Going Underground

‘Western media coverage kills Palestinians. They are complicit in Israel’s genocide in Gaza’ – Ahmed Alnaouq

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Ahmed Alnaouq, co-founder of We Are Not Numbers. He discusses how Israel killed 21 members of his direct family as part of its genocidal war on Gaza along with countless extended family members, the UK’s role in arming the Israeli military and complicity in the genocide, the mass support for Palestine in the US, the UK, and the EU, even amid constant pro-Israel media propaganda, the fake freedom and democracy in the West, especially when it comes to foreign policy, the BBC’s extreme pro-Israel bias and whitewashing of crimes against Palestinians. He also touches on the debunked October 7 atrocity propaganda published all over Western media to manufacture consent for Israel’s genocidal onslaught, and why Western media is complicit in Israel’s war crimes and genocide. In the second half, he discusses the attack on Palestinian culture by Israel and the Western media to erase it, and what he and We Are Not Numbers are doing to counter the cultural genocide, Israel’s targeting of Gaza’s cultural heritage sites, as well as the killing of top Palestinian healthcare professionals and academics, how We Are Not Numbers allows Palestinians to write stories about themselves and their families to break through the Western media stereotypes about Palestinians, why he isn’t optimistic about the Fatah-Hamas reconciliation agreement brokered by China, and much more.

Ex-Israeli hostage negotiator: Israel is ISOLATED globally, NO JUSTIFICATION for Gaza slaughter

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Dr. Gershon Baskin, former Israeli Negotiator involved in securing the release of Israeli hostages and the International Communities Organisation’s Middle East Director. He discusses the unpopularity of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, which has ‘no coherent strategy’ in the war against Palestinians in Gaza, the US’ ability to have stopped the war early on, and the effects of the October 7 raid on Israeli society. The interview takes a heated turn, where Afshin Rattansi and Dr. Baskin debate on reports from Israeli media on what really happened on that date. Following this exchange, he discusses Netanyahu’s long game since the 2000s to prevent a two-state solution, his own role in negotiating the release of Gilad Shalit, and trying to secure a long-term ceasefire with Hamas, which was stopped by an assassination conducted by Israel. Also, why most Israelis continue to support the IDF’s bloody onslaught, why he considers a one-state solution unviable and a two-state solution the only path to peace, and why he believes Israel has committed war crimes and crossed moral red lines…but hasn’t committed genocide, and much more.

DISGRACE: Netanyahu to address a US Congress TIED TO THE HIP to Israel’s war machine (Brian Becker)

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Brian Becker, the national director of the ANSWER Coalition and host of ‘The Socialist Program’ podcast. He discusses the rally scheduled to protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress amid Israel’s genocidal slaughter in Gaza, whether a Donald Trump presidency will be any different to the Biden administration concerning Gaza, Israel’s failure to defeat the Palestinian resistance despite the US’ endless supply of bombs and weaponry, the prospect of a regional war involving the US over the next year, the assertion by the Biden administration that the proxy war against Russia via Ukraine is good for the US economy, whether there is any real difference between Trump and Biden when it comes to workers’ rights and trade union rights, the assassination attempt against Trump and the instability of the US republic, Trump’s pledge to end the proxy war in Ukraine against Russia and whether he will follow through on his promise, whether Trump will learn from the mistakes of his first term where neoconservatives encouraged an aggressive foreign policy, and much more.

Gaza: The US’ standing in the Global South is at its LOWEST after backing Israel – ambassador

On this episode of Going Underground we speak to Palestinian Ambassador Afif Safieh, the former PLO Representative to the UK, US and Russia. He discusses why Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has shot himself in the foot and why he is prolonging the genocide in Gaza to preserve his own power, the US’ role in constantly shielding Israel and rendering the international system completely impotent, his hopes for the new Keir Starmer government in the UK despite his pro-Israel stance, Joe Biden’s electoral vulnerability after supporting Israel’s genocide in Gaza and the farce of current ceasefire negotiations, as well as whether the Republicans will be any worse than the Democrats in power after November. In part two, the discussion turns tense on the subjects of how beholden the Palestinian Authority is to Israel, the lack of any reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas and who’s to blame, the continuous delaying of Palestinian elections, reports of Netanyahu preferring a Palestinian Authority-run Gaza, and much more.

NATO are ‘DELUDING THEMSELVES’ over thinking they sre beating Russia – Prof. Theodore Postol

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Theodore Postol, Professor Emeritus of Science, Technology and International Security at MIT. He discusses the state of NATO as it celebrates its 75th anniversary in Washington amid Ukraine’s deteriorating battlefield situation in the NATO proxy war against Russia, Russia’s military strategy against Ukraine in the war of attrition and why it has been successful, Antony Blinken’s announcement that the US will supply F-16s to Ukraine and why it won’t make any difference to altering the balance of the conflict, the missile strike on a children’s hospital in Kiev and who was behind it and the Ukrainian ATACMS strike on a beach full of civilians in Sevastopol, whether US boots are already on the ground in Ukraine operating Patriot missile defense and ATACMS systems, Ukraine targeting Russia’s nuclear early warning systems and why he was ‘terrified’ when he heard the news, the ignorance of the Biden administration on the US’ and Russia’s early warning systems and why the US has no defense against ballistic or hypersonic missiles, and much more.

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Anya Parampil on ‘corporate coup: Venezuela and the end of US Empire’ and Julian Assange’s release

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to The Grayzone’s Anya Parampil, author of ‘Corporate Coup: Venezuela and The End of US Empire’. She discusses the release of Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange and why she didn’t believe Washington would risk extraditing him to the US, the growth of the US grassroots movement in support of Assange, what Julian Assange’s plea deal means for journalists in the US, and how Wikileaks exposed how the US uses NGOs as fronts across the world to destabilise governments that do not obey Washington. She also discusses the US persecution of Alex Saab and Venezuela’s CLAP food program, which helped Venezuelans avoid starvation as a result of US sanctions, Donald Trump’s instincts on Venezuela and President Nicolas Maduro, and what a second Trump presidency would mean for the country. Plus, the recent coup attempt in Bolivia against President Luis Arce and why it was doomed to fail, Richard Branson’s involvement in the corporate coup in Venezuela, why the Russia-NAYO proxy war in Ukraine ended up saving Venezuela, and much more.