Going Underground Hosted by Afshin Rattansi

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Former UK Defence Secretary Rt. Hon. Tobias Ellwood. He discusses the resignation of UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer who became the 7th UK Prime Minister to resign in 10 years, his belief that Trump had no strategy in the war on Iran, Donald Trump’s disengagement from its European allies and why Trump won 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 fuelled 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.

On this episode of New Order, we speak to the Former Chief of India’s Research & Analysis Wing Vikram Sood. He discusses why Prime Minister Narendra Modi isn’t personally attending the funeral of Ayatollah Khamenei, Trump’s potential pivot to Ukraine after the war on Iran and whether India is in a better position to deal with threats from the Trump Administration, why Russia, China and India working together could be a formidable power bloc and send a powerful message to the world, the internal and external pressures India faces, the weaponisation of human rights by the West and the importance of soft power for India such as film and culture, the importance of the Chabahar Port in Iran for India’s national security, and much more. 

Finally, New Order’s Zarah Khan asks questions from you the viewers to Afshin Rattansi. You can send in your questions to be answered to @AfshinRattansi on X to be answered on next week’s episode!

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 the US’ independence, why the Democrats may not seek Donald Trump’s impeachment after the midterms, the integration of the US & Israeli military 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.

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 Trump’s ‘Operation Epic Fury’ against Iran and how Israel & 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 USA and abroad, the fight against AIPAC-sponsored politicians and the Israel lobby, why Donald Trump increasingly feels used by Israel, the prospect of a new third-party rising from the MAGA civil war, whether Donald Trump will pivot back to the Ukraine proxy war, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Vice Admiral Robert Harward, Former Deputy Commander of US CENTCOM. He discusses President Trump’s axing of the National Security Adviser job and the power of the National Security Council, whether he believes Iran will comply with the conditions of the Memorandum of Understanding signed with the USA, whether the Iranian population increasingly believe that Iran must have nuclear weapons to deter Israel, his response to Afshin Rattansi’s challenge that Israel maintains it was behind the protests in Iran in January, why the GCC countries are beginning talks for their own new agreements with Iran, whether the US’ inability to carry out regime change in Iran is due to Iran’s military power or the US’ lack of political will, his response to Afshin Rattansi’s challenge on how the US would act if Russia interfered the same way in Mexico as the US did in Ukraine since 2014, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to former Israeli Intelligence Officer Ari Ben-Menashe. He discusses the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding signed by Donald Trump and the history of Israeli leaders sabotaging US deals with Iran, why Israel urgently needs its own deal with Iran, his belief that Donald Trump is in danger from Israel and elements in the US after making a deal with Iran to remove the US from the war, why he believes Trump has done the right thing for the US by correcting his mistake of starting the war in the first place, why Netanyahu’s next war may be with Ansar Allah in Yemen and the prospect of another USS Liberty-style event, the future for Lebanon as Israel continues its occupation despite the deal, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to former Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert. He discusses Benjamin Netanyahu’s failures resulting from his persuasion of Trump to start the war on Iran which resulted in a US-Iran deal weaker than the JCPOA, his assertion that Israel committed war crimes in Iran but not genocide, Jewish terrorism by Israeli settlers in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and the Israeli government being to blame, why Israel’s actions in Lebanon do not serve Israel’s interests, Trump’s plan for Syria’s President Al-Sharaa to deal with Hezbollah in Lebanon, Benjamin Netanyahu’s ‘total failures’ ranging from Gaza to Iran and why he believes Netanyahu will resign, his own record in presiding over Operation Cast Lead which saw the deaths of 300 children, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Prof. Steve Keen, Distinguished Research Fellow at the Institute for Strategy Resilience and Security at UCL. He discusses the severe risk of a global famine as a result of the Strait of Hormuz being shut creating a shortage of petroleum-based fertilisers, Epstein blackmail being one of the reasons for this war despite the disastrous consequences, the financial sector’s ignorance on the true consequences of this war, why a serious financial crisis is now looming for most of the world, the combination of stupidity and blackmail behind Trump launching the war on Iran, the insider trading and corruption leading to massive profits for those close to Trump, why nuclear deterrence remains the only deterrence to attack by the US, the risk of Israel’s Samson Option, why the U.K. and Europe have doubled down on the proxy war against Russia through Ukraine, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Prof. Theodore Postol, Professor Emeritus of Science, Technology and National Security Policy at MIT and former Chief of Naval Operations Adviser at the Pentagon. He discusses the state of Donald Trump’s war on Iran and the pressure on him from the Israel lobby, why this is a war of existential survival for Iran and not a defensive war on the part of the US, the prospect of Donald Trump using nuclear weapons against Iran and why it is impossible for the US and Israel to fully destroy Iran’s nuclear program, Iran’s strategy of remaining on the brink of obtaining nuclear weapons but not crossing the threshold, why Israel is the real nuclear danger in the region as Israel’s military is on the ropes, the prospect of Iran striking Israel’s Dimona nuclear facility, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Chen Weihua, former China Daily EU Bureau Chief and Washington Correspondent. He discusses how the US’ hegemony and soft power stands after the war on Iran, Gaza genocide, and kidnapping of Venezuela’s President Maduro, whether US allies will continue remaining vassal states and China’s approach to a changing world, the view that the US-Israeli war on Iran is really a part of the war on China, why China hasn’t acted more forcefully to defend its interests as the US continues its campaign against China, how the US drastically underestimated China’s economic power, and much more.