by ssa-admin-032024 | Aug 28, 2022 | Statement
SL Govt – Stop Labeling Student Protestors and Activists as Terrorists! We are a group of feminists writing to call urgent attention to the extra-constitutional attempts of the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) to suppress dissent. Lacking a popular mandate, hunting down...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Aug 23, 2022 | Essay
‘Aragalaya’: Situation Nominal, Tense Future Vajra Chandrasekera There is a tendency to shrink and reify that which is too big, too complex, and too diverse to otherwise easily talk about. This is often unintentional, an occupational hazard of political commentary;...
ප්රවාද 38 (2022, අගෝස්තු)
වර්තමානයේ මාන
by ssa-admin-032024 | Aug 22, 2022 | Pravada
ප්රවාද 38 (2022, අගෝස්තු) වර්තමානයේ මාන පිටකවර චිත්රය: නවින්ද්රි රණතුංග පටුන නවලිබරල්වාදය සහ ‘නගරයට ඇති අයිතිය’: මෑතකාලීන කොළඹ නාගරික අවකාශමය නවීකරණයෙහි බහිෂ්කරණය – හසිනි ලේකම්වසම් විසම්මුතික ස්මරණය සහ ප්රජාතාන්ත්රික පුරවැසිභාවය: සන්ධ්යා එක්නැලිගොඩ සහ යුක්තිය...
The Postcolonial Handbook of Violent Repression: Constructing Citizens as Enemies, Fascists, Extremists, Drug Addicts, Terrorists, etc., etc.
Chulani Kodikara
by ssa-admin-032024 | Aug 9, 2022 | Essay
The Postcolonial Handbook of Violent Repression: Constructing Citizens as Enemies, Fascists, Extremists, Drug Addicts, Terrorists, etc., etc. Chulani Kodikara On 20 May 2022, in an interview with Sky News, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was asked whether it was...
“Illegitimate Government, Immediately Halt Repression!” FUTA Statement on the Current Situation
by ssa-admin-032024 | Aug 6, 2022 | Statement
“Illegitimate Government, Immediately Halt Repression!” FUTA Statement on the Current Situation As a professional trade union which has historically stood for social justice in Sri Lanka, FUTA is appalled by the massive repression unleashed on...