Chapters

• (00:00:00) - Trump's threat to destroy Iran
• (00:02:33) - Is There a Drive to See Dubai Collapse?
• (00:11:21) - Iran considers US an easy target
• (00:13:41) - Why Would Iran Strategically Attack Dubai?
• (00:15:50) - Does the Strait of Hormuz Conflict Affect Shipping?
• (00:22:12) - Real Estate in the UAE
• (00:26:15) - Going Underground: Israel's War Coverage

Chapters

• (00:00:00) - A US Marine Rescued from a Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing
• (00:05:56) - What Do You Think the Military Is Feeling About Trump's War
• (00:15:03) - Green Party Candidate for US Senate on Why Hegseth Supports
• (00:19:42) - Steve Scalise on the Israel Protest in Congress
• (00:25:31) - Michael Whatley on Israeli Money in the North Carolina Election

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Philip Pilkington, Senior Research Fellow at the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs and Author of ‘The Collapse of Global Liberalism’. He discusses how the Ukraine proxy war has completely upended the Western economic and geostrategic calculus, the failure of the West’s logic in military procurement as proven in Ukraine and the Israel-Iran war, the collapse and dysfunction in Western European cities, the failure of markets and capitalism to solve the West’s problems, the origins of liberal capitalism and the evolution of imperialism, the rediscovery of civilisational roots among the non-Western powers, the dark future Europe faces as it sits in the chaos of the collapse of liberalism.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Mouin Rabbani, Co-Editor of Jadaliyya. He discusses Donald Trump forcing Israel to accept the Gaza ceasefire plan unlike the approach of the Biden Administration, the plutocratic system of the US and Miriam Adelson buying Trump’s policy towards Israel, why the US isn’t a colony of Israel as has been asserted over the course of the genocide, Israel waiting for the US to change foreign policy priority to sabotage the Gaza peace deal, the Palestinian Authority’s increasing irrelevance and shocking dereliction of duty, the future of Arab-Israeli normalisation efforts, the high likelihood of a second Israeli war on Iran, the MAGA movement’s increasing opposition towards Israel, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Prof. Anatol Lieven, Director of the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute. He discusses why European countries have been so hostile towards direct negotiations with Russia and why the Ukraine proxy war must keep going, the idea of NATO nations contributing to a ‘reassurance force’ in Ukraine, the failed policy of excluding Russia from European security and giving Eastern European NATO members a veto on European security affairs, European leaders grovelling before Trump as a consequence of outsourcing their own security to Washington, European countries’ refusal to see Russia’s point of views and compromise for decades, why a European peacekeeping force may actually encourage Ukraine to escalate against Russia, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Dr. Omer Bartov, Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University. He discusses why he concludes that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and the exact moment that conclusion became apparent to him, the weaponisation of the Holocaust to eradicate Israel’s enemies and equating all criticism of Israel with anti-Semitism, the mainstream media’s soaring coverage of the Gaza genocide, the deliberate targeting of journalists and medical professionals by Israel, why the US, UK, and EU so far have refused to acknowledge the Gaza genocide, why we must not give up on international law even if it has so far been ineffective in stopping genocide, the hero status of OUN Leader and Nazi collaborator Stepan Bandera in Ukraine, the rise of the far right in Ukraine, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, Director of Columbia University’s Center for Sustainable Development. He discusses the upcoming Trump-Putin meeting and the chances of success or failure at ending the Ukraine proxy war, Donald Trump’s behaviour as a ‘King’ and why it harms global security, the contradiction of the US government wanting security while the US military attacks Russia in the Ukraine proxy war, how Trump’s ultimatums and threats against major powers are bringing us closer to nuclear war, Washington’s campaign since the fall of the Soviet Union to bring Russia to its knees, the European Union’s complete vassalage to Washington, the US-Israeli attack on Iran and the damage Iran’s retaliation caused to Israel, how the US still could end the Ukraine proxy war quickly, the US’ continuing support of Israel genocide in Gaza despite overwhelming public opinion against Israel, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Dennis Kucinich, former Congressman and former Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. He discusses the efforts for negotiations between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin with the danger of nuclear war hanging over us all, the deep state’s continuing grip on the Trump Administration in foreign policy, Vladimir Putin’s restraint in avoiding escalation with Washington amid the Ukraine proxy war, why the nuclear powers must get rid of their nuclear weapons, the Commanding General of US Forces in Europe threatening an invasion of Russia’s Kaliningrad, why NATO should be dissolved, Russia’s ‘Dead Hand’ nuclear response system, the Gaza genocide and why the US must change its relationship with Israel, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Ari Ben-Menashe, a former Israeli intelligence officer who alleges Jeffrey Epstein was an asset of Israel’s Mossad. He discusses why he believes the US is trapped by Israel to do nothing about the Gaza genocide, Jeffrey Epstein’s blackmailing of Ehud Barak and Bill Clinton to stop an agreement with Yasser Arafat for a two-state solution, how a number of US Presidents had been blackmailed by Israel using Jeffrey Epstein, how Rupert Murdoch’s first newspaper was funded for him by Israel, Trump wanting to bring peace to the Middle East but being held back by Israel via blackmail over Jeffrey Epstein, the brainwashing of Israelis during the Gaza genocide, the bombing of his house in Canada in 2012, how the UK got most of its military technology from Israel, Israel committing harakiri on itself over the Gaza genocide, why Donald Trump must end the Gaza genocide despite the blackmail, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Max Blumenthal, Editor in Chief of The Grayzone. He discusses the Democrats’ and the media’s sudden switch to acknowledging starvation in Gaza and the scale of the carnage, Israel’s race towards a final solution in Gaza to the shock of the Democrats, the New York Times’ apology over its reporting of the death of a child which effectively ceded ground to the Zionist lobby, the role of NATO nation journalists as stenographers for imperial power, why a military intervention is needed to stop the Gaza Holocaust, the hypocrisy of Samantha Power and the ‘Responsibility to Protect’ doctrine over Gaza, why the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is a Mossad, IDF and CIA cutout, Trump’s threats against Russia along the lines of the ‘Kellogg formula’, the sidelining of Tulsi Gabbard and the relegation of her role to just saving Donald Trump’s skin, the potential for another war between Israel and Iran, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Curtis Yarvin, Author of ‘Gray Mirror’ on Substack and New Right Political Theorist. He discusses the ‘top-down’ approach of the Trump Administration versus the traditional bottom-up mode of operating, how Trump’s 2nd term is starting to mirror the FDR Presidency, how the Trump Administration’s approach to the India-Pakistan conflict became a new positive for the world, why the US is still involved in the genocide in Gaza and bombed Iran, the ‘toxic’ US-Israel relationship, why Trump 47 is 10 times more powerful than Trump 45, why Vladimir Putin’s winning position in the Ukraine proxy war means he won’t give Trump an easy off-ramp, why Trump is a mortal enemy for the Republican establishment, Iran resembling the USSR in the 1980s, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Alan Dershowitz, former Defence Lawyer for the late Jeffrey Epstein and Former Impeachment Lawyer for Donald Trump. He discusses whether Barack Obama will go to prison for fabricating the Russiagate hoax against Donald Trump with the help of the CIA and FBI, why a deal must be reached with Ghislaine Maxwell for the full truth to be revealed about Jeffrey Epstein. Afshin Rattansi and Dershowitz go on to debate the allegations that Jeffrey Epstein was an agent of Israel’s Mossad, whether Israel has something on Donald Trump for him to be supporting Israel to the hilt and bombing Iran, Epstein’s connections to Robert Maxwell, Israel’s mass slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Jennifer Kavanaugh, Director of Military Analysis at Defense Priorities and Former Senior Political Scientist at the RAND Corporation. She discusses why the US-European plan to supply Ukraine with weaponry won’t make a difference on the battlefield and how Donald Trump has made it harder for himself to walk away from the Ukraine proxy war, Trump’s use of tariffs and his threats for secondary tariffs on Russia, the frustration over Trump campaigning on a more restrained US foreign policy and now going in the opposite direction, whether Trump would actually bomb Russia if peace talks fail over Ukraine, why Trump’s strike on Iran makes nuclear proliferation more likely across the global south, Vladimir Putin’s restraint against NATO amid the proxy war in Ukraine, Europe’s efforts to tie the US military down in Europe, why the US must withdraw from the Middle East, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Nadav Tamir, Executive Director of J Street Israel. He discusses Israel’s and the United States’ attack on Iran and whether this will push Iran towards a nuclear weapon, how Netanyahu convinced Trump to attack the Iranian nuclear program, whether Iran can destroy Israel’s cities with its missiles, the polling across NATO countries which show their populations have a negative view of Israel, the opposition to Netanyahu’s government inside Israel, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Andrew Bridgen, former Member of the British Parliament. He discusses the increasing crackdown on freedom of speech by Sir Keir Starmer’s government, the campaign to destroy his reputation by the political class and the media, the false narratives behind the Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine, Sir Keir Starmer’s endgame being to drag the UK into an all-out war with Russia, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Prof. Paulo Nogueira Batista Jr., Former Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund and Former Vice President of the BRICS New Development Bank, ahead of the upcoming 2025 BRICS Summit in Rio. He discusses the tectonic change of the political West’s relative decline in economic, cultural and even moral terms as a result of their support for the Gaza genocide, Brazil’s internal divisions when it comes to orientation towards the US or BRICS, the pace of BRICS de-dollarisation being more substantial than most people realise, the timid approach of the NDB even amidst the Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine, China being target number one of the United States and what the Ukraine proxy war has taught it, Narendra Modi’s India becoming increasingly a major problem for BRICS, the importance of Iran to BRICS and why Iran should have had a nuclear weapon a long time ago, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to CMSGT. Dennis Fritz, Former Advisor to US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Richard Myers. He discusses the fallout of the US’ and Israel’s aggression against Iran and what comes next. Will Israel’s Mossad prepare false flags to drag the US into a major escalation against Iran soon? How deep does the Israel lobby’s control over Congress and departments of the US government go? Will Iran now build nuclear weapons? All this and more is answered in this episode.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Petr Bystron MEP, member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament. He discusses the narrative of Russia being the enemy of Europe and NATO after the NATO Summit this week, the abandonment of Ukraine’s ‘irreversible path’ to NATO, the German government’s labelling of the AfD and left-wing parties as ‘extremist’, Zelensky’s corruption and the billions of missing aid money, the mainstream narrative of Russia being about to invade Europe, whether Germany is still a democracy as crackdowns against free speech and the opposition continue, NATO nations arming Israel for the genocide in Gaza, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Dr. Dmitri Trenin, Retired Colonel of the Russian Armed Forces and member of Russia’s Foreign and Defence Policy Council. He discusses why Russia has not come to the defence of Iran as Israel and the US attack it, Vladimir Putin’s offer to mediate between Iran and Israel, Russia’s relations with Israel and Israel’s assistance for Ukraine in the proxy war against Russia, and whether the attack on Iran will result in increased nuclear proliferation. In the second half of the interview, he discusses why BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation have not put on a united front, Ukraine’s attack on Russia’s strategic bombers and the changing Russian view on deterrence, Russia’s failure to retaliate causing Russia’s adversaries to step up their escalations, and the increased likelihood of a Russian nuclear strike.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Daniel Levy, former Senior Advisor to Israeli Prime Ministers Ehud Barak and Yitzhak Rabin, and President of the US/Middle East Project. He discusses the real reasons for Israel’s attack on Iran and the claims that Iran was about to manufacture a nuclear weapon, why the green light was given by Donald Trump for Netanyahu to bomb Iran, the split among Donald Trump’s MAGA camp with opposition to US involvement, whether it’s Israel running the United States or the United States running Israel, America’s misperception of its adversaries including Iran, the isolation that the US and Europe face as the rest of the world condemns the aggression against Iran, the negotiations being used as a decoy, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Viktor Bout, Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Ulyanovsk Oblast, called the ‘Merchant of Death’ by NATO propaganda media. He discusses Ukraine’s attack on Russia’s strategic bombers which Russia says was planned by the British Secret Services, the state of the negotiations with Ukraine to end the proxy war, the efforts to pull Donald Trump into the war against Russia, Putin avoiding an ‘emotional’ response to NATO’s provocations, Europe’s economic self-sabotage since 2022, the mass protests in Los Angeles and across the United States, whether Russia will advance on Odessa, Zelensky being a ‘dead man walking’, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Sami Abou Shehadeh, Chairman of the Israeli Balad Party. In an emotional interview, he discusses the 600+ days of suffering Palestinians have endured in the ongoing genocide, Israel’s kidnapping of Greta Thunberg and others on the Madleen Freedom Flotilla Vessel, the US, UK, and EU’s arming of Israel as well as other forms of support such as the UK’s spy flights over Gaza, the UK’s token sanctions against Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, the experience of Palestinians living within the State of Israel, why Benjamin Netanyahu is a fascist, the mistake of the Palestinian leadership to trust the United States, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former Secretary of State Colin Powell's Chief of Staff. He discusses Ukraine's drone attack targeting Russia's nuclear-capable strategic bomber fleets, why Russia has already won the proxy war on the ground, his sources telling him that barely anyone can get Donald Trump's ear, the CIA and Mossad acting under the visibility of Presidents especially since 9/11, the war between the world's most powerful intelligence agencies and Mossad's takeover of the Pentagon, the de facto curbing of DNI Tulsi Gabbard's powers, Trump's desire to wind down the US' vast military presence in Europe, Trump's involvement in backing Israel's genocide in Gaza, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Dr. Riyad Mansour, Palestine’s Ambassador to the United Nations. In the first half of the interview, discusses the massacre of Palestinians attempting to get a morsel of food aid in Gaza, Donald Trump’s and Israel’s proposal for Palestinians to be expelled from Gaza, Israel’s refusal to allow a pan-Arab delegation to visit Ramallah, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and the scheme to starve the Palestinians of Gaza, and his appeal for countries and journalists to break the blockade of Gaza. In the second half of the interview, Afshin Rattansi challenges him on why he has not brought up the US-UK-EU’s arming of Israel and intelligence sharing to their UN Ambassadors at the Security Council, whether the Palestinian Authority is a hostage of Israel, the Palestinian Authority’s killing of Palestinians in the West Bank, why there still haven’t been elections for the Palestinian Authority, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Richard Sakwa, Professor of Russian & European Politics at the University of Kent and Author of ‘The Culture of the Second Cold War’. He discusses Merz becoming Chancellor and Germany’s pursuit of a ‘suicidal’ foreign policy, the negotiations to end the Ukraine proxy war in Istanbul and Trump’s rapprochement with Russia, the growing backlash in Europe against the increased militarism and conformational foreign policy, the campaign to blacklist him by the British secret service, the political West’s militant campaign to spread neoliberalism and the portrayal of any other system as ‘evil’, his classification of current geopolitical conflicts as a Second Cold War, why the political West’s dominance is under challenge like never before, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Asa Winstanley, Associate Editor at The Electronic Intifada and a veteran journalist who has covered Palestine and the Israel lobby for over two decades. He discusses the UK’s attempts to silence his journalism covering the Gaza genocide, the police raid on his home to seize his devices and his ultimate victory in his legal case, the symbiotic relationship between pro-Israel think tanks and the British government, the lack of coverage from the mainstream media on crackdowns against him and other pro-Palestinian journalists, the media’s complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza, social media censorship, whether the genocide marks the beginning of the end of Israel, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Alison Weir, the Founder and Executive Director of If Americans Knew. She discusses the purpose of her organisation which is to educate Americans on Israel’s historical and contemporary crimes against Palestinians which their tax dollars pay for, the mainstream media’s whitewashing of Israel’s genocide in Gaza and omission of the US’ role in Israel’s atrocities, the incident where the FBI visited her over her work and the threats she faces, the smears of ‘anti-Semitism’ against those who oppose Israel’s action, the power of the pro-Israel lobby and AIPAC over all levels of government, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground، we speak to Peter Schiff, Chief Economist & Global Strategist at Euro Pacific Asset Management. He discusses why the US involvement in Ukraine against Russia was a massive mistake, the massive corruption among US politicians and Zelensky’s entourage stemming from US aid to Ukraine, military-industrial complex profiteering off of the proxy war, the threats he received for simply asking whether Zelensky owned a suit, the propaganda to make the Ukraine proxy war a ‘freedom fight’, and much more. In the second half of the interview, he discusses how the Ukraine proxy war galvanised BRICS countries against the dollar, China’s increased purchasing of gold and China’s slow pace of dumping US treasuries and dollars, why he views Bitcoin and cryptocurrency as ‘gambling’, Donald Trump’s support for the crypto industry, the ‘Golden Dome’ missile defence program, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to George Papadopoulos, Former Foreign Policy Advisor to US President Donald Trump and best-selling author of 'Deep State Target'. He discusses Donald Trump's landmark trip to the Middle East and the achievements of the trip, the push for a war against Iran by neoconservatives, Trump's efforts to end the Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine, the deep state and international campaign of sabotage and entrapment against those surrounding Donald Trump since the 2016 campaign, the threats that remain against Donald Trump, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Prof. John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago. He discusses the potential risk of nuclear war between India and Pakistan after the recent breakout of conflict, the alignment of China and the US on either side of the India-Pakistan conflict, Israel’s internal deterioration and civil unrest, Donald Trump’s support for Israel as the Gaza genocide continues, Israel’s campaign to push the United States into a war with Iran, the US’ campaign against Yemen and why it harms the US’ campaign to contain China, Mike Waltz working with Netanyahu behind Trump’s back to push for a war with Iran, Israel and the US’ plan to keep Syria wrecked and broken, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s demand for a Palestinian state, Trump’s failure to end the Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine, his prediction that a war will end on the battlefield as a frozen conflict with a Ukrainian defeat, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, Afshin Rattansi gets into a heated exchange with Dr. Dan Diker, the President of the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, and the former Secretary General of the World Jewish Congress. In the interview, Afshin challenges him on Israel’s genocide in Gaza, Israel’s push for a war on Iran, Israel’s international isolation as the Gaza genocide continues, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s classification of Israel’s war as a genocide, Israel’s state of crisis and near civil war, Israel’s war against Yemen, and much more.

In this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Errol Musk, the father of Elon Musk. He discusses his son’s purchase of X and his political evolution from a Democrat to becoming a Republican and supporting Donald Trump, Zelensky’s role as a tool of Washington in the proxy war against Russia in Ukraine, his opinions on Vladimir Putin and why Elon allows the Ukrainian military to use Starlink, potential NATO membership for Ukraine being a root cause of the Ukraine proxy war, how Hamas contacted him to request Elon Musk to allow Starlink to operate in Gaza, how the Musk Institute of Science was created and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Jimmy Dore, Host of The Jimmy Dore Show. He discusses the media’s coverage of the Gaza genocide in the United States and shifting public opinion against Israel, Donald Trump’s censorship at the behest of Israel, the role of Israeli agents in social media censorship, the crackdown against pro-Palestinian journalists and activists in the UK and European Union, why Donald Trump is finding it more difficult than he initially thought to end the Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine, Russia’s victory in the war and Zelensky’s unrealistic demands for bringing the war to an end, the lose-lose-lose situation the US and EU face, the neocon campaign against Pete Hegseth for opposing a war on Iran, the deindustrialisation of the US as the reason for so many of the US’ contemporary problems, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to James Galbraith, Co-Author of ‘Entropy Economics: The Living Basis of Value and Production’, and Professor of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. He discusses why the orthodox understanding of economics and markets has been harmful and not rooted in reality, how the US-UK-EU sanctions on Russia resulted in the strengthening and transformation of the Russian economy into a business economy, how the Cold War created Washington’s and academia’s current understanding of economics, why Trump’s plan to rejuvenate American industry will just lead to private corporations restricting output and increasing prices, why US tech company leaders supporting Trump’s tariffs shows that the US’ technology is no longer number one, the 2008 financial crisis and the decades of deregulation that led to a meltdown of the financial system, why two-party ‘democratic’ systems have hugely benefited the oligarchy, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Prof. Subrata Ghoshroy, Science, Technology, and Society Researcher at MIT. He was a whistleblower and former Senior Analyst at the US Government’s Accountability Office. He discusses blowing the whistle in 2006 on the US’ plan for a conventional laser missile defence system, the main problem with airborne laser systems which has seen it not enter modern warfare, the corruption over missile defence involving Congress and the military-industrial complex, the power of the missile defence lobby over Congress to ensure continuous spending, Russian missile defence systems vs American missile defence systems, Trump’s plan for a ‘Golden Dome’ missile defence system for the USA, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Tariq Ali, renowned writer, filmmaker, activist, and author of ‘You Can’t Please All: Memoirs 1980-2024'. He discusses how his experiences during the Vietnam War continue to give him hope for today, the crackdown against the pro-Palestinian movements in the US, UK and EU, how he discovered the British intelligence services were spying on him in the 1990s, Donald Trump’s move towards a US-Israeli war with Iran and why he believes that it is to target China, why it will be hard for the West to win a war against Iran, why Gorbachev’s mistakes during the collapse of the Soviet Union are a root cause of the Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine, the possibility that the CIA assassinated Hugo Chavez, why the US has been against the prospect of a Unified Korean Peninsula and, much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, General Secretary and Co-Founder of the Palestinian National Initiative and member of the Palestinian Legislative Council. He discusses Israel’s bloody full resumption of the genocide in Gaza, the plan to ethnically cleanse 2.1 million Palestinians in Gaza, his classification of Netanyahu’s government as fascist, his predictions that the Oslo Agreements would lead to the genocide and apartheid against Palestinians today, the role of the BBC and NATO nation media in whitewashing Israel’s war crimes, how Gaza and Palestinians exposed the hypocrisy and double standards of the international system and Western governments for the world to see, the potential coming US-Israel war on Iran, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Steve Hanke, co-author of ‘Capital, Interest, and Waiting’ and Professor of Applied Economics at Johns Hopkins University. He discusses the UK’s and Europe’s drive to remilitarise and why it is doomed to bankrupt the already troubled European economies, the concept of waiting as a factor of production, the relationship between the money supply and the interest rate, why Trump’s tariffs won’t cause inflation to spike due to the decrease in the money supply, the overall weak strength of the US economy, why inflation is a regressive tax on the poor and helps the rich get richer, the biggest contributor to inequality in the US being the Federal Reserve, BRICS’ rhetoric on a plan for a gold-backed common currency but no action to make it happen, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Miko Peled, Founder of the Palestine House of Freedom and grandson of a signatory to Israel's creation in 1948. He discusses the fully resumed Israeli genocide in Gaza, why Israel must be dismantled to end the genocide against Palestinians, the Trump Administration's move towards a war with Iran, the Israel lobby's grip on US foreign policy, and much more.

On this special online exclusive edition of Going Underground, we speak to Going Underground's Head of Social Media Farhaan Ahmed about the most draconian age of digital censorship we have seen, which began under the Biden era. From the Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine, the Gaza genocide, and other geopolitical events, the US government and big tech companies have continuously censored opinions and programs that go against the official narrative. Farhaan Ahmed discusses whether there are any hopes for change under the Trump Administration, and why there are still difficult times to come in fighting censorship.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Ambassador Thomas Greminger, Executive Director of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy and former Secretary-General of the OSCE. He discusses the phone call between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump this week and the ongoing negotiations to end the Ukraine proxy war, Europe’s rearmament and preparations for a direct conflict with Russia which is being called ‘building deterrence’, whether the OSCE is now rendered irrelevant with Europe isolated in the international community, whether Europe will still have to obey Washington’s and Donald Trump’s orders as vassal states, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Lord Skidelsky, one of the greatest economic historians of the 21st Century and award-winning biographer of John Maynard Keynes. He discusses why the UK’s policy towards Ukraine is a shambles based on lies, Trump’s victory leaving the UK and Europe without a plausible policy for the Ukraine proxy war, why his opinion of opposing Britain’s fuelling of the proxy war is rare in Britain’s political class and the media, Britain’s policy having nowhere left to go after climbing the escalation ladder to nuclear war, Russia’s consistent opposition to NATO expansion after the collapse of the USSR and the myth that NATO is a purely defensive organisation, the cliche narrative that the Russian invasion of Ukraine was ‘unprovoked’ and ‘full-scale’, how the UK’s perspective of WW2 skews its policy towards Russia, and much more.

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On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Prof. Charles Kupchan, National Security Council Director for European Affairs under US President Obama and President Clinton, and Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. In a heated exchange, Afshin Rattansi challenges him on the current massacres in Syria carried out by Ahmed Al-Sharaa/Al Jolani’s allies, the US’ role in supporting the Al Qaeda and its affiliates in Syria, the Maidan Coup and his belief that it was a ‘grassroots revolution’, Tulsi Gabbard’s characterisation of the proxy war as a campaign to destroy Russia and depose Vladimir Putin at the risk of World War 3, his assertion that the West went out of its way to prevent the Ukraine proxy war from widening, the neo-Nazis in Ukraine’s military and the bombardment of the Donbas since 2014, his view that China, Iran and North Korea being on Russia’s side is ‘not an impressive coalition’, the rise of BRICS and the shift of power to the East and global south, whether the think tanks can understand the rise of a multipolar world, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer, Veteran Intelligence Officer of the US Army and member of the Trump 2020 Campaign’s Advisory Board. He discusses how long he thinks Zelensky has left in power in Ukraine, Britain’s plans of deploying troops to Ukraine and Trump’s order to stop intelligence sharing with Ukraine, MI6 and the UK’s role in the Trump-Russia collusion hoax, why Britain and the European Union are ‘on the wrong side of history’ when it comes to Russia and the Ukraine proxy war, Western European countries’ delusional belief that Russia will attack London and Paris, Trump’s cabinet picks to avoid pressure from the deep state and traditional lobbying power centres, his belief of a coming clearing house of the intelligence community, the delay in releasing the Epstein files to the public, and much more.

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On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Prof. Anatol Lieven, Director of the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute. He discusses Donald Trump’s approach to ending the Ukraine proxy war and the administration’s view that it is China, not Russia that is an existential threat to the United States, the attempt to break the Russia-China alliance and China’s strength in the current geopolitical landscape, Europe’s complete submission and vassalage to the United States and the subsequent consequences surrounding Trump and the proxy war, the mutual mistrust between Europe and Russia, whether Donald Trump will actually withdraw from NATO and scale down the US’ European presence, why Israel would go into a frenzy if the US reduced its presence in Europe, why new German Chancellor Merz will likely continue to just defer European policy to Washington, Europe’s incapability to get off the path off of hostility towards Russia to their own detriment, the complete uniformity of establishment and media thought in the UK and Europe, the catastrophic backfiring of the Trump-Russia hoax perpetuated by the Democrats, and much more.