West Bengal

A crisis that’s been long in the making - 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.in

Dear Friends,

Following up on the story from the Sahel belt in Africa, where the 'War on Terror' appears to be ready to be ramped up with the US government pledging $60 million to a southern Saharan military force that has its specific aim to attack extremism. As far as my own reporting goes, the story is more complex. It is not clear, as a former US intelligence officer who had done his turn in the Sahel told me, that ISIS killed the four US soldiers. It is as likely that they were killed by smugglers. Nonetheless, rather than tackle the many real challenges that face the Sahel, the US

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