by polity.lk | May 11, 2023 | Intervention
Left Strategy in the Time of the IMF Counter-Revolution Devaka Gunawardena Less than a year has passed since the 9th July uprising last year in Sri Lanka. Nevertheless, the contours of the present regime are well established. A loose network of progressive activists...
by polity.lk | May 9, 2023 | History
Sri Lanka 2023: Anniversaries of Struggle Q. M. Saul No matter what happens for the rest of this year, 2023 will go down in the history books of Sri Lanka. This year is like one of those astronomical alignments which only come around once every few centuries. Not only...
by polity.lk | Apr 27, 2023 | Workshops
Agrarian Studies in Sri Lanka A workshop organised by the Social Scientists’ Association (SSA) in collaboration with the Young Researchers’ Network (YRN)- Sri Lanka Social Scientists’ Association (SSA) has a deep legacy for creating debate and discussion on the...
by polity.lk | Apr 19, 2023 | Literary
New Year’s Day, Sri Lanka 2022 Vivimarie VanderPoorten My first ganudenuwa[i]This Sinhala and Hindu New yearwas with a hungry manwho rang the doorbellwith his elbowat the auspicious hour formoney transactions.He had had his fingerschopped offand stuck his hands...
by polity.lk | Apr 8, 2023 | Interview
“Women Workers’ Health and Wellbeing Have Never Been a Concern of Plantation Companies” An Interview with Menaha Kandasamy Menaha Kandasamy is the first woman to serve as the President and General Secretary of the Ceylon Plantation Workers’ Union and a Founding Member...
