Category: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka to get a “socialist” government!
Another general election in Sri Lanka was held on 14.11.2024. The National People’s Power (NPP/JVP), led by Anura Kumara Dissanayake, which won the presidential election held last September with 42.31
Read MoreA new president for Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka’s ninth presidential election ended without enthusiasm. Apart from the National People’s Power, other political parties hardly campaigned from door to door. Apart from a few main rallies, other
Read MoreInterview. Presidential elections in Sri Lanka and the need for a break with austerity policies
There will be presidential elections in Sri Lanka on 21 September. These are the first elections after Sri Lanka’s bankruptcy, the protest movement (Aragalaya) that ended the rule of the
Read MoreSri Lankan Teachers and principals struggle on 30/31 May
Real Marxists or Socialists never hinder the struggles of the oppressed masses. However, it isnoteworthy that the People’s Liberation Front (JVP) has a history of breaking and disruptingstrikes. In 1980,
Read MoreWill democracy in Sri Lanka further shrink?
A fundamental concept of liberal democracy is that any citizen can contest for the leadership of the state. CItizens should be given the opportunity to run in presidential, parliamentary, and other
Read More1971 Youth Insurrection
After a century and a half of British rule, Sri Lanka was granted Dominion status in 1948. After that there was an armed rebellion on April 5, 1971 against the
Read More1953 Hartal: Sri Lanka’s First People’s Uprising
hartal is a general strike and a violation of civil law. According to the interpretation of Colvin R. de Silva, a leader of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party who led
Read MoreRuling Class Manoeuvers Intensify to Thwart Revolutionary Uprising
By rising up onto their feet, the masses in Sri Lanka have awakened the imagination and courage of millions of workers and poor fighting against the effects of the capitalist
Read MoreMASS STORMING OF PRESIDENTIAL PALACE FORCES GOTABAYA RAJAPAKSA OUT OF POWER
The revolution continues, the whole system has to go! Fast-paced events in crisis-ridden Sri Lanka have taken yet a new turn today, Saturday 9 July, as hundreds of thousands of
Read MoreAPPOINTMENT OF RANIL WICKREMESINGHE WILL NOT FIX ANYTHING
After weeks of mass protests, strikes, and general strikes across Sri Lanka, which included earlier this week an elementary explosion of popular fury at the country’s ruling elite following a
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