In episode 63 of Global Majority for Peace, Ileana Chan speaks with Nigerian socialist and Pan‑Africanist organiser Sango Omojola @abasimperialism⁩ about how the United States deploys terror narratives and religious influence to undermine sovereignty in Nigeria and across West Africa. Drawing on the work of the Movement for African Emancipation (MAE) and the Coalition for the Elimination of Imperialism (CEIA), Sango breaks down how Washington’s latest attack on Nigeria fits into a long‑standing imperial playbook designed to control political processes in the Global South.

Tracing the events from the Trump administration’s “Country of Particular Concern” designation to the Christmas Day strike justified under the banner of “counter‑ISIS,” Sango explains how manufactured terrorism is used to justify intervention, destabilise governments, and secure U.S. strategic interests. He also examines how religious institutions in Nigeria function as pillars of the neo‑colonial state, and why scientific socialist organising has become essential to countering their political influence.

Sango offers a clear assessment of the Alliance of Sahel States’ media restrictions, the role of military security in revolutionary state‑building, and the emerging strategic partnerships with China and Russia. He argues that these alliances represent a break from Western dependency, not a lateral shift to new imperial masters, and outlines the tasks ahead for MAE as Africa enters a new phase of anti‑imperialist struggle.

Sango Omojola, Socialist and Pan-Africanist activist, member of revolutionary Pan Africanist, grassroots organization, Movement for African Emancipation, based in Lagos, Nigeria.

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In episode 62 of Global Majority for Peace, Ileana Chan speaks with Lebanese British Political Analyst, Batool Subeiti about the rapidly shifting balance of power in West Asia and the global system at large. Batool breaks down why Israel now finds itself in an increasingly untenable position, why U.S. power is visibly unravelling across the region, and how Iran has emerged as the decisive force shaping the next phase of regional and global politics.

Drawing on the aftermath of the post‑al‑Aqsa war, Batool explains how the Axis of Resistance survived what Western governments hoped would be a fatal blow, and why its resilience has pushed Washington to the edge of a strategic reckoning. She argues that Israel’s very existence depends on uninterrupted American backing, yet U.S. capacity to sustain that support is weakening under the weight of global realignments, public opinion shifts, and the rise of multipolar alternatives.

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Why Capitalism Doesn’t Innovate: US's Inevitable Imperial Decline and China's Socialist Alternative

In episode 61 of Global Majority for Peace, Ileana Chan speaks with gepolitical economist Radhika Desai @RadDesai about three of the most urgent questions shaping global politics today: why capitalism is not an innovative model, why the United States is undergoing an inevitable imperial decline, and how China’s socialist system offers a coherent alternative in both technological development and global governance.

Radhika dismantles the myth that “capitalism drives innovation,” arguing that real breakthroughs have always depended on public investment, planning, and collective scientific effort rather than the profit motive. Capitalist economies, she explains, increasingly rely on speculation, financialisation, and the extraction of value from workers and the Global South to sustain the illusion of dynamism.

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In episode 60 of Global Majority for Peace, Ileana Chan speaks with journalist and author Finian Cunningham to dismantle one of the most enduring illusions in modern politics: the idea that the West, led by the United States, acts as a defender of democracy, human rights, and international law. Drawing from his new book "Killing Democracy: Western Imperialism, A Legacy of Regime Change and Media Manipulation", Finian traces how the U.S. and its allies built a global system of covert interventions, manufactured narratives, and media complicity that has shaped world politics for nearly a century.

The conversation explores how the post‑WWII international order, supposedly grounded in the UN Charter and sovereign equality, was systematically undermined by covert operations, CIA‑MI6 collaboration, and a regime‑change apparatus that has targeted more than 100 countries. Finian breaks down how this machinery evolved from the early Cold War to the present moment, culminating in openly brazen acts such as the U.S. invasion of Venezuela and the kidnapping of President Maduro.

Ileana and Finian examine the collapse of Western credibility, the media’s role in enabling imperial violence, and the dangerous return to unapologetic, early‑20th‑century‑style imperialism. They also discuss the shifting global landscape,including China and Russia’s insistence on multilateralism and adherence to the UN Charter, and what this means for the future of international law, sovereignty, and global stability.

Finian Cunningham is a former editor and writer for major news media organizations. He has written extensively on international affairs, with articles published in several languages. He is the author of the new book “KILLING DEMOCRACY: Western Imperialism’s Legacy of Regime Change and Media Manipulation”.

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In episode 59 of Global Majority for Peace, Ileana Chan speaks with filmmaker Eduardo Flores Torres about the enduring significance of Fidel Castro and the Cuban revolutionary project in a moment of renewed U.S. aggression across Latin America. The conversation traces how Castro’s legacy continues to shape Cuban political life, national identity, and the island’s ongoing struggle for sovereignty under one of the longest and most punitive embargoes in modern history.

Drawing from Eduardo’s documentary "Fidel Up Close", the discussion explores the human, political, and historical dimensions of Castro’s life — from his early years and family relationships to the pressures that shaped Cuba’s alignment with the Soviet Union and its decades‑long resistance to U.S. intervention.

The episode also examines how the blockade has defined daily life for generations of Cubans, the extraordinary resilience that has allowed the island to endure, and the shifting geopolitical landscape that now includes deepening ties with China. Against the backdrop of new U.S. military initiatives in the region and escalating rhetoric targeting Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua, the conversation situates Cuba’s experience within a broader pattern of imperial pressure and Global South resistance. It offers a grounded look at why Fidel Castro remains a central figure in understanding contemporary struggles over sovereignty, development, and multipolar realignment.

Eduardo Flores Torres is a Mexican cinematographer and co‑director of Fidel Up Close (2021), a documentary offering an intimate portrait of Fidel Castro through rare archival footage and testimonies from family, collaborators, and Cuban intellectuals. He is also a graduate of the London Film School and a member of the Mexican Society of Cinematographers (AMC) and the Society of Camera Operators (SOC) in Los Angeles.

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Keith Bennett, British analyst, activist, and deputy chair of the Kim Il-Sung Kim Jong Il Foundation, joins Ileana Chan for episode 58 of the Global Majority for Peace podcast.

In this episode, Keith debunks the dominant myths surrounding North Korea, from allegations of grave human rights violations to claims of deliberate starvation tied to its nuclear program. He traces his own politicization and first visit to the DPRK in 1983, situating the country’s struggle for sovereignty and socialist construction within the broader context of Cold War divisions, sanctions, and propaganda.

Keith highlights North Korea’s achievements in education, housing, and healthcare, its consistent support for liberation movements across Africa and Latin America, and the devastating legacy of the Korean War, including US bombing campaigns and napalm use. Keith also explains how the DPRK’s ideology of self‑reliance (Juche) has enabled survival under some of the harshest multilateral sanctions in modern history, and how shifting positions from China and Russia are reshaping the geopolitical landscape today.

Keith provides a critical lens on how the DPRK has been systematically demonized in ways even Cuba has not, and why narratives of “uniqueness” in human rights violations serve imperialist agendas. He situates North Korea’s struggle within the broader fight for sovereignty across the Global South, offering lessons for movements resisting empire worldwide. Keith Bennett is a British analyst, activist, and writer based in London. He serves as Deputy Chair of the Kim Il Sung–Kim Jong Il Foundation. He is also the co‑founder and an editor of Friends of Socialist China. Engaged with Korean affairs since the early 1980s, he has made numerous visits to the DPRK and written extensively on its struggle for sovereignty, self‑reliance, and resistance to U.S. imperialism.

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Ollie Vargas, British-Bolivian journalist, political analyst, and co-founder of @KawsachunNews , joins Ileana Chan for episode 57 of the Global Majority for Peace podcast.

In this episode, Ollie analyzes the defeat of Bolivia’s Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party after nearly 20 years in power. He breaks down the internal divisions and external pressures, from US funded propaganda to institutional weaknesses, that led to this pivotal moment. The discussion traces Bolivia’s transformative "golden years" under Evo Morales, marked by nationalization, poverty reduction, and sovereignty, and contrasts it with the new government’s rapid re-engagement with the IMF, World Bank, and U.S. agencies like the DEA.

Ollie provides a critical lens on the US “war on drugs” as a tool of political destabilization and examines the precarious balance Latin American governments now strike between beneficial cooperation with China and coercive alignment with Washington. Drawing from his recent move to Beijing, he also shares insights on the lessons socialist projects worldwide can learn from China’s development model, institutional continuity, and defense against foreign hybrid warfare.

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Inem Richardson, organizer, journalist, and co-founder of the Thomas Sankara Center for African Liberation and Unity, joins Ileana Chan for episode 56 of the Global Majority for Peace podcast.

In this episode, Inem Richardson reflects on her move to Burkina Faso in 2021 to co‑found the Thomas Sankara Center for African Liberation and Unity. She situates the project within the broader struggle to dismantle colonial borders and build a Pan‑African socialist future, explaining how the center became a hub for revolutionary political education and community organizing at a moment when the Sahel was entering a new cycle of anti‑imperialist revolt.

Inem analyzes the revolutionary wave that swept Mali in 2020, Burkina Faso in 2022, and Niger in 2023, culminating in the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). She breaks down how these movements differ from Western‑engineered “color revolutions,” emphasizing their explicitly anti‑imperialist framing, popular mobilization, and the leadership styles of Assimi Goïta, Ibrahim Traoré, and Abdourahmane Tchiani.

She also interrogates the contradictions facing newly sovereign states, including Traoré’s declaration that “Africa doesn’t need the World Bank, IMF, Europe, or America” alongside Burkina Faso’s acceptance of IMF funding in late 2025. Finally, she examines the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in the Sahel, pointing to projects like West Africa’s largest teaching hospital in Bobo‑Dioulasso, while highlighting the structural challenges of weak infrastructure, Western‑backed destabilization, and the ongoing struggle to assert economic independence.

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