Ajuma Baraka on the US midterms, Yu Xiong on China’s ‘friendly’ foreign policy, broken news (E678)

On this episode of Going Underground, Ajuma Baraka, the Green Party Vice Presidential candidate in 2016 gives his thoughts on the US midterms, the chronic low-voter turnout and the implications of the results! Next, Lembit Opik joins Afshin Rattansi for Broken News, covering Macron’s demand for an EU army, young Conservative Party activists burning an effigy of Grenfell Tower, intelligence obtained via torture being used to launch the Iraq War and Benjamin Zephaniah refusing the position of poet laureate. Lastly, Professor Yu Xiong discusses Trump’s trade war with China, China’s ‘friendly’ foreign policy and it’s international development strategy.

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