Eighty years ago this month the Second World War in Europe began. Six years later the scourge of German fascism was defeated. However, the meaning of the start of war remains hotly contested. This history is intensely political.

CrossTalking with Geoffrey Roberts, Dmitry Babich, and Alexander Mercouris.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Palestinian Ambassador to the UN Riyad H. Mansour about Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu’s latest threat to illegally annex parts of the West Bank and his threat to start a war in Gaza. Mansour looks at the motivations for these escalations, attributing them to Netanyahu’s election campaign and blames the US for allowing this further shift in Israeli policy. Next we speak to David Devin, the lawyer for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged “principle architect of the 9/11 attacks,” on the likelihood of Mohammed’s prosecution after years of CIA torture and human rights abuses at Guantanamo Bay, arguing that US practices may have made his prosecution more difficult.

Host Chris Hedges talks to Elizabeth Anderson, Professor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, about the tyranny of the corporate workplace from non-disclosure agreements to punitive, restrictive work conditions and censorship. Their discussion comes as California lawmakers pass landmark legislation challenging the business model of “gig-economy” companies, forcing companies to reclassify certain contract workers as employees. Anderson’s new book: ‘Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don’t Talk about It)’, published by Princeton Press.

Two years after the quashed independence referendum, Catalonia remains both a thorn and a bargaining chip in Spanish politics, and there are possible implications for Europe. As the acting government in Madrid edges closer to the fourth election in four years, where does it leave the secessionist cause? To discuss this Oksana is joined by Minister of Foreign Action, Institutional Relations and Transparency of Catalonia Alfred Bosch.

Jesse Ventura and producer Brigida Santos discuss President Trump’s official creation of the US Space Command, the rise of neurocapitalism, and America’s ballooning deficit. Harvard professor and political activist Lawrence Lessig talks about the growing problem of corruption in academia.

Felicity Huffman gets a slap on the wrist for her involvement in the college admissions scandal. The Democrat debate was a big pile of narcissism. Twitter targeted several prominent Cuban media platforms and journalists. And a preview of this week’s episode of Redacted Tonight.

In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max and Stacy discuss the odd similarity between protesters in Hong Kong and in France having their eyes targeted by ‘sub-lethal’ stun grenades. They review the article in GQ Magazine by Robert Chalmers exploring the ‘real victims’ of the ‘Yellow Vest revolution’ and note the connection between the dozens of protesters who have lost an eye, while the online surveillance state also seeks to control what we see and read. In the second half, Max interviews independent journalist Paul Moreira about the Yellow Vest movement in France. What did he see during his many weeks on the frontline with his journalism? They discuss the economic and political demands of the protesters and the violence with which those demands have been met. They also analyze the protests in the context of other protests taking place in various regions of the world.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Mike Gravel on the firing of John Bolton. He says Bolton was close to starting a war with Iran and is the reason for the current hostility between the US, Russia, and China and also says the only hope for a peaceful US foreign policy is Bernie Sanders and Tulsi Gabbard. Next, we speak to Sir David King about the climate emergency and how fracking is accelerating climate change at an unprecedented rate. He also explains the causes of climate change and reveals that we must also refreeze the poles if we are to have any chance of fighting it. Finally, we speak to economist and head of research at IIPP at UCL, Josh Ryan-Collins on the European Central Bank’s latest measures to bolster the Eurozone, which includes cutting the deposit facility rate and another round of quantitative easing. He also discusses the housing crisis in the West and what governments can do to tackle it.

Holland Cooke talks with former US Marine and State Department official Matthew Hoh about his experience being deployed to Iraq and as a whistleblower for the war in Afghanistan. Former Pentagon official Michael Maloof gives his take on exactly why it is the Afghanistan war has now spanned a whopping 18 YEARS, making it the longest war in US history. And former NTSB official Jamie Finch breaks down what the suspension of Boeing’s 737 MAX flagship aircraft into 2020 means for the aviation industry.

We have a very special show on deck today, as we zone in on Asia for the whole show. We kick things off in Hong Kong, where we go beyond the headlines to examine the rising costs of housing in the region. RT Correspondent Michele Greenstein, fresh off her visit to Hong Kong, digs deep into the details. Then we head over to India, where the world’s largest democracy has seen its auto sales slump in recent months. Lauren Fix, the Car Coach, is standing by to give us her outlook as to why the sector is decelerating. Then we toss things back to Christy Ai in Singapore, where she caught up with Song Seng Wun of CIMB Private Banking to dig through what could be in store for Asian economies in the near future.