by polity.lk | Aug 6, 2022 | Statement
“Illegitimate Government, Immediately Halt Repression!” FUTA Statement on the Current Situation As a professional trade union which has historically stood for social justice in Sri Lanka, FUTA is appalled by the massive repression unleashed on leading Aragalaya...
by polity.lk | Jul 30, 2022 | Statement
“We condemn the violent assault on peaceful protestors” Academics Abroad We, the undersigned academics who work on Sri Lanka and South Asia more broadly, fully condemn the violent assault on peaceful protestors in Colombo by the Sri Lankan security forces on 22 July...
by polity.lk | Jul 27, 2022 | Editorial
‘Weeks when decades happen’ B. Skanthakumar “There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen”, as Lenin never actually said. The estrangement between the regime-state in Sri Lanka and its core constituencies, while widening over the...
by polity.lk | Jul 25, 2022 | Essay
Ranil Wickremesinghe’s election: Results and Prospects for Democratic Revival in Sri LankaDevaka Gunawardena Ranil Wickremesinghe’s ascent to the Executive Presidency represents a system in utter decay. But the unsteady structure will not topple with one, final push....
by polity.lk | Jul 20, 2022 | Statement
The Executive Presidency must go! The July 9th uprising is a revolutionary moment. The people have spoken, in their millions, in the midst of a grave economic collapse, demanding change and clamouring for greater democracy. They pointed out the dire failure of the...
