WE HAVE OUR EYE ON THE TRUTH
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Lord Skidelsky, emeritus professor of political economy at the University of Warwick. He discusses the UK’s threats to sanction Russia over a potential invasion of Ukraine, why the UK is trying to take the lead in a situation that doesn’t really concern it, the UK and US heightening tensions with Russia …
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Syrian President Bashar Assad’s political adviser Bouthaina Shaaban. She alleges that the US has been working with ISIS to demographically change Syria and make way for a Syrian Kurdistan. She also discusses the US theft of Syrian oil and natural resources, Israel’s bombing of Syria, the inclusion of Damascus in China’s Belt and Road Initiative, and much more. …
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Dr. Jason Nichols, senior lecturer in African-American studies at University of Maryland and host of ‘Vince and Jason Save the Nation’. He discusses rising tensions between the US, its NATO allies and Russia over Ukraine, the comparison of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler on US news outlets …
On this episode of Going Underground we speak to UN Refugee Agency spokesperson Peter Kessler. He discusses the multitude of crises facing Afghans after the US occupation, including a liquidity crisis severely impacting the economy, a major loss of income wiping out the Afghan middle class, and investment and development grinding to a halt. …
On this episode, we speak to former congressman and the 53rd Mayor of Cleveland Dennis Kucinich, author of ‘The Division of Light & Power’. He discusses his fight against out-of-control corporate power throughout his political career and the damaging effects of neoliberal privatisation in the United States and the wider world, the ‘forever wars’ …
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to legendary journalist and filmmaker John Pilger. He discusses the scandal surrounding Boris Johnson over Downing Street parties during coronavirus lockdowns, growing US tensions with Moscow over Ukraine amid the backdrop of NATO enlargement to Russia’s borders, tensions with China and the West’s need for a perpetual enemy, the continuing persecution of Julian Assange, and much more. …
We speak to Prof. Kyung Hyun Kim, author of ‘Hegemonic Mimicry: Korean Popular Culture of the Twenty-First Century’. He discusses the rise of South Korean culture, which has become a global phenomenon, South Korean culture mimicking US culture through the experience of the American troop presence and evolving into a culture of its own, the significance of the worldwide appeal of South Korean-produced music and film, such as ‘Squid Game’, during a crisis in capitalism, and much more. …
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. …
