Going Underground

Donald Trump vs The Swamp and The Death of Hollywood (Oscar-nominated screenwriter Roger Simon)

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter Roger Simon, CEO Emeritus of PJ Media. He discusses the implications of Donald Trump’s victory for freedom of speech, the rise of the censorship machine and cancel culture in America, the pole switch where the Republican Party is now the party of the working class and the Democrats represent the elites, the Left’s fear of retribution by Donald Trump in his second term, Hollywood’s destruction of itself with censorship and why it was due to die anyway, and more. In the show’s second half, Simon discusses Trump’s cabinet picks and why some of them are swamp creatures in disguise, the shocking levels of poverty in the US including its richest state, California, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s DOGE partnership to cut wasteful government spending and corruption, celebrities relocating out of the US after Trump’s reelection, the Russiagate hoax and whether that propaganda will be revamped to target Donald Trump and his team, whether Trump will take on the military-industrial complex and end the wars, and much more.

Roger Waters on the Gaza genocide: The mask is off for a dying Western Empire

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to legendary Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters. He discusses the fall of Bashar Assad in Syria, the horrific events in the Middle East being machinations of a dying Western empire with the mask now off, how the Gaza genocide shows the hypocrisy of the US, UK and European governments when it comes to human rights and international law, the Starmer government’s role in the Gaza genocide and the shame he feels at being English while the genocide continues, where he finds optimism for an ‘existential battle’ for the soul of the human race, how the US deposed Assad by stealing Syria’s oil and sanctioning the Syrian economy to the point where ‘the government never had a chance’, his release of the emails between him and Thom Yorke of Radiohead asking him to join the BDS movement and not perform in Israel, the impact of his childhood and upbringing on his politics and his opposition to Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the few brave Israelis that speak out against their government, and much more.

Prof. John Mearsheimer on the fall of Assad: Syria will be in CHAOS for the foreseeable future

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to John Mearsheimer, professor of political science at the University of Chicago. He discusses the collapse of Bashar Assad’s government in Syria and his demise being a loss for Iran, why the fall of Assad may mean Iran finally develops nuclear weapons, and the implications for Turkey. Mearsheimer also discusses why he doesn’t believe Donald Trump will radically change US foreign policy in the Middle East, the importance of Russia’s bases in Syria and whether those bases will be lost under the new regime, why neither Russia or Iran could save Bashar Assad once the HTS-led offensive started, Russia and Iran warning Assad of the weakness of his military and their attempts to fix the problem in years prior, and more. In the second half of the interview, he discusses the effect of US sanctions and the US occupation of Syria’s oil fields on the collapse of Assad’s government, the US’ alliance with Al-Qaeda and ISIS operatives that are now in power in Damascus, the Ukraine proxy war and its intended goal of knocking Russia out of the great powers and instead has gotten Ukraine wrecked, the West’s genuine belief that it could defeat Russia in Ukraine, why he doesn’t believe Vladimir Putin is close to using nuclear weapons over Ukraine, how likely blowback terrorism is for the West after the Gaza genocide and regime change in Syria, and much more.

Zionists dictating US foreign policy, horrifying Gaza death toll revealed – Susan Abulhawa

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Susan Abulhawa, founder and director of Playgrounds for Palestine and best-selling author of ‘Mornings in Jenin’. She discusses the Playgrounds for Palestine initiative and its evolution into concentrating on education for Palestinian children facing bombing and starvation, the Western media’s ‘active participation’ in Israel’s genocide in Gaza and The Guardian refusing to publish her article for use of the word ‘Holocaust’ to describe the onslaught on Gaza, her time in Gaza this year and why the reality on the ground is ‘infinitely worse’ than is being reported, Israel’s mass degradation of Palestinian society, why she wishes she never left Gaza and the feeling of complicity and survivor’s guilt, Zionists dictating US foreign policy under the Biden administration and previous administrations, and her lack of hope for the incoming second Trump administration. In the second half of the interview, she discusses her estimated real death toll in Gaza which she says is in the range of 194,000-514,000 people, whether Biden administration officials will be held accountable for the genocide in Gaza, why such a large segment of the US population voted for VP Kamala Harris despite her participation in the genocide, the awakening of the American public to the lies of pro-Israel propaganda, and much more.

Matt Kennard EXPOSES Syria propaganda and UK’s role in Gaza genocide

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Matt Kennard, co-founder of Declassified UK and author of ‘The Racket: A Rogue Reporter vs The American Empire’. He discusses the role of Western mainstream media as an adjunct of state power, the media’s propaganda coverage of the Al Qaeda cutout group HTS’ recent offensive in Syria against Syrian government forces, the organizations fighting ‘disinformation’ being funded by governments to delegitimize new voices as the mainstream media loses its hold on the narrative, his experience at Columbia University’s journalism school and the role of elite journalism schools to create the next level of journalists to defend the US empire, the propaganda reports that Israel would prefer Bashar Assad to the Al Qaeda cutout groups, Al Jazeera’s pro-regime-change coverage of the Syrian war and Qatar’s support for extremist groups, and the rise of China and how it has opened up space for governments in Latin America, Africa, and Asia to move away from relying on the US and its institutions. In the second half of the interview, he discusses the UK’s direct participation in Israel’s genocidal carnage in Gaza, the UK’s spy flights over Gaza and crucial intelligence sharing with Israel, the destruction of Jeremy Corbyn by elements of the British State and the Israel lobby and whether the same could be repeated again, the repression against independent journalists under UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, the activities of the US military and intelligence services in the UK and the black hole in reporting, and much more.

Gaza, Russia, China: America’s escalating global imperialist war threatening mankind (Joseph Kishore)

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Joseph Kishore, 2024 US presidential candidate for the Socialist Equality Party. He discusses the broad interest of the US population in seeking an alternative to capitalism and the view of the elites that the working class is the real threat to their power, the extreme economic inequality and poverty in the US, the working class’ hatred of the Democratic Party and their support for Donald Trump, Biden’s use of the trade union apparatus to suppress class struggle, the role of the intelligence services infiltrating the trade union apparatus, why Trump’s cabinet is a cabinet ‘by and for the oligarchs’, and the attack on immigrants as part of the building of a police state machine to crack down on the working class and opposition to the oligarchy. In the second half of the interview, he discusses the bipartisan support for Israel’s ‘fascist, criminal regime’, the Gaza genocide as an escalation of global imperialist war directed from Washington as the threat of war with Russia and China grows, why the root of the global conflict is the world economy vs. the nation-state system, his view of the BRICS+ bloc and his critique that they constantly seek an agreement with imperialism, what comes next for the US’ foreign policy towards Latin America, and much more.