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The Executive Bureau of the Fourth International has issued this statement concerning its links with the NSSP (Nava Sama Samaja Party).
Earlier in 2020, the news became known that Vikramabahu ‘Bahu’ Karunaratne, the chairperson of one of the Fourth International organizations in Sri Lanka, the (...)
”Yes. I joined the United National Party.”
“I will lightent up the U N P”
“Had Marx been alive he would handshake with Ranil and embrace him”
Bahu
Above quotations were extracted from statements issued by Professor Wickrmabahu Karunaratna to print and electronic media recently.
He opined in (...)
Budget 2016
This question is posed to us by the activities and ideologies expressed by Comrade Vickramabahu Karunaratne, General Secretary of the Nava Sama Samaja Party (NSSP), Sri Lankan section of the Fourth International. His views on the present capitalist Ranil-Maithree government (...)
Interview with Vickramabahu Karunarathne, general secretary of the Nava Sama Samaj Party (NSSP).
VICKRAMABAHU KARUNARATHNE, the 72-year-old general secretary of the Nava Sama Samaj Party (NSSP), does not represent a strong political formation in terms of numerical strength. But his views are (...)
Interview with New Left Front (NLF) leader Vikramabahu Karunaratne
Q: You openly supported President Maithripala Sirisena’s “Yahapalana” plan during the last Presidential election. So why are you hoping to contest independently at the general elections?
Actually all parties which were together (...)
Nava Sama Samaja Party (NSSP) candidate, S. Sunandan Mahendran, said he will support Maithripala Sirisena indirectly. However, he added, he is not fully convinced that Sirisena, if he becomes President, will appoint Ranil Wickremesinghe as Prime Minister.
"Maithripala has repeatedly said that (...)
How to solve a problem like President Mahinda who has followed the IMF line whole heartedly but failed to keep the human rights promises, must be a problem for the global capitalism. However, in the recent past they practised the ’democratic’ way of supporting the mass agitations for good (...)
Sri Lanka’s presidential election is on the 8th of January 2015. It is widely perceived as the last opportunity until 2020, at the earliest, for the legal-constitutional removal of Mahinda Rajapakse and therefore dismantling of his highly authoritarian, nepotistic, corrupt and neoliberal regime (...)
Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) General Secretary and Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena launched, what could be described as one of the most decisive Political action the country has witnessed. Suppressing Ranil Wickremesinghe he became the common candidate to contest President Mahinda (...)
In the meeting held in New Town Hall on 20 October, Frontline Socialist Party leaders explained their solution to the crisis faced by the Lankan society. Comrades Nagamuwa and Pubudu indicated that the solution lies in socialism with proletarian democracy. Of course, finally the solution is in (...)
The first issue of Vame Handa (‘Left Voice’), a newspaper for socialist unity, was launched on 1 July at a felicitation event in the Colombo Public Library.
More than 50 activists including leaders of Left groups, trade union leaders (Bank Employees Union, Teachers Union, Joint Committee of the (...)
Why we formed a public faction in the Sri Lankan section
Colombo – 29 June 2014
This text (for circulation) elaborates the communication to the International dated 12 May 2014 notifying the declaration of a public faction in the Nava Sama Samaja Party (NSSP) by a group of its leading members. (...)
We have published a declaration of leading members of the NSSP explaining why they are forming a public faction and the nature of their disagreements with the policy followed by the main public figure of the organization, Vicramabahu “Bahu” Karunaratne . We are publishing below four articles from (...)
Vickramabahu Karunaratne widely known as Bahu is contesting for the most populated and influential provincial council in the country.
Dr. Bahu is leading the Nava Sama Samaja party (NSSP) team for the Colombo district under the Table symbol. The election will be held on the 29th of March.
As (...)
Mahinda Rajapaksa’s regime retains the support of most Sinhala people. His government has a parliamentary majority exceeding two-thirds. The subordination of the public service, police service and judiciary to the government is such, that state and regime are more-or-less indistinct. The (...)
Nava Sama Samaja Party (NSSP) Leader, Dr. Wickramabahu Karunaratna asserted he would continue to stand and strive for a free and dignified social fabric, that would assure security and protection for women, children and individuals in a society free of terror, intimidation, criminality, (...)
Some people are very angry that no real protest develop in the streets of Lanka. The happenings that take place currently in this country must awaken the just wrath of the people, they say.
Enough has taken place to rouse the masses to practical actions against tyranny. Some go to the edge (...)
NO MORE FRAUDS, HANDS OFF CJ
Mahinda announced that he will appoint a committee to look into the CJ issue, before taking a decision on the report of the PSC. This change of heart, which he claimed to be the result of a problem of conscience, really took place after the huge protest in the (...)
The Nava Sama Samaja Party (NSSP) has accused the Sri Lankan military of being involved in an attack against opposition politicians and peaceful demonatrators.
NSSP General Secretary and Dehiwala Municipal Councillor Vickramabahu Karunaratne has informed President Mahinda Rajapaksa and that (...)
Speech made by Dharmasiri Lankapeli, member of the Politbureau of the Nava Sama Samaja Party (NSSP – Sri Lanka section of the Fourth International) at the joint opposition demonstration and rally on International Workers Day in Jaffna.
Firstly, at this historic rally I apologise to the people (...)
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