Going Underground Hosted by Afshin Rattansi

FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Prof. Peter Beinart, Editor-at-Large of Jewish Currents and Author of ‘Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning’. He discusses why Israel has become unsafe for Jews thanks to its structural violence against Palestinians and occupation, how the rise of Zionist ultra-nationalism has swallowed the universalist values of Judaism, the fierce opposition he has faced within the Jewish community for speaking out against Israel’s actions, the similarity of America’s and Israel’s founding myths, Donald Trump’s crackdown against pro-Palestinian protesters, the growing opposition of the US’ young Jews against Israel, the nature of the Palestinian struggle being resistance against settler-colonialism, his realisation in his 30s that the Israeli state was more brutal than he had recognised and how the Palestinian experience forced him to rethink his stance on the Israeli state, why Netanyahu feared Trump and accepted a Gaza ceasefire, and much more.

FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former Chief of Staff to US Secretary of State Colin Powell (2002-2005). He discusses his reaction to Donald Trump announcing his plan to displace all of the Palestinians of Gaza during his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his belief that Trump’s motive is to fulfil the Jared Kushner real estate dream, the possibility of US troops being deployed in Gaza and why it would be ‘the greatest mistake’ Washington could make, rumours that National Security Advisor Mike Waltz will be fired for giving Donald Trump false information, Trump’s current opposition to a war with Iran which Israel has been advocating for, his belief that Israel is the US’ poodle rather than the US being Israel’s poodle, whether Donald Trump can actually force Egypt and Jordan to accept displaced Palestinians from Gaza, the gutting and axing of USAID and the organisation’s role in regime change operations today, the National Endowment for Democracy’s role as the new arm of the CIA, Trump’s desire to acquire the rare earth metals of Ukraine and how a negotiated end to the Russia-NATO proxy war may look like, how Donald Trump may go about negotiating an unprecedented nuclear arms reduction treaty with the nuclear powers of the world, and much more.

FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktree.com/goingundergroundtv On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Daniel McAdams, Co-Star of ‘The Ron Paul Liberty Report’ podcast. He discusses whether the iconic libertarian former Senator Ron Paul will have an official role in Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Donald Trump’s executive order effectively crippling the regime change arms of the US government such as USAID and the National Endowment for Democracy, the ‘murder and mayhem’ of Joe Biden’s career and Presidency, his cautious optimum for Pete Hegseth becoming Secretary of Defence and others who will be influencing foreign policy, his prediction that Marco Rubio will be a weak Secretary of State, the ‘delusional plan’ being fed to Donald Trump about using ‘leverage’ and more economic pressure against Russia, Donald Trump’s moves against government and big tech censorship, whether Miriam Adelson’s donations to Donald Trump will prevent free speech on Palestine, and much more.

FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: linktree.com/goingundergroundtv On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Max Blumenthal, the Editor in Chief of The Grayzone. He discusses Donald Trump’s push for more independent media presence at White House press briefings, his viral ‘humanitarian intervention’ against former Secretary of State Antony Blinken over the Gaza genocide, Trump’s suspension of USAID grants for Ukraine and the instant bankrupting of Ukrainian media outlets, the Myrotvorets Ukrainian kill list and the threats he has faced for covering what the mainstream media won’t on the Ukraine proxy war, the arrest of The Electronic Intifada’s Ali Abunimah in Switzerland and the arrest of The Grazyone’s Jeremy Loffredo in Israel, why Joe Biden had to pardon Anthony Fauci to save him over ‘the crime of the century’ regarding COVID, why Donald Trump’s administration is set to be the most Make Israel Great Again administration is history, Donald Trump ‘handing over’ the West Bank to Israel for its Greater Israel plans, Netanyahu’s expectation of Trump to fight with him in a regional war with Iran, and much more.

FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Dr. Philip Giraldi, Executive Director of the Council for the National Interest and former CIA Case Officer. He discusses Donald Trump’s Executive Order halting all foreign aid for 90 days with Israel being a notable exception, Trump’s lifting of all weapons export restrictions on Israel and cancelling sanctions on extremist Israeli settler groups, Donald Trump’s cabinet picks consisting of hardliners on the Middle East and China and who will really direct foreign policy, the failure of US sanctions as leverage against Russia over the Ukraine proxy war and Russia’s deepening alliance with Iran and China, Donald Trump picking Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence and his hopes that the police state will be reined in, the potential coming drive for a war on Iran as politicians bought by the Israel lobby continue advocating for regime change, the mainstream media being the biggest part of the problem when it comes to foreign policy, Trump’s Executive Order to declassify the files on the assassination of JFK, RFK and MLK, and much more.

FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Donald Trump’s former National Security Advisor John Bolton, whose security protection was revoked by Donald Trump this week. He discusses the danger to his life after his security protection was revoked, why Donald Trump forced Benjamin Netanyahu to accept a ceasefire deal in Gaza, why he believes Israel must go after Iran’s nuclear program now, and why he believes Israel’s strikes on Iran’s ballistic missile production facilities has crippled Iran. In the second half of the interview, he discusses the victory of HTS in Syria and the threat of a terrorist state emerging in Syria, his continuing call for regime change to depose Iran’s leaders despite Iran’s economic integration with BRICS, Donald Trump’s view of the world as a ‘long line of deals’ and what his desire to bring the Ukraine proxy war to an end means for Ukraine, why Vladimir Putin views Donald Trump as an ‘easy mark’ and will take advantage of Donald Trump’s personal approach with world leaders, Donald Trump’s focus on Greenland, Canada and the Panama Canal, Donald Trump’s demand for European NATO members to spend 5% of GDP on defence, and much more.

FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktree.com/goingundergroundtv On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Doug Bandow, Former Special Assistant to Ronald Reagan and Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute. He discusses how he expects Donald Trump to force his cabinet appointees to do things his way with regards to foreign policy in contrast to his first term, whether Donald Trump will be a ‘peace President’ as he has promised, Trump’s flirtation with the idea of annexing Canada and taking over both Greenland and the Panama Canal, Donald Trump’s pressure on Benjamin Netanyahu forcing him to accept a ceasefire deal in Gaza, the impact of the Gaza genocide on Trump, whether Donald Trump will fight back against social media censorship in his second term, the risk of assassination that Donald Trump’s faces with promises such as declassifying the JFK files, how NATO and the US helped set up the Ukraine proxy war and the smearing of those who criticise US/NATO policy on Ukraine, why Russian President Vladimir Putin has the upper hand in negotiations on Ukraine, and much more.

FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktree.com/goingundergroundtv On this season's premiere episode of Going Underground, we speak to veteran former Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich. He discusses the need for a new multipolar security architecture rather than the unipolar architecture currently pursued by the US, the opportunity for Donald Trump to pursue a new relationship with Russia and deescalate boiling point tensions, Donald Trump forcing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept a ceasefire deal to end the Gaza genocide, the foreign policy dangers Donald Trump will have to contend with to preserve his domestic agenda of pursuing economic success, whether he or his hawkish cabinet picks will call the shots on foreign policy, and much more.

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.

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.