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.
‘Time to wrap up the Israel project?’ Afshin Rattansi challenges Netanyahu’s ex-adviser Ruthie Blum
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Ruthie Blum, former advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. She discusses the visit of Syria’s Ahmed Al-Sharaa to the White House and the resignation of Netanyahu’s Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer. Afshin Rattansi challenges her on Israel’s arming and supporting of Hamas, Ron Dermer advocating the use of economic measures to lower Palestinian birth rates and preserve an Israeli majority, the assassination of Charlie Kirk and his turn against Israel before his death, J.D. Vance’s embrace of the anti-Israel MAGA base, Donald Trump’s admission of Miriam Adelson’s significant influence over his administration, the exodus of Jews from Israel as the Gaza genocide continues despite the ceasefire, a potential second Israeli war on Iran, whether it’s time to wrap up the Zionist project, and much more.
British surgeon who volunteered in Gaza: ‘I saw appaling atrocities, clear evidence of genocide’
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Prof. Nick Maynard, a volunteer surgeon at Gaza’s Nasser Hospital. He discusses the failure of UK medical institutions to call out the Gaza genocide, why he decided to speak out in media interviews on the horrors of what he’s seen in Gaza, the media’s role in covering up the genocide and parroting Israeli propaganda, Israel’s systematic targeting of Palestinian children, British officials ignoring the clear photographic evidence he presented and choosing to believe Israeli propaganda instead, Israel’s blocking the entry of most doctors and medicine into Gaza despite the ceasefire, how he watched a baby named Zainab pass away from malnutrition after Israel blocked the entry of baby formula, the attempts by medical and academic institutions in the US and UK to silence him and others providing evidence of the horrors in Gaza, and much more.
Alastair Crooke: Russia’s red lines, China dominates trade talks with US, war on Venezuela
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Alastair Crooke, Former Middle East Advisor to the EU Foreign Policy Chief. He discusses Donald Trump’s resumption of nuclear tests after accusing Russia and China of covert tests, Washington’s move towards a regime change war against Venezuela to topple Nicolas Maduro, the US financial crisis being the real reason for targeting Venezuela, the potential for the Supreme Court to declare Donald Trump’s tariffs unconstitutional, the push by the European Union and Britain to keep funding the Ukrainian proxy war despite not having the money, China’s domination of trade talks with the US, Israel’s reliance on US hegemony to survive, and much more.
Palestine’s Mandela: Interview with the son of Marwan Barghouti, imprisoned by Israel for 23+ Years
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Arab Barghouti, son of Palestinian Leader Marwan Barghouti who has been imprisoned by Israel for over 23 years. He discusses the terror attacks against Palestinians by Israeli settlers in the illegally occupied West Bank and what life is like under Israeli occupation, Secretary of State Marco Rubio dismissed requests for an update on the potential release of his father, why Marwan Barghouti is a trusted and revered figure in the eyes of Palestinians who could lead a future Palestinian state, Israeli refusing to even allow him to hug his father for 23 years, the recent torture and vicious beating of Marwan Barghouti by Israeli prison guards under the orders of Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, the efforts of his father to educate Palestinian prisoners despite the horrific conditions he faces, his disappointment with the international community over the double standards over the Gaza genocide, and much more.
The US knows a liberated Palestine means the end of their control of the Middle East (Prof. Jason Hickel)
Prof. Jason Hickel, co-creator of the Global Inequality Project. He discusses the US’ historical and contemporary real motivations for supporting Israel as it crushes Arab national liberation movements and protects Western economic interests, the Gaza genocide being a mask-off moment for Western liberalism, the global apartheid of international law only applying to the global majority and not the West, the destruction of Gaza’s environment and the silence of the environmental lobbies and NGOs, the challenges the grassroots environmental movement faces, the need to rebuild institutions such as the UN Security Council to give the global majority more power, the profound anti-democratic nature of capitalism and it being the root of the major problems we face today, why the capitalist system does not address the threat of climate change, why China has been able to make huge strides in the development of renewable energy, the high level of trust of the Chinese people in their government compared to in Western countries, the Trump Administration’s push for a regime change war on Venezuela and the devastating effect of sanctions, and much more.
Neocon takeover: Venezuela regime change catastrophe & failed peace talks with Russia - Matthew Hoh
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to former US State Department officer and former Pentagon official Matthew Hoh. He discusses how neocon officials appointed by Donald Trump such as Marco Rubio have sabotaged his plans for brokering peace with Russia in Ukraine, Rubio’s push for war on Venezuela and his obsession with Latin America, the sidelining of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard in favor of CIA Director John Ratcliffe, the lack of progress since the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska, Trump’s threat to give Zelensky Tomahawk missiles, the need for a mechanism by China and Russia to punish the US if it goes ahead with a regime change war in Venezuela, the Trump administration’s belief that regime change won’t be a disaster despite historical examples, the likelihood of a US-Israeli war on Iran, and much more.