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...
by polity.lk | Jul 17, 2022 | Statement
The Solution to the Current Crisis is to Establish a Government Conscious of Workers’ and Farmers’ Rights Ceylon Plantation Workers’ (‘Red Flag’) Union [i]The Sri Lankan nation is facing the worst financial, economic, and socio-political crisis in 74 years since...
by polity.lk | Jul 7, 2022 | Images/Photographs
We are all poster-makers! Images from Gotagogama, Galle Face, April to May 2022 Sharni Jayawardena Sharni Jayawardena’s collage of photographs from Galle Face Green in Colombo are a testament to the vibrancy and creativity of the protests against President Gotabaya...
