100th Birth Anniversary of Veteran trade unionist Bala Thampoe !
As a young Left activist, Mr. Thampoe joined the Trotskyist faction of the Leftist, then underground Lanka Sama Samaja
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“Marxist Philosophical Conversation” on February 22, at the Mahaweli Center!
Comrade Chamil Jayaneththi has organized a Philosophical conversation on the launch of two books, ‘Marxism in Time and Space’ written
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Education Reform Must Be Democratic, Transparent, and People-Led — Centering Women and Feminist Voices
Education in Sri Lanka is not a commodity to be governed by market efficiency; it is a hard-won public good,
Politics
Replacing capitalism – not with socialism, but with democracy?
Leading left economists Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis jointly wrote an article for the British newspaper, the Guardian this week.
International
What is the Fourth International?
Defending the self-organization of the exploited and oppressed, towards the abolition of capitalism and the building of ecosocialism, the Fourth
Battered by the pandemic, Sri Lanka’s female garment workers are reeling from the economic crisis
The pandemic was hard enough. Now, Sri Lanka faces an economic crisis of its own making that is taking a
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IUSF challenges Ranil to arrest Mahinda
The Inter-University Students Federation (IUSF) yesterday (15) challenged newly appointed Premier Ranil Wickremesinghe to arrest former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa
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Workers’ uprising topples Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister
The mass uprising against austerity that began in Sri Lanka at the end of March has forced Mahinda Rajapaksa out
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Linus Jayatilake (Sept. 1942 – May 2022): A Comrade of all Working People!
I first met Linus Jayatilake about a decade ago as some of us began engaging in trade unions. While I
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CMU Statement on Current Status up to 10th May 2022
10.5.2022 The current Social, economic and political situation needs no further introduction due largely to technology that has now enabled
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ration Movement” condemns the arbitrary arrest worker from the Free Trade Zone.
The Liberation Movement condemns the arbitrary arrest and detention of a 19-year-old worker from the Katunayake Free Trade Zone by
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Comrade Linus Jayatilleke no more……..
A senior Marxist leader of Sri Lanka Comrade Linus Jayatilleke no more A tribute by Meera Srinivasan of The Hindu
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Red Salute to Comrade Linus who ended his revolutionary career!
The last respect to Comrade Linus Jayathilake, who laid down and sacrificed dedicated to living his life for the liberation
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Sri Lanka: call a Hartal, prepare for power!
A month has now passed since nationwide anger erupted in Sri Lanka, leaving the ruling class shell-shocked. The movement has
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