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, by New Left Front
Presidential elections are taking place in Sri Lanka on 17 November. We publish here a first political statements from the left: the Manifesto of the New Left Front. Chamil Jayaneththi, a leading member of the NSSP (Sri Lanka section of the Fourth International) is the New Left Front’s (…)
, by CMU, TAMPOE Bala
Presidential elections are taking place in Sri Lanka on 17 November. We publish here a second political statements from the left, from the Ceylon Mercantile, Industrial and General Workers’ Union (CMU). (International Viewpoint).
The first Presidential Election in Sri Lanka was held on 20th (…)
, by KARUNARATNE Vickramabahu (“Bahu”)
November’s Sri Lanka presidential election was won by prime minister Mahinda Rajapakse, whose election campaign was characterized by his promise to ‘review’ the peace process with the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) and mobilised the majority Sinhala population on a blatantly chauvinist, anti-Tamil agenda. (…)
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The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint program of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention in the following (…)
, by New Left Front, WIJETHILAKA Niel
Condemning the continuation of violence and terrorism by the liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam( LTTE) European Union on September 26th Monday announced an immediate travel ban on the organization. The ban which is contemplated to be a precursor to an official ban on the LTTE as a terrorist (…)
, by RATNAPRIYA Sunil
This talk was presented to the Asia Pacific Solidarity Conference, April 10-13, 1998, Sydney by Dr Sunil Ratnapriya, of the Nava Sama Samaja Party, Sri Lanka.
The biggest challenge for the left in Sri Lanka today is to present a program for an alternative development model. This is also the (…)
Observers of the March 21st local elections in Sri Lanka predicted a poor result for the ruling Peoples Alliance. They were wrong.
These long overdue local elections came half way into the centre-left Peoples Alliance five year term in office, and were widely perceived as a referendum on the (…)
Violet Vivienne (“Vivi”) Goonewardena, pioneer socialist and idiosyncratic feminist, died in Colombo, Sri Lanka on October 3rd 1996. Born on September 18th 1916 into an affluent, upper caste, and conservative family, her life and politics were shaped by the most interesting times of the Sri (…)
, par GIBBONS Bernard, JABER Salah, TAMPOE Bala
Bala Tampoe (1922-2014) was general secretary of the Ceylon Mercantile Union (CMU), a major union in Sri Lanka. The following interview on the political situation in Sri Lanka was given to Salah Jaber and Bernard Gibbons in Paris on April 25, 1990 and appeared in the May 21, 1990 issue of (…)
, by KARUNARATNE Vickramabahu (“Bahu”)
Many of those who expected JR to have fresh discussions with the Indian government, sighed in relief when JR returned claiming success. Still nothing is really divulged as to the real content of an agreement reached. However, two points are stressed, firstly, the need to devolve power and grant (…)
, by KARUNARATNE Vickramabahu (“Bahu”)
This article set was written by me in hiding when NSSP was banned in 1983. At that time Militant printed and circulated it as an internal discussion document. After the break up of the party it became a public document. Ironically comrade Anna then living in India under cover, reprimanded me for (…)
, by KARUNARATNE Vickramabahu (“Bahu”)
This the latter part of the book on the national question published in 1983 by Dr Vickramabahu
1. Between 6th and 3rd century B. C
At the time of the supposed arrival of Aryan people from North India to this island between 6th and 3rd century B. C., those who lived here belong to the South (…)
, by KARUNARATNE Vickramabahu (“Bahu”)
Writeen in November 1978, this was published by Vickramabahu as a booklet in 1979 under the name Lanka Sama Samaja arty and the Tamil speaking people.
Second part: Sama Samajism and the Tamil Speaking People – Part II
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Sama Samajism is very familiar to the Tamil (…)
, by KARUNARATNE Vickramabahu (“Bahu”)
Written in November 1978, this was published by Vickramabahu as a booklet in 1979 under the name Lanka Sama Samaja arty and the Tamil speaking people.
First part: Sama Samajism and the Tamil Speaking People – Part I
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"6. the Problem of National Minorities.
The (…)
, by TAMPOE Bala
The following pamphlet was published in April 1977.
, by TAMPOE Bala
The following article appeared in Young Socialist (Colombo), Vol.2 No.5 (Whole No.10) September 1963: pages 257-259.
, by LIYANAGE Sumanasiri
Mahinda Rajapaksa has to face his erstwhile colleague in the cabinet and the General Secretary of the SLFP, former Minister of Health, Maithripala Sirisena at the forthcoming presidential election. Since many parties including the main opposition party, UNP, and civil society organizations have (…)
, by JAYAWARDANA Sandun
Duminda Nagamuwa from the Frontline Socialist Party (FLSP), which was formed by a breakaway faction of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) is among the candidates contesting the upcoming presidential election. Nagamuwa is representing an alliance of leftist political parties. A prominent member (…)
Presidential candidate Duminda Nagamuwa said he decided to contest the Presidential Election to expose the aggressive politics of the government and the Opposition’s intention to plunder from the people. “The slogans of the government and the Opposition do not represent the people’s problems. We (…)
, by KUMAR Vijaya
The 79th Anniversary of Sri Lanka’s oldest political party, the Lanka Samasamaja party (LSSP) falls on December 18th. The party of NM, Colvin, Leslie and Bernard not only played a major role in the anti-imperialist struggle but was also responsible for fighting for and obtaining many of the (…)
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