by polity.lk | Jan 22, 2024 | Intervention
The Cannon and the Cranium: Towards a Wider Agenda for Reparatory Justice in Sri LankaAndi Schubert Lara Wijesuriya’s excellent recent essay is a wonderful invitation for further conversation about the politics of repatriation and the role of museums, archives, and...
by polity.lk | Jan 14, 2024 | Essay
When crises converge: how uneven agrarian development influences the effects of climate change in Sri Lanka’s North-Central dry zoneHarry M. Quealy and Cherisma Rajaratnam In 2016-2017, Sri Lanka’s North-Central dry zone suffered what had been described as the worst...
by polity.lk | Jan 8, 2024 | Editorial
Palestine and Us Editors Three months of atrocity upon atrocity and abomination upon abomination have passed since the dogs of war were unleashed over Palestine. As of the dawn of 2024, over 22,000 Palestinian men, women and children have been killed, and around...
by polity.lk | Dec 18, 2023 | Essay
Budget 2024: ‘Deep Marketisation’ in Sri LankaB. Skanthakumar Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Budget for 2024 had safe passage on third reading on 13 December as expected, with a majority of 41 votes in the 225-member legislature. The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP—People’s...
by polity.lk | Dec 4, 2023 | Intervention
2024 and Beyond: Electoral Politics and the LeftDevaka Gunawardena Amid a suffocating consensus on austerity, any opportunity to expand on the current stakes of Left strategy in Sri Lanka must be seen as a small victory. The debate provoked by my original piece,...
