At 80, once flamboyant Communist Party is derelict – DailyNews dailynews.lk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailynews.lk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The call for Indian Tamil plantation workers to be recognized as a separate nation is to block a unified struggle of the working class against worsening social conditions, while boosting the power and privileges of the Indian Tamil elites.
New Constitution for Sri Lanka : ten experts working on initial draft of Constitution uktamilnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from uktamilnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
March 26 marks the 51st death anniversary of Philip Gunawardena, one of the most colourful political figures of the last century. Dubbed the ‘Father of Marxism’ and the ‘Boralugoda Lion’, Gunawardena whose son Dinesh is now prime minister was a committed socialist who however ended his political career as the Minister of Industries and Fisheries […]
How did Sri Lanka, where the revolutionary socialist left was so strong, descend into the politics of ethno-national chauvinism? That left was in large part itself culpable. Dan Katz tells the tragic story.