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Says necessary in order to meet certain main demands of the people Party Gen Secy Kumar Gunaratnam says Prez resignation a prerequisite To present proposals to JVP/NPP, BASL, trade unions, civil organisation
The Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) said yesterday (11) that a temporary consensus (...)
“It is not defeat that is a disgrace, it is surrender,” roared Vasudeva Nanayakkara at the now forgotten Nugegoda rally on February 18, 2015. That was the “Mahinda Sulanga” rally that purportedly led to the return of the Rajapaksas in November 2019, but with a major difference – Gotabaya Rajapaksa (...)
The Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) yesterday (20) claimed that a group of people connected to a local politician was involved in beating up the protestors that were being dispersed by the Police at Rambukkana on Tuesday (19).
“It is very clear that the Police did not have to shoot to disperse (...)
“It is a youth protest.”
Youth “should do xxxx” and “should xxxxxx. They need direction.”
“No one has control of the protests. Even the political parties have no control over the protests.”
“I went down there last night and it was like a party. They have lost focus. They need guidance.” (...)
Russian missiles are ripping into apartment blocks in Ukraine. The world watches in horror. This is a time of growing potential for upheaval for those previously furthest removed from conflict. People in Western countries are beginning to think about what the consequences of renewed global (...)
Russian troops have invaded Ukraine and are advancing towards its capital, Kyiv. Already almost 200 people including children and civilians are among the dead, and 1,115 injured. Russian president Putin claims that this war is to protect Russian speakers in the breakaway satellite ’republics’ of (...)
Rosa Luxemburg, the early 20th century Polish-Jewish revolutionary born in Zamosc 150 years ago on March 5th this year, had no reason in her frenetic political, intellectual, and literary activism to attend to an inconsequential island in the Indian Ocean.
However, decades after her murder in (...)
From Political disillusionment towards armed struggle
Sharing with Senthan birth at the time when Gandhi was assassinated and Ceylon received independence, political controversies and liberation struggles of the era have chequered our lives. Reflecting on the 1971 JVP rebellion, Lionel Bopage (...)
This December marks the 80th anniversary of the formation of the LSSP, Sri Lanka’s oldest left party. 85 years is a long period of time in relation to human life. As a revolutionary political organization, it was an even longer period. The first 30 years of the LSSP were a period of unrelenting (...)
The author of this article, Sumanasiri Liyanage, presents the political evolution of Dr. Vickramabahu (Bahu) Karunarathne, the leader of the Nava Samasamaja Party (NSSP), who runs today in the elections for The United National Party ( UNP ). [ESSF]. Dr. Vickramabahu Karunarathne, the leader of (...)
The 25th anniversary of the death of Mrs. Theja Gunawardana, a great personality and an indefatigable fighter for social justice who played an indelible role in the Left Movement in Sri Lanka falls on July 17, 2020. Most of the people belonging to the present generations may not be aware of the (...)
The China of today is vastly different to the China that I knew of in my younger days. Thinking about the China of those times evokes memories of many things like the cultural revolution, red guards, the great leap forward, the red book of Chairman Mao’s thoughts and above all Mao Zedong himself (...)
The Fourth International condemns the repression and violence committed on June 8 in central Colombo during a protest organized by the Frontline Socialist Party (FSP).
People had wanted to gather in front of the US embassy to protest the killing of George Floyd and show solidarity with the (...)
A protest against police brutality in the U.S. is met with police brutality in Colombo.
On Tuesday afternoon, June 9, a small crowd began to gather opposite the United States Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Holding placards bearing slogans like “Racism is a deadly virus,” the protestors donned (...)
Dr. Lional Bopage turns 74 this year. In this interview he looks back at key moments in the history of the Sri Lankan left.
Bopage got involved politics in his student days while attending Rahula College, Matara. He was among the students who experienced the change of medium of instruction to (...)
In four decades, Sri Lanka has moved from poor country category to lower middle income category. However, as we all aware averages do not tell the entire story and are oftentimes misleading.
Since 1977, Sri Lanka has been following uninterruptedly neo-liberal economic policies. The change of (...)
Between April 2017 and his death in February 2018, the veteran Sri Lankan activist Joe Seneviratne met Harini Amarasuriya for a series of remarkable interviews in which he recalled his life and set down his views on the people and events he had encountered on the way. Joe was born in June 1943, (...)
President has removed Ranil Wickramasinghe and appointed former President Mahinda Rajapakse as the new Prime Minister. Executive Presidents abusing their powers in violation of democratic norms is not new to our political history and this unacceptable act follows in that line. It has also (...)
With Independent Sri Lanka having reached the age of 70, it cannot reconstruct itself without self-criticism. As we live under the shadow of the twin forces of Sinhala Buddhist and Tamil nationalism, where will the impetus for such self-criticism come from? I find a flicker of hope with the (...)
Q: Could you speak about your family and your background? Did it have an influence on your politicisation?
A: My family is from the Islands, Nainativu and Analaitivu and my father was a clerical servant in the Education Department. As a small boy, my family stayed with the Poobalasingam family (...)
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