āā¦ stability, no less than revolution, may have its own kind of Terrorā[i] Ranil Wickremesinghe has apparently peaked in popularity in the twilight of a dismal political career. Among party leaders, he is viewed favourably by 54% of the public (in comparison to 43% for the Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa, and 45% for …
āThere are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happenā, as Lenin never actually said. The estrangement between the regime-state in Sri Lanka and its core constituencies, while widening over the course of the pandemic years, became outright antagonism in a matter of weeks in the first half of 2022. This is …
āWeeks when decades happenā ā B. Skanthakumar Read More »
30 years ago, the Social Scientistsā Association (SSA) of Sri Lanka began publishing in print an English-language periodical of progressive opinion on current affairs, under the direction of Charles Abeysekera, Shani Jayawardena, and Jayadeva Uyangoda. There was no lofty statement of purpose or ambition. Perhaps to simply exist in November 1991, when so many had …