Ranil Wickremesinghe: A Hired Premier
Aragalaya demands systemic change because the existing system with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa (GR) as its synecdoche has allowed crooks to
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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
PORTO ALEGRE DECLARATION: UNITY AGAINST FASCISM AND FOR THE SOVEREIGNTY OF PEOPLES
Gathered in Porto Alegre — a city that symbolizes international struggles and holds important democratic traditions and aspirations — thousands
Elections in the Philippines: the revenge of the Marcos clan and the campaign of Leni Robredo
On 9 May, the Marcos clan regained the power from which it had been excluded since the fall of the
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War in Ukraine: solidarity with Ukrainian resistance, against all imperialisms
1. State of the war Today, three months have passed since the invasion of Ukraine by Putin’s troops. The Russian
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4.5mn employees from 4,500 SMEs to lose jobs in months ahead: SLUNBA
The Sri Lanka United National Businesses Alliance (SLUNBA) today warned that nearly 4.5 million workers belonging to 4,500 small and
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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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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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