Tag: Julian Assange
John Pilger on Afghanistan withdrawal: US military is a killing machine!
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to legendary journalist and filmmaker John Pilger about the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban. He calls the US military a killing machine and discusses why the Afghanistan war must be viewed through the lens of Western imperialism, the scale of civilian casualties and destruction of Afghanistan by NATO countries, how the US created today’s situation by supporting Afghan jihadist forces against the Soviet Union throughout the Cold War …
Afghanistan becomes Vietnam II — another war lost (Full show)
With the Taliban rapidly retaking control of the country after the US invasion of Afghanistan toppled them 20 years ago, we are faced with war as decisively lost as the US war in Vietnam. RT America’s Faran Fronczak joins Rick Sanchez to discuss comparisons between the two blunders in military adventurism. …
Journalists failed the public in reporting on NATO war on Afghanistan – Frontline Club founder Vaughan Smith
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to award-winning journalist and Frontline Club founder Vaughan Smith. He discusses the US, UK and NATO’s withdrawal from the Afghanistan conflict, why Britain and the US have almost nothing to show for after 20 years of conflict, the difference between the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan …
Numbers say US has world’s highest murder rate, and nobody seems to care (full show)
Why is there so much gun violence in the United States? And how does this stack up with the rest of the world? Rick Sanchez takes a deep dive into this question. Investigative journalist Ben Swann analyzes why the media tends to ignores this crisis in violence and former police officer and prosecutor, Arthur Rizer, breaks down how the war on drugs drives this violence. …
Wikileaks Editor-In-Chief: Pegasus leaks show nobody is safe from espionage
In this episode of Going Underground, we speak to WikiLeaks Editor-in-Chief Kristinn Hrafnsson. He discusses the leaks that showed some 50,000 people are potential targets of the Pegasus spyware that has been sold to governments around the world by NSO, an Israeli company, and the inescapable global surveillance apparatus that has now become privatized. He also discusses Julian Assange’s US extradition case, slamming the ongoing detention of the WikiLeaks founder …
