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Tariq Ali has been a good source for readers how wish to understand what may be going on in India and Pakistan. His initial take on the Mumbai terrorist assaults can be found at CounterPunch.org and is well worth reading.
Venezuela has been the canonical example of the US media's Orwellian penchant. I have never read anything intelligent about Venezuela in any US mainstream media. The few snippets of thoughtful reporting in this country on Venezuela have been on fringe media like ZMag, and sometimes The Nation (though not always). How can we see clearly when we so willfully blind ourselves? What makes Venezuela even more fascinating and instructive is that prior to Chavez it had what we define as "democracy": A two-party system with both parties agreeing more with each-other and the ruling and commercial elites than with the general populace. Sound familiar?
