by polity.lk | Dec 12, 2025 | Labour
Samanmali: A Life on the Frontlines of Women’s Struggles and Working-Class Resistance Kumudini Samuel H. I. Samanmali (‘Saman’) passed away on 11 November, after withstanding years of illness with quiet strength. For those who worked alongside her, her loss is both...
by polity.lk | Nov 24, 2025 | Labour
Dying for the Target Ishankha Singha Arachchi The harsh working conditions faced by workers in the pursuit of ever-intensifying production targets have long been a recurring issue in the garment industry. In such extreme conditions, workers are forced to meet...
by polity.lk | Aug 14, 2025 | Labour
Magic Maids: Sweeping Up a Storm at the Sorbonne Nadeera Rajapakse After performing in several theatres across Paris, Eisa Jocson and Venuri Perera bewitched the spectators, students, and startled passers-by at the Pantheon Centre of the University Paris 1,...
by polity.lk | Aug 6, 2025 | Labour
‘When the Devil Drums, We Dance’: Sex Work and Sexual Violence in Wartime Sri LankaRadhika Hettiarachchi In the context of Sri Lanka’s civil war, transactional sex work was a particularly dangerous survival strategy for some women[1]; not least because they bear the...
