Polity Vol 13 No. 1 (June 2025)

There is Great Disorder Under Heaven – Editorial

The NPP Government and Its Democratic Promise: A Review – Jayadeva Uyangoda

The Revival of the JVP after 1989 – Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri

System Stability Not Change: The NPP Abandons Populism for Liberal Democracy – Pradeep Peiris

Horu versus Boru: The Politics of the 2025 Local Government Elections in Sri Lanka – Harindra B. Dassanayake and Rajni Gamage

No to Silence and Impunity for Online and Offline Slander and Harassment of Women in Politics – Women & Media Collective, Social Scientists’ Association, Mannar Women’s Development Federation

Sexual Violence in Anuradhapura and Tellipalai Hospitals in March 2025 – Feminist Collective for Economic Justice

Aid Interrupted: Reverberations in Sri Lanka of USAID’s Dismantling – Sandunlekha Ekanayake

‘Crop Top Terrorism’ and the Security State in Sri Lanka – Themal Ellawala

Repeal Only, Do Not Replace, the Prevention of Terrorism Act – Collective

Remembering Richard de Zoysa: 35th Death Anniversary – Editors

Poem: Question – Cheran Rudhramoorthy (trans. Anushiya Ramaswamy)

Words to Kill a Man, and Free a Man – Kanya D’Almeida

The Ritual Sacrifice of Richard de Zoysa: “Not really one of us, hence one of them” – Dhanuka Bandara

Richard de Zoysa: A Legacy of Injustice and Resistance – Manikya Kodithuwakku

Richard de Zoysa in the Classroom – Vihanga Perera

Mē Kauda? Monawada Karanne? The Potential Futures of an “Alternative World” and the Political Legacy of Richard de Zoysa – Prabha Manuratne

Asoka Handagama’s Rani: Diminishing Struggles Against Enforced Disappearances – S. Janaka Biyanwila

Rani: The Politics of Erasure and the Aesthetics of Forgetting – Prasanna Pitigala Liyanage and Malithi Liyanage

Unveiling ‘Privatisation’ in Higher Education in Sri Lanka – Kaushalya Perera and Hasini Lecamwasam

Budget 2025: Playing A Bad Hand – B. Skanthakumar

Contingence, Conjuncture, and Structure: The Economic Crisis in Sri Lanka – Sumanasiri Liyanage

The Development of S.B.D. de Silva’s Political Economy – Shiran Illanperuma

Made in Sri Lanka, Taxed in America, and Failed by the IMF – Taniya Silvapulle

The ‘Governance of Corruption’ in Sri Lanka – An IMF-NGO-NPP Consensus – B. Skanthakumar

Queer Representation in Sri Lankan Media: A Double-Edged Sword? – Kasun Kavishka

Bapsi Sidhwa (1938-2024): Parsi Pakistani Writer between Lahore, Partition, and the US – Arif Azad

“The ceasefire is just the first step in the long walk to justice and peace” – Feminists from India and Pakistan

Performing Sovereign Aspirations: Tamil Insurgency and Postwar Transition in Sri Lanka. Bart Klem. Cambridge University Press, 2024 – Sakuntala Kadirgamar

Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine. Noura Erakat. Stanford University Press, 2019 – Kiran Grewal

The Sarajevo Declaration of the Gaza Tribunal – Gaza Tribunal

Opposing War and Warmongering Policies – Joint statement by Iranian independent labour organisations

Poster: May 1st International Workers Day – Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

Call: On the Life and Work of Gananath Obeyesekere

Contents

There is Great Disorder Under Heaven – Editorial

The NPP Government and Its Democratic Promise: A Review – Jayadeva Uyangoda

The Revival of the JVP after 1989 – Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri

System Stability Not Change: The NPP Abandons Populism for Liberal Democracy – Pradeep Peiris

Horu versus Boru: The Politics of the 2025 Local Government Elections in Sri Lanka – Harindra B. Dassanayake and Rajni Gamage

No to Silence and Impunity for Online and Offline Slander and Harassment of Women in Politics – Women & Media Collective, Social Scientists’ Association, Mannar Women’s Development Federation

Sexual Violence in Anuradhapura and Tellipalai Hospitals in March 2025 – Feminist Collective for Economic Justice

Aid Interrupted: Reverberations in Sri Lanka of USAID’s Dismantling – Sandunlekha Ekanayake

‘Crop Top Terrorism’ and the Security State in Sri Lanka – Themal Ellawala

Repeal Only, Do Not Replace, the Prevention of Terrorism Act – Collective

Remembering Richard de Zoysa: 35th Death Anniversary – Editors

Poem: Question – Cheran Rudhramoorthy (trans. Anushiya Ramaswamy)

Words to Kill a Man, and Free a Man – Kanya D’Almeida

The Ritual Sacrifice of Richard de Zoysa: “Not really one of us, hence one of them” – Dhanuka Bandara

Richard de Zoysa: A Legacy of Injustice and Resistance – Manikya Kodithuwakku

Richard de Zoysa in the Classroom – Vihanga Perera

Mē Kauda? Monawada Karanne? The Potential Futures of an “Alternative World” and the Political Legacy of Richard de Zoysa – Prabha Manuratne

Asoka Handagama’s Rani: Diminishing Struggles Against Enforced Disappearances – S. Janaka Biyanwila

Rani: The Politics of Erasure and the Aesthetics of Forgetting – Prasanna Pitigala Liyanage and Malithi Liyanage

Unveiling ‘Privatisation’ in Higher Education in Sri Lanka – Kaushalya Perera and Hasini Lecamwasam

Budget 2025: Playing A Bad Hand – B. Skanthakumar

Contingence, Conjuncture, and Structure: The Economic Crisis in Sri Lanka – Sumanasiri Liyanage

The Development of S.B.D. de Silva’s Political Economy – Shiran Illanperuma

Made in Sri Lanka, Taxed in America, and Failed by the IMF – Taniya Silvapulle

The ‘Governance of Corruption’ in Sri Lanka – An IMF-NGO-NPP Consensus – B. Skanthakumar

Queer Representation in Sri Lankan Media: A Double-Edged Sword? – Kasun Kavishka

Bapsi Sidhwa (1938-2024): Parsi Pakistani Writer between Lahore, Partition, and the US – Arif Azad

“The ceasefire is just the first step in the long walk to justice and peace” – Feminists from India and Pakistan

Performing Sovereign Aspirations: Tamil Insurgency and Postwar Transition in Sri Lanka. Bart Klem. Cambridge University Press, 2024 – Sakuntala Kadirgamar

Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine. Noura Erakat. Stanford University Press, 2019 – Kiran Grewal

The Sarajevo Declaration of the Gaza Tribunal – Gaza Tribunal

Opposing War and Warmongering Policies – Joint statement by Iranian independent labour organisations

Poster: May 1st International Workers Day – Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

Call: On the Life and Work of Gananath Obeyesekere