“Women Workers’ Health and Wellbeing Have Never Been a Concern of Plantation Companies”

An Interview with Menaha Kandasamy

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...

‘Is there an Asian Bioethics? Alternative Understandings of Ethics in Medicine’

Bob Simpson

by polity.lk | Nov 14, 2022 | Interview

‘Is there an Asian Bioethics? Alternative Understandings of Ethics in Medicine’ Bob Simpson Peripheral Visions: Anthropological Perspectives on Bioethics, Biomedicine and Biotechnologies in Sri Lanka, (Social Scientists’ Association, Colombo 2022), reflects on the...

“Galle Face was Important, but Not the Whole Thing”

Dileepa Witharana

by polity.lk | Sep 7, 2022 | Interview

“Galle Face was Important, but Not the Whole Thing” Dileepa Witharana Colombo’s Galle Face Green became a symbol of democratic activism in Sri Lanka, for more than 100 days from April to July 2022 with young people in particular from across the country converging...

‘The Act of Protest is a Privilege’:

Serika Siriwardhana from Yellow for Democracy interviewed by Treshan Fernando

by polity.lk | May 18, 2022 | Interview

‘The Act of Protest is a Privilege’: Serika Siriwardhana from Yellow for Democracy interviewed by Treshan Fernando On 4th April 2022, Independence Square was filled with an estimated 8000 people, possibly in one of the biggest political gatherings the square has seen...

Sri Lanka: No agreement with the IMF!

Eric Toussaint interviewed by Sushovan Dhar

by polity.lk | Apr 28, 2022 | Interview

Sri Lanka: No agreement with the IMF! Eric Toussaint interviewed by Sushovan Dhar A Sri Lankan delegation was in Washington DC over  the week of 18 April to try to secure up to $4 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other lenders to help the island...

Restructuring, Audit, Suspension and Abolition of the Debt

Éric Toussaint interviewed in 2015 by Maud Bailly for CADTM

by polity.lk | Apr 14, 2022 | Interview

Restructuring, Audit, Suspension and Abolition of the Debt Éric Toussaint interviewed in 2015 by Maud Bailly for CADTM According to Eric Toussaint, debt restructuring has always been the result of economic and geopolitical calculation, rarely producing a favourable...