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Agenda Stories making the news this month 8 TV’s transgender trendsetter 8Organized acts of kindness 9Russia’s unseen casualties 9 London’s tarpaulin revolution 9Re-introducing… Evo Morales 10 Syrian art and soul 10 Women protected in Egypt 11 Mine shafted in Canada 11Elusive justice after Bhopal PLUS: Scratchy Lines by cartoonist Simon Kneebone and Reasons to be Cheerful.

The Big Story – Non-Governmental Organizations

Features 38 Is this your fingerprint? Do you recognize it? Strange goings-on in the trial of indigenous protesters accused of killing police in Bagua. Roxana Olivera reports from the Peruvian Amazon.

Mixed media 34 Music reviews Silk & Stone by Amira Medunjanin; Lament by Einstürzende

Neubauten. 35 Film reviews Citizenfour directed by Laura Poitras; We Are The Giant directed by Greg Barker; Winter Sleep directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. 36 Book reviews The Drum Tower by Farnoosh Moshiri; The Final Charge by Dawood Ali McCallum; The End of Days by Jenny Erpenbeck; They Can’t Represent Us! by Marina Sitrin and Dario Azzellini. PLUS: Also out there…

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12 NGOs – do they help? There are more NGOs today than ever; some are bigger than ever. Yet, discovers Dinyar Godrej, questions persist about their role. 16 The company they keep Big NGOs and big corporations – Ian Brown finds they are getting a bit too close. 18 Aiding and abetting Cartoonist Polyp’s satirical take on field work. 20 Evicted by charity The green imperialism of some conservation charities, by

Sophie Pritchard. 22 Contested territory Accused by the government of stalling development and by critics on the Left of not being radical enough, NGOs in India are facing many challenges. Dionne Bunsha reports. 25 What is the right response to the Ebola crisis?

MSF respond to charges against the way they operate in Sierra Leone. 26 The unwelcome return of development pornography John Hilary on a degrading spectacle that keeps coming back.

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Opinion 32 Argument: Is the International Criminal Court racist?

David Hoile and Angela Mudukuti go head to head. PLUS: Open Window with guest cartoonist Brandon Reynolds. 33 Mark Engler Seize the spirit of 1989. 41 Essay Jeremy Seabrook considers the myths of radicalization. 45 Chris Coltrane Foreigners are human too. PLUS: Polyp’s Big Bad World cartoon.

Regulars 6 Letters Doing it ourselves to end the oil age; stop belittling men. 7 Letter from Bangui Ruby Diamonde escapes the city and delights in the beauty of the rainforest. 28 Country Profile: Chad 40 Puzzle Page PLUS: Marc Roberts’ Only Planet cartoon. 43 Southern Exposure Pondering the future in Cameroon, by photographer Jean

Pierre Kepseu. 44 Making Waves Sofi Lundin meets Catherine Hamlin, Nobel Peace Prize nominee and doctor extraordinaire. 46 And Finally Best-selling author Elif Shafak on Twitter, Turkey and making peace with her fears.

Coming next month: Democracy in the digital era

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