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 | Feb 22, 2023 | Intervention
The Left’s Choice: Revival or Surrender Devaka Gunawardena Two responses to my recent piece, “Resisting the Nationalist Right’s Framing of the Economic Alternative,” have appeared. One is by Uditha Devapriya and another, here in Polity, is by Shiran Illanperuma....
by polity.lk | Jan 25, 2023 | Intervention
Resisting the Liberal Left’s Framing of the Economic Alternative Shiran Illanperuma In a recent intervention for Polity, Devaka Gunawardena argues that Sri Lanka’s Old Left failed to theorise the “agrarian question” and had a “narrow focus on industrialisation”,...
by polity.lk | Jan 17, 2023 | Intervention
Structural Adjustment of Women’s Labour in Agriculture in Sri Lanka Buddhima Padmasiri Women’s empowerment through employment is not a new focus for international financial institutions and development agencies. It was also among the objectives of the ‘structural...
by polity.lk | Jan 10, 2023 | Intervention
Meaning and Critique in Women’s Narratives of Care and Work Nadia Augustyniak Arguments about the economic benefits of women’s labour participation go hand in hand with assumptions about the personal value of women’s work, often framed in terms of empowerment and...
by polity.lk | Jan 4, 2023 | Intervention
Resisting the Nationalist Right’s Framing of the Economic Alternative Devaka Gunawardena Given the design of the Budget for 2023, it is unlikely that Sri Lanka’s working people will see relief anytime soon. The current Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa Government has...
