Kerala has recently eliminated absolute poverty and now surpasses the United States in key human development indicators such as life expectancy and literacy. In this interview, I speak with Thomas Isaac, former Finance Minister of Kerala and Central Committee member of the CPI(M), about how the Kerala Model of development achieved these outcomes. We discuss the role of public health, education, decentralised planning, social welfare, and long-term public investment—and what Kerala’s experience reveals about alternative development paths beyond GDP-centric growth.🔴🔴🔴Support Independent media to remain bold: https://patreon.com/IndiaGlobalLeftLink for donation: https://paypal.me/sankymudiar🔴🔴🔴Follow us on Substack: https://substack.com/@indiagloballeftTwitter: https://twitter.com/Indiagloballeft Instagram https://www.instagram.com/indiagloballeft/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559411353392Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/69Y9iCWUv8ha3ATsPWtWk0?si=ee1f0de3de094f17Telegram: https://t.me/+WNlqoiv1Rhg5NjEx🔴🔴🔴

🇺🇸📘 What’s really inside the 2025 National Security Strategy?Former U.S. Ambassador Chas Freeman joins India & Global Left to break down America’s newest NSS — a document that explicitly targets China yet reveals deep contradictions within Washington’s power structure.Freeman argues the 2025 NSS is not a strategy, but a tactical, often incoherent text shaped by two competing forces inside the U.S. government:The Deep State — the security and intelligence establishmentTariff Ideologues — the economic nationalists pushing aggressive trade measuresAccording to Freeman, the result is a praise document for the “supreme leader”, not a coherent plan. He explains why the NSS feels revolutionary in tone, contradictory in substance, and disconnected from long-term strategic thinking.🔍 In this conversation, we discuss:Why the 2025 NSS explicitly names China as a threatHow internal U.S. factions shaped the documentThe “Deep State vs Tariff Ideologues” battle inside WashingtonWhy Freeman says the NSS lacks strategy and coherenceWhat this means for U.S.–China relations, global power, and future conflict

In this conversation, Chandran Nair joins India & Global Left to discuss his new book, Understanding China, and unpack what Western narratives consistently get wrong about China’s political system, economic success, and social dynamics. We explore why public satisfaction with the Chinese government remains among the highest in the world, how China’s bureaucracy and planning system have delivered decades of stability and growth, and what truly drives the country’s post-reform economic transformation — from decentralization and private enterprise to infrastructure, technology, and long-term strategic investment.🔴🔴🔴Support Independent media to remain bold: https://patreon.com/IndiaGlobalLeftLink for donation: https://paypal.me/sankymudiar🔴🔴🔴Nair also addresses widely misunderstood topics such as civil society in China, the role of NGOs, gender and environmental activism, and the rise of individualism in cities like Shanghai and Shenzhen. Finally, we discuss the real areas of concern inside China — challenges that Beijing itself acknowledges — and why separating facts from anti-China propaganda is essential for anyone trying to understand the country’s future.🔴🔴🔴Follow us on Substack: https://substack.com/@indiagloballeftTwitter: https://twitter.com/Indiagloballeft Instagram https://www.instagram.com/indiagloballeft/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559411353392Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/69Y9iCWUv8ha3ATsPWtWk0?si=ee1f0de3de094f17Telegram: https://t.me/+WNlqoiv1Rhg5NjEx🔴🔴🔴A thoughtful, respectful, and intellectually rich exchange — offering viewers a rare opportunity to see two contrasting perspectives engage without hostility, while exploring the future of the world economy.

In this wide-ranging conversation, Alex Krainer joins India & Global Left to unpack the decline of the West through the deeper history of capitalism’s credit and monetary system. Krainer traces how structural imbalances, debt expansion, and financial dominance have pushed Western economies toward long-term crisis. From here, the discussion opens into a surprising and friendly debate on capitalism vs socialism:Do the two systems have fundamentally different management functions? Are their efficiencies comparable? And can one model ultimately work better for societies facing today’s global challenges?🔴🔴🔴Support Independent media to remain bold: https://patreon.com/IndiaGlobalLeftLink for donation: https://paypal.me/sankymudiar🔴🔴🔴Follow us on Substack: https://substack.com/@indiagloballeftTwitter: https://twitter.com/Indiagloballeft Instagram https://www.instagram.com/indiagloballeft/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559411353392Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/69Y9iCWUv8ha3ATsPWtWk0?si=ee1f0de3de094f17Telegram: https://t.me/+WNlqoiv1Rhg5NjEx🔴🔴🔴A thoughtful, respectful, and intellectually rich exchange — offering viewers a rare opportunity to see two contrasting perspectives engage without hostility, while exploring the future of the world economy.

Former Pentagon insider and whistleblower Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski joins us for a powerful conversation on who truly shapes U.S. foreign policy, how the military-industrial complex drives Washington’s decisions, and why elected leaders often have little control over national security strategy.🔴🔴🔴Support Independent media to remain bold: https://patreon.com/IndiaGlobalLeftLink for donation: https://paypal.me/sankymudiar🔴🔴🔴Kwiatkowski breaks down:• Who actually controls U.S. foreign policy — elected officials or the unelected security bureaucracy• The real relationship between the deep state, intelligence agencies, and the Pentagon• Why policies routinely go against the will of the American public• How the U.S. economy is tied to the military-industrial and surveillance complex• Whether elected representatives can realistically reform it• What she means when she says U.S. defense is “weak” — is it intelligence, strategy, or institutional decay?• The web of influence between defense contractors, Pentagon bureaucracy, and Congress• The rise of “parallel platforms” like the Office of Special Plans that manufactured consent for the Iraq War — and whether similar covert structures still exist today• How the mainstream media amplifies war narratives and filters information to serve the war apparatusIf you want to understand the real machinery driving U.S. power — from covert offices to contractor lobbies — this interview offers rare insight from someone who saw it from within.🔴🔴🔴Follow us on Substack: https://substack.com/@indiagloballeftTwitter: https://twitter.com/Indiagloballeft Instagram https://www.instagram.com/indiagloballeft/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559411353392Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/69Y9iCWUv8ha3ATsPWtWk0?si=ee1f0de3de094f17Telegram: https://t.me/+WNlqoiv1Rhg5NjEx🔴🔴🔴Subscribe for more interviews on U.S. foreign policy, global politics and power.

In this in-depth interview, Professor Nicolai Petro (University of Rhode Island) breaks down the most significant diplomatic development of the Ukraine war: the new 20-point U.S. plan that Washington, Kyiv, and major European capitals are now discussing.🔴🔴🔴Support Independent media to remain bold: https://patreon.com/IndiaGlobalLeftLink for donation: https://paypal.me/sankymudiar🔴🔴🔴We explore the biggest questions shaping the future of the war and global security:🔹 What the recent high-level Russia–Ukraine–U.S. meetings really signalAre we witnessing the first serious steps toward negotiations since 2022?🔹 Which clauses in the 20-point U.S. plan could derail peace talksAnd why some Western media outlets call the plan a “concession to Russia.”🔹 How Moscow is likely to respondWould Russia see this plan as acceptable, insufficient, or a strategic trap?🔹 ABC News reporting that Ukraine has “more or less agreed”Does this mean a settlement is closer than ever?What would a peace deal mean for Ukrainian politics and Zelensky’s future?🔹 The EU’s real roleIf Washington, Kyiv, and Moscow want to proceed, can Europe still block or reshape the agreement?🔹 The future of NATO after its failures in UkraineWould this plan accelerate a new European security architecture?🔹 Could this plan become a stepping stone to a wider peace in Europe?Or is it a temporary ceasefire disguised as diplomacy?Professor Petro brings historical depth, analysis of global geopolitics, and a rare long-term perspective on the war’s possible endgame.🔴🔴🔴Follow us on Substack: https://substack.com/@indiagloballeftTwitter: https://twitter.com/Indiagloballeft Instagram https://www.instagram.com/indiagloballeft/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559411353392Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/69Y9iCWUv8ha3ATsPWtWk0?si=ee1f0de3de094f17Telegram: https://t.me/+WNlqoiv1Rhg5NjEx🔴🔴🔴

In this deep and urgent conversation, Mohammad Marandi breaks down the major geopolitical shifts surrounding Trump’s new Middle East “peace plan” — and why China and Russia refused to veto the U.S.-backed resolution at the UN Security Council.🔴🔴🔴Support Independent media to remain bold: https://patreon.com/IndiaGlobalLeftLink for donation: https://paypal.me/sankymudiar🔴🔴🔴Marandi explains why:Beijing and Moscow see the issue as a regional Arab matter, not a strategic priorityArab states themselves aren’t willing to break ties, limiting what China and Russia can doThe United States remains the central driver of the crisisWe also explore how Trump’s plan excludes Palestinians entirely, unlike even the flawed Oslo process — and how the media is hiding a de facto annexation of the West Bank by focusing attention on Gaza.Marandi gives his assessment of:The rising threat of a new war in LebanonRecent attacks on HezbollahThe reality of Lebanon’s political relationship with HezbollahIran’s ability to support the resistance axisWhether the fall of Syria has weakened Hezbollah or transformed the regional balanceThis is a comprehensive look at the shifting terrain of West Asian geopolitics — from Gaza and the West Bank to Lebanon, Syria, Iran, and the global powers shaping the conflict.🔴🔴🔴Follow us on Substack: https://substack.com/@indiagloballeftTwitter: https://twitter.com/Indiagloballeft Instagram https://www.instagram.com/indiagloballeft/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559411353392Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/69Y9iCWUv8ha3ATsPWtWk0?si=ee1f0de3de094f17Telegram: https://t.me/+WNlqoiv1Rhg5NjEx🔴🔴🔴

In this explosive interview, former CIA analyst Larry Johnson delivers a blunt assessment of Donald Trump’s proposed plan for the Ukraine–Russia war, arguing that it is “dead on arrival.” Johnson breaks down why the plan cannot work on the ground, how the realities of the battlefield differ from Washington’s assumptions, and what the U.S., Russia, and Ukraine are actually preparing for next.🔴🔴🔴Support Independent media to remain bold: https://patreon.com/IndiaGlobalLeftLink for donation: https://paypal.me/sankymudiar🔴🔴🔴We explore:• Why Trump’s Ukraine peace proposal is doomed from the start• How Washington misreads Russia’s long-term strategy• What the Ukrainian military situation really looks like• Whether U.S. aid can change the direction of the war• The growing gap between political rhetoric and military realityJohnson also discusses the future of U.S.–Russia relations, Europe’s shifting posture, and what a realistic path to ending the conflict might look like.If you want clear, unfiltered analysis on the Ukraine–Russia war, U.S. foreign policy, and the limits of Trump’s strategy, this is a must-watch.🔴🔴🔴Follow us on Substack: https://substack.com/@indiagloballeftTwitter: https://twitter.com/Indiagloballeft Instagram https://www.instagram.com/indiagloballeft/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559411353392Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/69Y9iCWUv8ha3ATsPWtWk0?si=ee1f0de3de094f17Telegram: https://t.me/+WNlqoiv1Rhg5NjEx🔴🔴🔴