Going Underground Hosted by Afshin Rattansi

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 Administration'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 Administration, 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.