Afshin Rattansi's Going Underground

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to former Wall Street Financial Analyst Michael Hudson, author of ‘The Collapse of Antiquity’. He discusses the origins of debt stemming from the oligarchy-dominated Ancient Greek and Roman ‘democracies’, the tradition of debt cancellation and how the Roman and Greek oligarchies marked a turning point in history using debt as a weapon of societal control, how oligarchic control of entire countries in contemporary late-stage capitalism has evolved through the US-dominated IMF & World Bank, why financial conquest has been far more deadly than military conquest and much more.

FOLLOW ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to former IMF economist and Bank of America strategist David Woo, CEO of David Woo Unbound. He discusses the de-industrialisation of Europe driven by rising energy costs amid the Russia-NATO proxy conflict in Ukraine, the purpose of the war being for the US to drive a wedge between Russia and Europe, his disappointment in British and European leaders who don’t understand the US does not have their welfare at heart, his predictions for a successful Russian counter-offensive as Ukraine’s disappointing counter-offensive winds down, the ongoing inflation crisis and much more. You can visit David Woo’s website here: https://www.davidwoounbound.com/

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Anuradha Mittal, Founder and Executive Director of The Oakland Institute, which has reported on the IMF and World Bank’s carving up of Ukrainian farmland and the myths about the Black Sea Grain Deal which NATO nation media have propagated to the whole world. She discusses the UN statistics that show the overwhelming majority of grain that was exported via the Black Sea Grain Initiative went to rich countries, not to poor hunger-hit countries as was reported by the media, the mass privatisation of Ukrainian farmland at the expense of small Ukrainian farmers, the coming further neoliberal gutting of Ukraine when the war ends, the role of giant agribusiness corporations in artificially raising grain prices through speculation, the myth of high food prices being caused by low grain exports due to the Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine and much more. FOLLOW ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Chuck Spinney, former Military Analyst at the US Department of Defense and author of ‘Defense Facts of Life: The Plans/Reality Mismatch’, otherwise known as the Spinney Report, which exposed the high levels of financial waste pursuing costly weapons system at the Pentagon. He discusses his job at the Pentagon to scrutinise the wasteful spending in the Pentagon which led to his bombshell report, the killing of the movement to reform the Pentagon and make it more financially accountable, the extremely costly projects of the Pentagon going on right now that the US public will be ‘paying back for 80 years’, the propaganda over the US creating an ‘Arsenal of Democracy’ amid the Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine which has instead resulted in ‘unilateral disarmament at an even higher cost’ and much more. FOLLOW ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Prof. PLO Lumumba, the former Director of Kenya’s Anti-Corruption Commission, the former Director of the Kenya School of Law and renowned Pan-Africanist thinker. He discusses the upcoming Russia-Africa Summit this week and his views on the summit, the contempt shown against African leaders for their peace initiative to bring about an end to the Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine, Western neutralisation of historical great African leaders and titans of the Non-Aligned Movement such as Nehru, Nasser, Sukarno, Tito and Nkrumah, methods of Western neo-colonial domination of Africa through military bases, the IMF and governmental infiltration, why he believes the ICC should be disbanded, the neutrality of African nations in the Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine and much more. FOLLOW ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to ex-US Secretary of State Colin Powell’s Chief of Staff and retired US Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson. He discusses the advert he along with his co-signers put in the New York Times urging people to see the proxy war in Ukraine from Russia’s eyes, the rising threat of a tactical nuclear exchange and why he is more worried of a nuke being used by Washington or another party than Moscow using a nuclear weapon, why he believes NATO is likely to disintegrate if the Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine continues for a long period, the bankruptcy of the US economy and its declining ability to militarily dominate and sanction others, whether Donald Trump can end the proxy war in Ukraine and much more. FOLLOW ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to the former US Navy’s Deputy Undersecretary and the Founder and President of the Yorktown Institute Seth Cropsey. He discusses NATO’s de-facto denial of Ukraine’s request to join NATO and why this shows disunity among the Western allies and cracking resolve, the supplying of cluster bombs by the Biden Administration to Ukraine as Biden admits Ukraine has run out of ammunition, why he believes US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley should be replaced, the rising risk of nuclear escalation amid the Russia-NATO proxy conflict in Ukraine and much more. FOLLOW ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, the former CIA Moscow Station chief, former WMD Department Chief of the US Counterterrorist Center and Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center at Harvard University. Afshin Rattansi challenges him on the provision of cluster bombs by the US to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, US involvement in the 2014 coup in Ukraine, war profiteering in the US, nuclear escalation between Russia and NATO, the role of the CIA in sabotaging governments and destabilising politics around the world and much more. FOLLOW FOR ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to retired Russian Lieutenant General Evgeny Buzhinsky, who is the Chairman of the Executive Council of the Russian Center for Policy Studies. He discusses the talk of admitting Ukraine into NATO at the Vilnius NATO summit and why it is unlikely the US would allow this, the state of Ukraine’s counter-offensive and why the US knows the battlefield situation is not looking good for Ukraine, Wagner PMC Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s rebellion against the Russian Armed Forces high command, the destruction of NATO military equipment on the battlefield by Russia and much more. FOLLOW ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Mitch Feierstein, author of ‘Planet Ponzi’ and former UK Brexit Party candidate. He discusses why the US’ and global financial system is in serious crisis, the prospect of civil unrest in the United States after a financial meltdown, the media‘s role in creating ‘the biggest threat to democracy’, the Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine and much more. FOLLOW ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy’s campaign manager and former Congressman Dennis Kucinich. He discusses the US’ continued attempts to extradite Julian Assange and RFK’s promise to end the persecution of the Wikileaks publisher, the Russia-NATO proxy conflict in Ukraine and RFK stopping the US’ foreign policy ‘madness’ if he becomes President, the draconian mass surveillance architecture in the US revealed by the Wikileaks Vault 7 leaks, the Nordstream pipeline sabotage and why he squarely blames the Biden Administration for being behind the sabotage and much more. FOLLOW ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Serbia’s Hereditary Prince Philip Karadjordjevic, Chief Strategy of Jan3. He discusses the Wagner Group’s rebellion against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s military leaders, the Nordstream pipeline explosion and the ongoing Russia-NATO proxy conflict in Ukraine, Serbia-Kosovo tensions, the geopolitics of Serbia and why Serbia’s future may be with the BRICS rather than the EU, why Bitcoin means global financial freedom and much more. FOLLOW ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to the former British Ambassador to Russia Sir Tony Brenton. Afshin Rattansi challenges him on the Russia-NATO proxy conflict in Ukraine and during the interview Sir Tony Brenton admits NATO did not pay enough attention to Russia’s security concerns, the fact that US-UK-EU sanctions have not had their desired effect in collapsing Russia and that Ukraine shares most of the blame for the failure of the Minsk Agreements which could have prevented the war from breaking out. FOLLOW ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Sergey Karaganov, Chairman of the Editorial Board of Russia in Global Affairs and author of the ‘A Difficult But Necessary Decision’ article which argues Russia could escalate to using nuclear weapons against European countries supporting Ukraine to force the US and its allies to back off in the wider conflict against Russia to prevent a global nuclear war and World War 3. He discusses this unprecedented time in history where he views nuclear deterrence to be failing in preventing Russia-US confrontation, the scenario in which Russia could escalate to using nuclear weapons against European countries to ensure a nuclear conflict with the US doesn’t break out, why the war between the US and its Western allies and Russia is bigger than the Ukraine proxy conflict, and he defends the idea of why a limited Russian nuclear strike against European targets would avert a wider global nuclear war which would end humanity. FOLLOW ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Ebrahim Hashem, AsiaGlobal Fellow at the University of Hong Kong’s Asia Global Institute and former Head of the Strategy Division at the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company. He discusses the implications and outcomes of the Arab-China business conference in Saudi Arabia and the Belt and Road Initiative in the Middle East, whether or not the US under Joe Biden will look to pressure Arab countries for growing ties with China, the growing strategic autonomy of the Middle East amid the US-China Cold War, the US’ failed attempts to dominate the region and hijack sovereignty since the Iraq War, the continued presence of US troops in Arab countries, the normalisation of ties between Arab countries and Syria’s government under Bashar Al-Assad and the ignoring of the US’ Caesar Sanctions, the sudden reduction of terrorism in the Middle East following the Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine, BRICS expansion bringing in the new multipolar order and much more. FOLLOW ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to the former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan. He discusses his attempts to negotiate a discount on Russian oil prices, alleged US involvement in deposing him as Prime Minister, the US-led War on Terror and why Pakistan should have never joined the war, his allegations that the current Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is ignoring the rule of law and turning Pakistan into a banana republic, assassination attempts against him, Western countries’ hypocrisy on human rights, the crackdown on the Tehreek-e-Insaf Party (PTI) and cases against him, and much more. FOLLOW ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Fyodor Lukyanov, Editor-in-Chief of Russia in Global Affairs, Chairman of the Presidium of the Russian Council of Foreign and Defence Policy, and Research Director at the Valdai Discussion Club. He discusses why currently there is no prospect for direct or indirect negotiations between Russia, Ukraine and NATO nations, the rising distrust against mainstream media in the US and Europe, the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka Dam, the emergence of a multipolar world and Russia’s lack of ruling ideology, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s evolution from a pro-Western leader to a leader now opposing US hegemony, reports of the imminent demise of Russia in NATO nation media and much more. FOLLOW ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to legendary Oscar-winning director and writer Oliver Stone on his new film 'Nuclear Now', which makes the case for why nuclear energy is humanity's last shot at avoiding a cataclysm due to the climate emergency. He discusses the deep-rooted fears in society around nuclear power, why contrary to popular belief, nuclear power is safe and far less fatal than other forms of energy, why renewable energy sources will not be enough to fight the climate crisis, the Russia-NATO proxy conflict in Ukraine and much more. FOLLOW ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Dr. Harriet Fraad, host of the Capitalism Hits Home podcast. She discusses the debt ceiling fiasco in the United States and why both the Democrats and Republicans refuse to tax the rich, the primacy of the military-industrial complex in the US and why the US always needs a foreign conflict, the real motives for the US in the Russia-NATO proxy conflict in Ukraine being to weaken the Russia-China alliance, the mass shooting epidemic in the United States and the root causes of gun violence, the causes behind the breakdown in US families and relationships and much more. FOLLOW ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Vuk Jeremić, the former President of the UN General Assembly, the former Foreign Minister of Serbia, and the current President of the Serbian People’s Party about the recent clashes between Kosovo Serbs and NATO troops alongside Kosovo police. He discusses the root of oppression of Serbs in Kosovo, the lack of global south recognition of Kosovo, why he calls Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti an anti-Serb ‘extremist’ who wants a ‘Greater Albania’, the decline of support from even Kosovo’s allies such as the United States over his hardline anti-Serb policies, why he suspects he didn’t become UN Secretary-General over his views on Kosovo, the parallels between the Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine and NATO’s partition of Yugoslavia, then Serbia and much more. FOLLOW ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Lord Jim O’Neill, the former Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management and the man who coined the term ‘BRIC’ for the rising economics of Brazil, Russia, India and China. He discusses the G7’s confrontational stance towards Russia and China, the global multipolar backlash against the ‘Americanisation’ of the world, why sanctioned Russia is doing better than countries such as the UK and Germany which imposed those sanctions in the first place, the prospect of de-dollarisation and the end of ‘King Dollar’, the continued rise of the BRICS countries especially India and China and the importance of the growth in India’s workforce and much more. FOLLOW ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to the Editor-in-Chief of Arab News Faisal Abbas. He discusses Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad’s return to the Arab League, the transformative changes taking place in Saudi Arabia and across the region, the peace deal brokered by China between Saudi Arabia and Iran, agenda-driven coverage of Saudi Arabia in US and European press, why Saudi Arabia’s ‘Vision 2030’ will drive transparency and press freedom in the country, and why he prefers being a journalist in Saudi Arabia rather than in the UK. FOLLOW ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to host of 'Freedom Side' Breakthrough Newsroom Eugene Puryear and former US Vice Presidential Candidate for the Party for Socialism and Liberation in 2008 & 2016. He discusses and explains the Sudan Crisis and the US' hand in trying to manipulate Sudan's civilian mass movement to get a compliant government in Khartoum, why the US opposed the government of Omar Al-Bashir, Ethiopia's economic crisis and the danger of the country falling into an IMF & World Bank trap, the growing rejection of the United States' and European Union countries' ultimatums in Africa and the growing popularity of China, Russia and countries of the global south within Africa and much more. FOLLOW ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Senior Fellow & Director of European Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and the former National Security Director for European Affairs under Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton Prof. Charles Kupchan. He has a heated exchange with Afshin Rattansi on Russia vs NATO in Ukraine, the history of US & NATO wars in the global south, Seymour Hersh’s report that the U.S. blew up the Nordstream pipelines, his support for more arms supplies to Ukraine while supporting a negotiated end to the conflict, the birth of the multipolar world and much more. FOLLOW ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Prof. Richard Sakwa, author of Frontline Ukraine: Crisis in the Borderlands and Professor of Russian and European Politics at the University of Kent. He discusses why tensions between Russia and NATO are far worse than the tensions of the first Cold War, the ICC indictment against Russian President Vladimir Putin and why he believes the indictment was entirely political amid the privatisation of the UN system by the US, why Russia still has the advantage in the proxy war in Ukraine, the echo chamber in NATO nation media where zero criticism of NATO policy is allowed, the 1990s origins of the current soaring tensions between Moscow and Washington and much more. https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv