by ssa-admin-032024 | Sep 20, 2021 | Essay
The Insurrectionary JVP and the Sri Lankan State Mick Moore Much has been written about the insurrectionary Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP—Peoples Liberation Front). The main focus has been on the character of the organisation itself, why it emerged, and how it was...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Sep 13, 2021 | Essay
‘The Oddest of Odd Corners’: Rosa Luxemburg’s Afterlife in Ceylon B. Skanthakumar Rosa Luxemburg, the early 20th century Polish-Jewish revolutionary born in Zamosc 150 years ago on March 5th this year, had no reason in her frenetic political, intellectual, and...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Sep 10, 2021 | Pravada Online
සමු(නො)ගැනීම සන්ධ්යා එක්නැළිගොඩ *ජ්යෙෂ්ඨ නීතීඥ සහ මානව අයිතිවාසිකම් ක්රියාකාරිනී මනෝරි මුත්තෙට්ටුවේගම මතකානුස්මරණයකි. එදත් මා සුපුරුදු පරිදිගියෙමි – දකින්නට – විඳින්නටමනෝරිගෙ මන බැඳි ප්රේමයපිය නගද්දී මා පසුකර ගියකාක්කෙක් පැවසීයබොහෝ අමුත්තන් පැමිණ ඇතිවගතුඩ තුඩ...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Sep 8, 2021 | Intervention
The IMF Can’t Save Sri Lanka Devaka Gunawardena source Among elite policy makers and experts, there is an unshakeable belief that going to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will provide a pathway for Sri Lanka out of crisis. The IMF, however, applies its policy in...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Aug 30, 2021 | Interview
‘The government didn’t care’: Katunayake Free Trade Zone Workers in the Pandemic in Sri Lanka During the first coronavirus pandemic lockdown in Sri Lanka for over two months, beginning 20th March 2020, workers in the export processing zones faced immense hardship as...
