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FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv 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.

FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktree.com/goingundergroundtv 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.

FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv 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 ’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.

FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv 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.

FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv 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.

FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv 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 for the crypto industry, the ‘Golden Dome’ missile defence program, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to John Perkins, author of Confessions of an Economic Hitman. He discusses why he believes Donald Trump is trying to become a dictator, Trump’s attempts to pressure Netanyahu as the Gaza genocide rages on, Trump’s axing of USAID as China rises while the US becomes isolationist, the degenerative death economy polluting and consuming itself into extinction, the rise of a new class of oligarchs under predatory capitalism, Latin America’s economic shift towards China and China’s solutions to some of the problems the US has created, the threat of nuclear war, AI, and destruction of the climate, and much more.

FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv 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.

FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv 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 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.

FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv 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.

FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv 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 ing 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 hip for Ukraine being a root cause of the Ukraine proxy war, how Hamas ed him to request Elon Musk to allow Starlink to operate in Gaza, how the Musk Institute of Science was created and much more.

FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv 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.

FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv 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 ing 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.

FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv 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 ability 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.

FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv 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.

FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv 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.

FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktree.com/goingundergroundtv 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.

FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv 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 istration's move towards a war with Iran, the Israel lobby's grip on US foreign policy, and much more.    

FOLLOW US ON ALL OUR PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv 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 istration, and why there are still difficult times to come in fighting censorship.

FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv 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.