by ssa-admin-032024 | Apr 18, 2022 | Photo Essay
We are all poster-makers! “We are all poster-makers, and through them we all attest to the unrest in our souls and our will to dignity.” Anish Kapoor, The Art of Protest, 2019. Sri Lanka has a vibrant social media culture of memes and artwork with sharp political...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Apr 16, 2022 | Essay
The #GotaGoHome Protest Movement: Significance, Potential, and Challenges Jayadeva Uyangoda After 31st March, 2022, Sri Lanka’s politics is no longer what it has been. It seems to have entered a qualitatively new phase. It is still too early to say anything definite...
Restructuring, Audit, Suspension and Abolition of the Debt
Éric Toussaint interviewed in 2015 by Maud Bailly for CADTM
by ssa-admin-032024 | Apr 14, 2022 | Interview
Restructuring, Audit, Suspension and Abolition of the Debt Éric Toussaint interviewed in 2015 by Maud Bailly for CADTM According to Eric Toussaint, debt restructuring has always been the result of economic and geopolitical calculation, rarely producing a favourable...
Rethinking Odious Debt
Pierre Pénet
by ssa-admin-032024 | Apr 12, 2022 | Essay
Rethinking Odious Debt Pierre Pénet How, to what extent, and under what conditions states should repay their debt are critical questions which resurface after every major financial crisis. Debts being legal contracts, states are bound by the principle of pacta sunt...
Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis: a feminist response to the unfolding humanitarian crisis
Feminist Collective for Economic Justice
by ssa-admin-032024 | Apr 9, 2022 | Statement
Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis: a feminist response to the unfolding humanitarian crisis Feminist Collective for Economic Justice A history of failed economic policies and continued mismanagementSri Lanka is currently facing the worst economic crisis in its...