by polity.lk | Mar 15, 2022 | Interview
‘Ecological Agriculture is a Political Question’ Mr. Sandun Thudugala interview Mr. M. K. Jayathissa and Ms. Vimukthi de Silva The government’s overnight ban on the import of chemical fertilisers, pesticides and weedicides, to make Sri Lanka’s agriculture “100 percent...
by polity.lk | Mar 3, 2022 | Essay
Colombo’s Gentrification: The ‘Right to the City’ during Neoliberalism Hasini Lecamwasam IntroductionOne thing that classical economists seem to agree on with their colleagues of a more leftist persuasion is that cities are all about spatial concentration, with a view...
by polity.lk | Feb 23, 2022 | Intervention
The Crisis of Neoliberalism and the Progressive Alternative Devaka Gunawardena The current crisis in Sri Lanka is not only a political crisis of the regime of Gotabaya Rajapaksa. It is also a structural breakdown of the way in which neoliberalism has historically...
by polity.lk | Feb 18, 2022 | Speech
Relevance of an Alternative Film-Culture Today Laleen Jayamanne Thank you for inviting me to speak on Dharmasena Pathiraja’s fourth death anniversary, on the ‘Relevance of an Alternative Film-Culture Today’, the topic suggested to me by the organisers. My talk has two...
by polity.lk | Feb 9, 2022 | Review
A History of Unfortunate Circumstances Hasini A. Haputhanthri‘A Day in July 2019’ by Rajitha Dissanayake, 2022, Lionel Wendt, Colombo This play has been long in the making. A string of unfortunate circumstances induced by the pandemic resulted in the postponement of...
