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On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Col. Jacques Baud, a former analyst for NATO who was on the ground in Ukraine after the Maidan coup, and author of ‘The Russian Art of War: How the West Led Ukraine to Defeat’ and ‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood: The Defeat of the Vanquisher’. He discusses his role on the ground in Ukraine and the growth of the Donbas rebellion and the defection of Russian speakers in the Ukrainian army to the rebels following the Maidan coup in 2014, the extreme repression of the Russian-speaking regions in Ukraine by the post-coup governments, the failure of the Ukrainian counter-offensive of 2023 and why Ukraine’s tactics continue to fail against Russia’s military strategy, the involvement of the Western militaries in assisting Ukraine in the ground, how Washington’s strategy evolved to weaponise Ukraine to weaken Russia resulting in catastrophe for Ukraine, why the West is at the ‘face-saving’ stage in the proxy war against Russia, UK and French efforts to provoke the US to intervene in Ukraine, and much more.

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On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Israeli journalist Gideon Levy, Editorial Board member of the Haaretz newspaper. He discusses his disagreements with the remnants of the Israeli peace camp, who think the departure of Netanyahu from power would lead to radical changes, the state of Israeli society and the criminalisation of empathy with the Palestinian people in Gaza, the views of the different classes in Israel with anti-Palestinian sentiment being most prevalent among the working class, the ‘ridiculous’ label of Israel being ‘the only democracy in the Middle East’ and his belief that Israel is ‘playing with fire’, whether Israelis care about the potential for an Israel-Saudi normalisation agreement, the brainwashing of Israeli society to ignore the plight of Palestinians and how he overcame it, the ‘one-state solution’ and much more.

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On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to John Mearsheimer, Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. He discusses Israel’s bombing of the Iranian Embassy in Damascus and Israel’s attempts to drag the US into a war with Iran, how US protection allows Israel to ‘get away with anything’ in international politics, how the Gaza genocide is paving the way for a Donald Trump victory in November, the Israel lobby’s grip on US foreign policy, the deliberate failure of the Minsk Agreements in Ukraine leading to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to launch the Special Military Operation, why the US and Europe have lost the proxy war against Russia and the risk of direct conflict between NATO and Russia, and much more.

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On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to son of Holocaust survivors Norman Finkelstein, son of Holocaust survivors and author of the book ‘Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom’. He discusses and exposes Israel’s propaganda over mass rape during the October 7th attacks which have been uncritically reported by mainstream media, Pramilla Patten’s report on mass rape on October 7th and why the report itself reveals why there wasn’t widespread mass rape committed by Hamas, Biden ordering the building of the unnecessary Gaza pier which he calls a PR move while Palestinians starve to death, the Israel lobby’s increasing grip on US politics and much more.

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On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Stephen Walt, Professor of International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School. He discusses the US-UK persecution of Julian Assange and why his potential imprisonment in the USA would have a ‘chilling effect’ on press freedom, the UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese labelling the US-backed Israeli slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza as genocide and the US’ abstention at the UN Security Council on a resolution for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the egregious inconsistency of the US in following international law which is hurting its image around the globe, the Biden Administration’s dilemma in doing the right thing in cutting the military support to Israel vs facing the wrath of pro-Israel forces domestically during an election year, why he has called the Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine ‘provoked’ rather than ‘unprovoked’ like journalists in the mainstream media, what NATO’s goals are in Ukraine as the war becomes increasingly disastrous, the Moscow Crocus City Hall terror attack and much more.

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On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to former US Assistant Secretary of Defense Dr. Lawrence Korb. In an at times heated discussion, Afshin Rattansi challenges Korb on the Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine, why the US would risk nuclear war with Russia over the proxy war in Ukraine, Western Europe’s economic decline amid the proxy war, the implosion of the idea of a US-led rules-based order with the Gaza genocide, the history of US foreign policy disasters from Vietnam to Ukraine and much more.

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On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to former Israeli negotiator at Oslo 2 and the Taba Summit Daniel Levy. He discusses why the October 7th attack by Hamas and Palestinian resistance groups should have come as no surprise, how the October 7th attack shattered ignorance and hubris among Israeli political leaders and Israel’s Western backers, Prime Minister Netanyahu becoming inconvenient for Biden in the Presidential election year, US and Western military aid continuing to flow into Israel, the Houthis operations in the Red Sea, why US-led peace efforts are and have been a sham, the US’ plan to ‘re-freeze’ the apartheid reality in Palestine and much more.

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On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Dmitri Trenin, a member of Russia’s Foreign & Defence Policy Council and the Former Director of the Carnegie Moscow Center. He discusses the Russian Presidential elections where Vladimir Putin seeks re-election, Putin’s balancing act of funding the military as well as funding social programs in an attempt to avoid the mistakes of the Soviet Union, the end of hope in Russia for good relations with the US and European countries after Russia was double-crossed on Ukraine, Putin’s transformation of Russia into Russian Federation 2.0 after the start of the Ukraine proxy conflict, his surprise that European countries are pushing the tension with Russia to the brink of direct conflict, and much more.

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On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Khaled Elgindy, Program Director of the Palestine & Palestinian-Israeli Affairs at the Middle East Institute. He discusses why the policy of the US, UK and EU countries on Israel’s genocidal slaughter hasn’t changed despite performative humanitarian airdrops and mild criticism, the Palestinian right to armed resistance and whether Hamas’ operation on October 7th is legitimate resistance, Hamas’s tactical victory against Israel by delivering a shock to the Israeli system, the evolution of the US’ irresponsible coverage of October 7th and the genocidal slaughter in Gaza, the surge of Hamas’ popularity in the West Bank, why US-UK-EU support for Israel has eviscerated any idea of a rules-based idea and may have permanently damaged the credibility of the West in the eyes of the global south, and much more.

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On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Alan Dershowitz, Emeritus Professor at Harvard Law School and author of ‘War Against the Jews: How to End Hamas Barbarism’. He discusses the persecution of Donald Trump and attempts to keep him off the ballot in the 2024 Presidential election and the persecution of Julian Assange and his hope of legally representing Assange should he be extradited to the United States. The interview takes a turn to become one of the most heated interviews ever on Going Underground as Afshin Rattansi challenges him on Israel’s genocidal slaughter in Gaza, Israel’s narrative on what happened on October 7th, the US providing arms to Israel to carry out its bloody campaign in Gaza, the right of Palestinians to carry out armed resistance under international law against Israeli occupation and much more.