIST WAR Threatening Mankind (Joseph Kishore)

    FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Joseph Kishore, 2024 US Presidential Candidate for the Socialist Equality Party. He discusses the broad interest of the US population in seeking an alternative to capitalism and the view of the US’ elites that the working class is the real threat to their power, the extreme economic inequality and poverty in the US, the working class’ hatred of the Democratic Party and their support for Donald Trump, Biden’s use of the trade union apparatus to suppress class struggle, the role of the intelligence services infiltrating the trade union apparatus, why Donald Trump’s cabinet is a cabinet ‘by and for the oligarchs’, and the attack on immigrants as part of the building of a police state machine to crack down on the working class and opposition to the oligarchy. In the second half of the interview, he discusses the bipartisan support for Israel’s ‘fascist, criminal regime’, the Gaza genocide as an escalation of global imperialist war directed from Washington as the threat of war with Russia and China grows, why the root of the global conflict is the world economy vs the nation-state system, his view of the BRICS+ bloc and his critique that they constantly seek an agreement with imperialism, what comes next for the US’ foreign policy towards Latin America and much more.

    28 min
  8. Gideon Levy: ‘Israel Turned Gaza into Hell’, SLAMS Hypocrisy of Israeli Liberals Living in DENIAL

    30/11/2024

    Gideon Levy: ‘Israel Turned Gaza into Hell’, SLAMS Hypocrisy of Israeli Liberals Living in DENIAL

    FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Gideon Levy, a veteran columnist for the Haaretz newspaper and author of ‘The Killing of Gaza: Reports on a Catastrophe’. He discusses his friendship with a Palestinian in Gaza ‘M’ who refers to in his new book and his daily life in the last year facing Israel’s genocidal slaughter in Gaza, the etymology of the Hebrew word for Gaza which derives from the word ‘hell’ and Israel’s campaign to turn Gaza into a hell on Earth, young Palestinians writing wills in the occupied West Bank out of fear of death at the hands of the Israeli occupation, Israeli leftists opposition to Netanyahu and their similarity to Israel’s right-wing in ignoring the genocide in Gaza and occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, how squarely blaming Benjamin Netanyahu is a ‘comfort zone’ which hides the fact that the problems stem from Israel’s society, and whether Israel will attack Iran before Donald Trump is inaugurated as President of the United States in January. In the second half of the interview, he discusses why he has little hope for Donald Trump’s second term on imposing conditions on aid to Israel to change the behaviour of the Israeli state towards Palestinians, why terror has become the only avenue for Palestinians to fight for the future and why Palestinian armed resistance will continue against Israel, the trends within Israel to authoritarianism even against Israeli Jews, the convenient ignoring of Israel’s atrocities in Gaza by Israeli society to remain within the comfort zone of calling the rest of the world ‘anti-Semitic’ for opposing Israeli atrocities, the lack of opposition from major cultural figures and artists in the West and his friendship with Roger Waters who has consistently opposed Israeli occupation and atrocities, whether Israel will continue to exist, 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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