West Bengal

A crisis that’s been long in the making - The Hindu
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/a-crisis-thats-been-long-in-the-making/article23484196.ece

Lula só será libertado com o povo nas ruas, afirma João Pedro Stedile
https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2018/04/05/lula-so-sera-libertado-com-grandes-manifestacoes-de-massa-afirma-joao-pedro-stedile/

West Bengal Election Anarchy Is the Latest Example of Democracy Going Down the Drain - Alternet
https://www.alternet.org/world/west-bengal-election-anarchy-latest-example-democracy-going-down-drain

Wounds of the world  - Frontline
http://www.frontline

Dear Friends,

On Sunday, the forces of Chavismo won 17 out of 22 governorships in Venezuela. The signal this sends is important - it showed that the social forces behind the agenda of Chavismo - of Venezuelan socialism - have not been extinguished by the Right's concerted campaign and by the United States (with Trump putting his foot into the race - interfering directly in the elections of Venezuela, something that has the US political system aflutter with allegations of Russian interference). These social forces have also not been exhausted by the