Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by DAVID Kumar
For a start I divide the history of Samasamajism, the story of the Samasamaja movement as whole, not just the Party, into four periods centred on the last century. We are entering a fifth Period which will encompass Samasamajism’s Twenty-first Century.
The two Phases of the first or Classical (…)
, by KADIRGAMAR Ahilan
I first met Linus Jayatilake about a decade ago as some of us began engaging trade unions. While I had heard about Linus from my father, meeting Linus at the Commercial and Industrial Workers Union (CIWU) office on Barracks Lane, began a friendship that deeply influenced me. Linus’ sensibilities (…)
, by ISMAIL Adilah
The online archive of Dissidents and Activists in Sri Lanka offers narratives from the 1960s to 1990s by radical activists from the south of Sri Lanka. The ephermeralia and documents digitized in the archive are from personal collections, institutional libraries and collectives scattered around (…)
, by JEYARAJ David Buell Sabapathy
Remembering Comrade Bala Tampoe the Legendary Trade Union Leader on his 93rd Birth Anniversary -May 23
“Hamlet without the Prince of Denmark” is perhaps an apt description of how the International Workers Day was observed in Sri Lanka on May 1st. Instead of being given pride of place on May (…)
In this meticulously researched article, Jayantha Somasundaram traces the rise of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) under Rohana Wijeweera’s leadership, fueled by the legitimate grievances of educated rural youth facing limited opportunities and political marginalization. The JVP’s unique (…)
, by JAYAWARDANA Sandun
In a long ranging interview JVP leader talks of the party’s first insurrection, how the ghosts of the past still haunt the party and its vision for the future
The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) will mark the 50th anniversary of its 1971 insurrection tomorrow (April 5). The party has never (…)
Rosa Luxemburg, the Polish-born revolutionary of Jewish heritage who was born 150 years ago on March 5th this year, had no reason in her frenetic political, intellectual and literary activism to attend to an inconsequential island in the Indian Ocean.
However, decades after her murder in (…)
, by JEYARAJ David Buell Sabapathy
Patabandi Don Nandasiri Wijeweera known to the world at large as Rohana Wijeweera was killed 31 years ago on 13 November 1989.The revolutionary leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) or People’s Liberation Front was 49 years old at the time of his death.
The mastermind behind two (…)
, by SKANTHAKUMAR Balasingham, SOORIASEGARAM Engr. M.
Upali Cooray, who passed away on 21 August 2009, was a revolutionary socialist; trade unionist; anti-racist; partisan of anti-colonial and national liberation movements; human rights lawyer; university teacher and much more.
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Upali Cooray: His militancy had no match
Upali (…)
, by BOPAGE Lionel
In this introspective article, Lionel Bopage, a former JVP leader, critically examines the portrayal of the JVP and its leader Rohana Wijeweera in the film “The Frozen Fire.” While appreciating the artistic endeavor, Bopage questions the political correctness of the film’s narrative, (…)
, by HOOLE Rajan
In this fifth extract from his book Sri Lanka: Arrogance of Power – Myth, Decadence and Murder, Rajan Hoole looks at the central role played by the Left, and especially the LSSP, in the period stretching from the country’s independence through to the 1970s.
As the country drifted towards (…)
, by THIRANAGAMA Dayapala
The impulsion towards nationalist sentiment in politics, has in our view, exceedingly profound roots in the life style of the modern man, which makes for homogeneity of a single high culture within any political unit, and which condemns those not masters of the said culture, or unacceptable (…)
, by PHILIPS Rajan
The passing away of Silan Kadirgamar last Saturday has left an unfillable void in the lives of many who knew him and appreciated their association with him. Silan’s circles of associations went far beyond the usual circles of family and friends that most people have. Those of us who were (…)
, by DAVID Kumar
Reflecting on Santasilan Kadirgamar’s life.
He was my comrade and neighbor and oft would we sit out on my veranda, sipping the stuff that cheers and first talking sensibly, then slinging it out in voices that kept the neighbors, too polite to complain, awake till the late hours, as a bottle (…)
, by JEYARAJ David Buell Sabapathy
Patabandi Don Nandasiri Wijeweera known to the world at large as Rohana Wijeweera was killed twenty–five years ago on November 13th 1989.The revolutionary leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) or Peoples Liberation Front was 49 years old at the time of his death. The mastermind behind (…)
, by ERVIN Charles Wesley
Upali Cooray, a Sri Lankan Trotskyist and tireless social activist, died in London on August 21, 2009. He had just recovered from a dangerous Streptococcus Pneumonia infection but started to have difficulty breathing and was taken to the hospital on August 20. He died the next morning. He was (…)
, by BOPAGE Lionel, Collective / Multiple signers, GANESH Ratnam, PHILIPS Rajan, RAJANAYAGAM P, SILVA Redley, SILVA Wilfred
We shall complete this page with more contributions on Upali when available to us.
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With extreme sadness, we announce the untimely death of UPALI COORAY, a reputed stalwart of the left and a lifelong champion of oppressed people, on 21 August 2009.
UPALI is (…)
, by TAMPOE Bala
The following pamphlet was published in April 1977.
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