Going Underground Hosted by Afshin Rattansi

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Kehinde Andrews, author of Nobody Can Give You Freedom: The Political Life of Malcolm X. He discusses how Malcolm X would have viewed the Gaza genocide and Israel’s crimes, the crucial differences between Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X and their views on the American project, why Malcolm X was not a Marxist despite his alliance with Marxist revolutionaries and the difference in their philosophies, his critiques of Marxism, Donald Trump and his massively overstated with black Americans, why the Posthumous Autobiography of Malcolm X is a pack of lies, what Critical Race Theory actually is, and much more

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former Chief of Staff of former Secretary of State Colin Powell. He discusses his work with Randy Credico to publicise the horror of the Gaza genocide in Washington D.C., Israeli PM Netanyahu being intent on fulfilling the Greater Israel plan, the high likelihood of a second war with Iran before the end of the year, Netanyahu’s plan to drag the US into World War 3 and why we are already in a World War, why Israel may use nuclear weapons in the upcoming second war on Iran, the US empire now facing down over 2 billion people in its confrontation with the multipolar world, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Dr. Andrey Kortunov, former Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council. He discusses the understated role and sacrifice China made for victory in World War 2, European countries’ plan to send troops to Ukraine and why security guarantees are essential for Russia, whether these negotiations are a ploy to trick Russia into another Minsk Agreement trap, whether the powers of the multipolar world such as China and Iran should act preemptively before the US moves against them, whether the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation can withstand the pressure from the US and its military-industrial complex, whether the SCO can be a united front for the multipolar world against US hegemony, whether Israel will use its nuclear weapons against Iran in the next war, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Dr. Michael O’Hanlon, Senior Fellow and Director of Foreign Policy Research at the Brookings Institution, former member of the Defense Policy Board of the US Department of Defense, and former CIA Advisor. He discusses the legacy of the US’ disastrous invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, the importance of ending the Ukraine proxy war for Trump’s agenda and the MAGA base, his desire for US military trainers to be sent to Ukraine as part of a peace deal between Washington and Moscow, why Russia’s reaction to NATO expansion was predictable, and more. In the second half, Afshin Rattansi challenges him on his claims that Russia tried to use ‘shock and awe’ against Ukraine, why Russia can’t trust an agreement with the United States, the US’ hypocrisy of condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with its own history of illegal invasions, the state of the International Relations scholarly field in the US, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to the former Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert. He discusses his opposition the continuation of Israel’s war on Gaza, the arrogance and complacency of the Israeli leadership which allowed October 7th to occur, Benjamin Netanyahu’s failed approach of flirting with Hamas and ignoring all warnings of an upcoming Hamas operation, Israel’s plan for Palestinians which could become ethnic cleansing, the extreme polarisation of Israeli society and the potential for civil war, the unforgivable and intolerable amount of innocent Palestinians killed in Gaza, his message to Arabs and Muslims that there are Israelis opposed to Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir and Smotrich, what he says really happened in the failed negotiations between him and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for a two-state solution, and much more.

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

FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv 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 Dr. Guy Shalev, Executive Director of Physicians for Human Rights-Israel. He discusses the Israeli public’s ’wall of denial’ about the suffering and starvation of Palestinians in Gaza as the Gaza genocide continues, the draconian media censorship in Israel which omitted his organisation’s report that concluded Israel is committing genocide, why the US, UK and EU refusing to recognise that it is a genocide, Israel’s systematic destruction of Gaza’s healthcare and essential infrastructure for life, the targeting of 22 hospitals by Day 5 of the Gaza genocide, the weaponisation of anti-Semitism to facilitate the genocide of Palestinians, his organisation’s early reporting on false claims of sexual violence on October 7th, the extent of the torture inside the Sde Teiman camp, the medical community in Israel starting to speak out against the genocide in Gaza, the role of the weaponisation of anaesthesia as a weapon of war, and much more.

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

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