Twice a week, award-winning journalist Afshin Rattansi and his team go underground to cover geopolitics and current affairs from a perspective you won’t find in the mainstream media, with some of the most high-profile guests.
Earth’s Greatest Enemy: The global US military empire (Abby Martin)
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Abby Martin, creator and host of ‘The Empire Files’ and co-director of ‘Earth’s Greatest Enemy’. She discusses the catastrophic results of the US midterms for the Republicans and the risk of someone worse than Trump rising in the future, how the COP Climate Summit is a farce dominated by fossil fuel and business lobbyists and the serial omission of military emissions, the catastrophic impacts of global military emissions on the climate and why it remains absent in global climate discourse, the genocide turned ecocide in the Middle East, how neoliberalism incubated the next iteration of fascism and the irreconcilable contradiction of a global US military empire and a sustainable planet, how the US political system co-opts and neuters insurgent political movements to fit the mold of American imperialism, her disgust at the Democratic Party’s subsidizing of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, how the US military acts as a for-profit corporation and discards its veterans to appalling conditions, the suffocation of Cuba by the United States, and much more.
Brandon Weichert: Trump’s war on Iran super-charged China. China is decisively winning
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Brandon Weichert, former US Air Force consultant, senior national security editor of 19FortyFive, and author of ‘Fortress Americas: A New Monroe Doctrine’. He discusses how the New Monroe Doctrine differs from the ‘Donroe Doctrine’ of Trump, the emergence of a US-Russia-China tripolar world order, the sanctity of the democratic process in the Western hemisphere for a continental system, the need to rely on American economic attractiveness over military force and covert operations, his opposition to a US attack on China in favor of cooperation and an abandonment on the US policy of defending Taiwan, how China views the outcome of the US midterm elections, how the US war on Iran has super-charged China instead of hurting it, why nuclear war remains a nightmare scenario for him with nuclear war on Trump’s mind, the possibility of Trump resigning by next April, who Brad Cooper is (the man tipped to take over the Department of War), how Trump’s relationship with Gadi Eisenkot will differ from his relationship with Netanyahu should Eisenkot become prime minister, the upcoming potential trilateral Trump-Putin-Xi summit, how the CIA continues running rogue and continuing the Ukraine proxy war, and much more.
Democrats don’t know how to handle war, things will get worse if Republicans lose midterms (Bo Loudon)
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Bo Loudon, Trump insider and Turning Point USA Ambassador. He discusses what he considers the risk of the Democrats winning the midterm elections, Donald Trump’s achievements and why he believes the Democrats are unable to handle war, how Trump will respond if the Republicans lose the midterms, the need for more civil conversations and debate in American politics, the war on Iran and its consequences, the effect of the loss of Charlie Kirk on the Republican Party, why Donald Trump has done nothing to prosecute the likes of James Clapper, Hillary Clinton, Adam Schiff, and others who propagated the Russiagate hoax, ongoing threats to Donald Trump’s life, Trump’s handling of the Ukraine proxy war, Vladimir Zelensky, and Vladimir Putin, the Epstein Files scandal and his defense of Donald Trump, his view of the polling which paints a dismal picture for the Republicans ahead of the midterms, and much more.
US midterms: Why would anyone vote for Democrats after Gaza? Afshin Rattansi challenges Joel Rubin
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Joel Rubin, former deputy assistant secretary of state in the Obama Administration. In a heated debate with challenges from Afshin Rattansi, he discusses how he thinks the Democrats will fare in the upcoming midterms in terms of taking back the House and Senate, his argument for why people should vote for the Democrats, what the Democrats’ position on the war on Iran is, and if they will do anything to stop the war, how AIPAC has destroyed its reputation with the Democratic Party, why the US continues to send military aid to Israel despite the Gaza genocide and Israel’s wars of aggression, why the Democrats continue to support more military aid for Ukraine while a majority of Americans oppose continued aid, his opposition to ‘isolationist’ American foreign policy, his defense of the Democrats’ foreign policy as Afshin challenges him on the US’ foreign policy record while the American people suffer, and much more.
Prof. Richard Wolff: China is waiting and watching as the US empire and the West implodes
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Prof. Richard Wolff, Professor of Emeritus of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He discusses the causes of the mass protests in France and the rest of Western Europe and the drive by Europe’s leaders to gear up for war against Russia, Europe’s hypocrisy in buying hundreds of billions of euros’ worth of Russian energy while funding Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky, the solution to Europe’s terminal decline and loss of power, China and Russia’s goal being to stay on the sidelines while the US’ unipolar world implodes, whether the US working class can trust progressives and ‘democratic socialists’ ahead of the midterms, what socialism actually means for progressive politicians in the US, how socialism is likely to evolve in the US in the future, how the Israel lobby’s and military-industrial complex’s power over Congress is ultimately their downfall, the two scapegoats in the US being immigrants and Russia, and much more.
Iran war: Trump is too egotistical and in Netanyahu’s pocket – Paul Craig Roberts
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Paul Craig Roberts, former US assistant treasury secretary for economic policy under Ronald Reagan and former associate editor of the Wall Street Journal. He discusses why the US under Donald Trump continues to supply intelligence to Ukraine despite pursuing an end to the NATO-Russia proxy war, the grip of the neoconservatives on American foreign policy, why he believes Ukraine’s Zelensky is “finished,” the US-Russia diesel deal and why it was struck, how Iran has handed Trump a midterm victory on a silver platter only to be met with rejection and more bombing threats, why he believes Benjamin Netanyahu orchestrated October 7th, how Ronald Reagan defied the Israel lobby, the ongoing protests in France and Western Europe, the prospect of the Democrats sweeping the midterm elections, and much more.