On this episode of Going Underground, we firstly speak to Gregory McKelvey, vice-chair of the Oregon Democratic Black Caucus. He discusses the Portland protests that erupted after the death of George Floyd, the racist origins of Oregon which connect today’s Black Lives Matter protests to the past, Trump sending in federal agents to violently crack down on BLM protesters, allegations that protesters are ‘violent anarchists,’ how Trump could intentionally be trying to make cities into warzones to make it harder to vote in November, the widespread use of tear gas against protesters, and more! Finally, we speak to Alan Stern, the principal investigator in NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto. He discusses the latest in space exploration, such as the recently launched new Mars mission, the mission to explore Pluto, the creeping role of private corporations in space travel, the militarization of space, how hostilities on Earth between the US, China and Russia are slowly being taken to space, and much more!
