Resisting Genocide in Gaza: Is a New Political Imaginary Possible?

Devaka Gunawardena

by polity.lk | May 6, 2024 | Palestine

Resisting Genocide in Gaza: Is a New Political Imaginary Possible? Devaka Gunawardena Watching the protests opposing genocide in Gaza on college campuses across the US, and which are now spreading like wildfire to other Western countries, one is struck by the visual...

Am I A Settler Too? Reflections of a Sinhalese from Sri Lanka after Gaza

Nalin Jayathunga

by polity.lk | Apr 29, 2024 | Politics

Am I A Settler Too? Reflections of a Sinhalese from Sri Lanka after Gaza Nalin Jayathunga Mapping temporal and spatial lines between the past and the present, this reflection draws parallels between the Palestinian genocide and the Tamil genocide. It is premised on my...

James Brow, Anuradhapura 1984, and the Question of Agrarian Change in Sri Lanka

Jonathan Spencer

by polity.lk | Apr 21, 2024 | Agrarian Studies

James Brow, Anuradhapura 1984, and the Question of Agrarian Change in Sri Lanka Jonathan Spencer James Brow was a British anthropologist who drifted from the nascent counter-culture of early 1960s London, to the mid-1960s West Coast of the USA, where he found a...

Sacrificing Accountability to Save the Official Narrative:  The UK’s Legacy Act of 2023 and Parallels in Sri Lanka 

Daniel Holder

by polity.lk | Apr 16, 2024 | Human Rights

Sacrificing Accountability to Save the Official Narrative:  The UK’s Legacy Act of 2023 and Parallels in Sri Lanka  Daniel Holder In September 2023, the UK parliament passed The Northern Ireland Troubles (Reconciliation and Legacy) Act entrenching immunity for crimes...

Understanding Fascism: Writings on Caste, Class & The State by K. Balagopal. Curated and Introduced by V. Geetha. Hyderabad: South Side Books, 2023, 241p.

Jairus Banaji

by polity.lk | Apr 8, 2024 | Politics