WE HAVE OUR EYE ON THE TRUTH
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to UN Special Rapporteur on Poverty and Human Rights Olivier de Schutter. He discusses why the coronavirus pandemic is an opportunity for governments to wake up to their responsibilities on poverty alleviation, why a major opportunity has been missed to force corporations to pay fair wages and tackle the climate crisis with green investment …
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Robert Glover OBE, author of ‘As Many As The Stars: A Story of Change for the Children of China’. He discusses how he introduced foster care to China following the implementation of the one-child policy, how foster care had previously not existed in China, the misconceptions many in the West have about Chinese people …
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Dr. Arash Aziz, author of ‘Shadow Commander: Soleimani, The US and Iran’s Global Ambitions’. He discusses the assassination of top Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh and why heavy Iranian retaliation is not likely with Joe Biden coming to power in the United States …
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to former MI6 agent Alastair Crooke CMG. He discusses the reported meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ahead of Donald Trump’s departure from the presidency of the United States, what the objectives of the meeting were, Israel and Saudi Arabia’s objective of putting Iran at the top of Joe Biden’s foreign policy agenda …
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to world-renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. He discusses what the United States and many European countries have gotten wrong in their coronavirus response, the politicization of science and the damage it has done to effectively fight Covid-19 …
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Barnett Rubin, ex-State Department official and author of ‘Afghanistan: What Everyone Needs To Know’. He discusses the rise of the Taliban and Al-Qaeda out of the Mujahideen after a brutal conflict with the Soviet Union, how the communist government fell to the Islamist forces following the collapse of the USSR …
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Dr. Jerome Kim, director-general of the International Vaccine Institute (IVI). He discusses the purpose of the IVI and how it’s seeking to speed up the development and distribution of coronavirus vaccines, the prospect of Covid-19 deaths doubling if rich countries buy up the first two billion doses …
We speak to legendary war correspondent Martin Bell. He discusses the horror of the crisis in Yemen, which the UN has called the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, his first-hand experience of seeing the suffering in Yemen, the record of the Saudi-led coalition’s strikes on civilians and civilian infrastructure, British assistance to the Saudi-led coalition …
