Day: January 15, 2022
DOJ unveils new anti-domestic-terrorism unit
Jesse Ventura and Brigida Santos discuss the Justice Department’s new anti-domestic-terrorism unit, Congress’ insider trading problem, and whether California will become the first US state to offer residents universal healthcare. Author Michael Hudson talks about economic diplomacy and Washington’s economic strategy of ‘super imperialism’. …
Are NATO and Russia on the brink of war over the Ukraine crisis? (Ex-UK ambassador to Russia)
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to the former British ambassador to Russia, Sir Tony Brenton. He discusses the latest on the Ukraine crisis, the possibility of a Europe-wide war between NATO and Putin’s Russia, whether a last-minute breakthrough could be achieved by the US, NATO and Russia, the background of hostility between Russia and NATO, the alliance’s involvement in regime-change wars, its legacy, and much more. …
Pentagon fails more audits, feds sick of their well-earned reputations, Israel’s smear campaigns
The Pentagon has a long history of budgetary waste and fraud. They’ve failed every financial audit they’ve ever had by mind-blowingly large margins. Fortunately for the war hawks, the corporate media has helped the Pentagon cover up their actions. Lee Camp hates to repeat himself but this story requires it because the Pentagon keeps on pouring trillions into military violence, so he shines his spotlight back on the military industrial complex to open this episode …
Echoes of Cuban missile crisis in Ukraine standoff
The real prospect of Ukraine succumbing to its pro-Western element and joining NATO invites fears over the next step: US nuclear missiles deployed to Ukraine and aimed at neighboring Russia. Those wishing to understand the Russia position here need only to recall the “Cuban Missile Crisis” of 1962, when restraint won the day after a nerve-reckoning standoff. RT producer Enrique Rivera explains the disturbing parallels. …