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.
Col. Larry Wilkerson: The world is sleepwalking into potential nuclear war over Iran
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Col. Lawrence Wilkerson. He discusses Trump’s war on Iran as part of Washington’s conflict against China, the transformation of the US military into a mercenary military, as most service people don’t know why they are fighting Iran, the propaganda for US military-industrial complex companies and their ineffective weaponry, Iran’s ultimate leverage being the Strait of Hormuz and their nuclear program, the world sleepwalking into a potential nuclear war over Iran, the psychological warfare campaign in the Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine, the US’ flagrant violations of international law and the possibility of either a civil war or coup d’état in the US leading up to the midterms, China’s concern over a direct war against the US as the empire continues to decline, the sidelining of the Palestinian issue and the Gaza genocide as the world focuses on the US-Israeli war on Iran, and much more.
CMSGT. Dennis Fritz: Israel’s influence over Trump’s Pentagon is even worse than under Bush!
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to CMSGT. Dennis Fritz, former principal adviser to Richard Myers, who became chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He discusses why he believes the US-Iran MoU will be torpedoed by Donald Trump’s negotiation tactics and the influence of Israel, the possibility of an Israeli false flag to drag the US back into the unpopular war against Iran, why he believes some of the attacks on GCC countries were carried out by Israel as false flags to frame Iran, the amount of influence Israel has over the Pentagon now under Pete Hegseth and the Trump administration, whether there is a risk of Israel assassinating Trump in the ultimate false flag attack, Trump’s potential pivot to Ukraine and whether he would be successful in negotiating a peace deal, his surprise at Vladimir Putin allowing the Ukraine proxy war to go on for so long without a decisive victory, and much more.
Ukraine Proxy War: Europe’s elites & US neocons want the dissolution of Russia — James Carden
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to James Carden, ex-advisor to the US-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission at the US State Department. He discusses Trump’s remarks at an increasingly fractured NATO Summit and the continuing war on Iran, why he believes that the Trump administration isn’t serious about ending the Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine, why Ukraine’s drone attacks against Russia don’t change the balance of power in the war, the goal of Europe’s leaders and American neocons being the dissolution of Russia and regime change, Russia’s mistakes since the 2014 Maidan coup, the team surrounding Trump believing the Ukraine proxy war should be continued, the window of opportunity for it to be ended closing by the day, why the US must use NATO as leverage to force Europe to abandon its hawkishness towards Russia, why he believes Trump’s threats to leave NATO are an act, the US-Israeli war on Iran being intrinsically linked to the Greater Israel project, and much more.
Ex-UK Defense Minister Tobias Ellwood says Trump won nothing in Iran, slams Netanyahu’s endless wars
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to former UK Defense Secretary Tobias Ellwood. He discusses the impending resignation of UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer – the 7th to resign in 10 years, his belief that Trump had no strategy in the war with Iran, Donald Trump’s disengagement from America’s European allies and why Trump gained nothing in Iran, why Iran may now logically seek a nuclear deterrent, his perspective on the UK’s role in the Gaza genocide and the use of RAF Akrotiri, how Netanyahu has fueled regional insecurity with ‘war for the sake of war’, the UAE’s close relations with Russia and Vladimir Putin which goes against the UK’s view that Russia is a ‘pariah nation’, and whether Western Europe is isolated as BRICS+ continues building a multipolar world. In the latter part of the interview, Afshin Rattansi and Tobias Ellwood debate the Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine, the possibility of escalation, the ‘Russian threat’ to Europe, the lack of dialogue between London and Moscow, and much more.
Dennis Kucinich: Merging of US & Israeli military increases risk of war
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Dennis Kucinich, former veteran congressman and former mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. He discusses the significance of the 250th Anniversary of US independence, why the Democrats may not seek Donald Trump’s impeachment after the midterms, the integration of the US & Israeli militaries in terms of cooperation and technology and the increased risk of war, his heartbreak over the Minab Girls School bombing by the US and the disastrous war on Iran, J.D. Vance and Marco Rubio’s positioning on the Iran war heading into the midterms and 2028, Trump’s strategy of negotiations with Iran and Russia and the use of continuous threats, the risk of a wider war in Europe as the Ukraine proxy war escalates, the state of the American economy for the US working classes, and much more.
Max Blumenthal reveals why Trump’s MoU with Iran will fail and what Israel will do next
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Max Blumenthal, editor in Chief of The Grayzone. He discusses how Mossad will seek to sabotage the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding, Israel’s failures in Iran proving that Israel cannot achieve its objectives without US firepower, how the liberal NGOs manufactured the consent for Donald Trump’s ‘Operation Epic Fury’ against Iran and how Israel and the US manufactured the conditions for the January protests, why he believes the Memorandum of Understanding will fail and the Strait of Hormuz will not remain open, why more repression is coming both at home in the US and abroad, the fight against AIPAC-sponsored politicians and the Israel lobby, why Trump increasingly feels used by Israel, the prospect of a new third-party rising from the MAGA civil war, whether Trump will pivot back to the Ukraine proxy war, and much more.