Polity Vol.8 No.1 & 2 (June 2020) Polity Archive Editorial: Environment & Society in Sri Lanka, pp. 02 – 03 Crossing Borders: Sovereign Life and Sovereignty – Sivamohan Sumathy , pp. 04-07 Beyond Numbers: Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 Response, Politics and People – Ramya Kumar, pp. 8 – 13 April Theses with 2020 Vision – Quincy Saul , pp. 14-20 The Politics of Environmental Movements in Sri Lanka – Harini Amarasuriya , pp. 21-28 Rural Women, Agrarian Capitalism and the Environment in Monaragala – Buddhima Padamasiri, pp. 29 – 34 Resisting Power, Powering Resistance: A Case Study of the Broadlands Hydropower Project in Kithulgala – Rebecca Surenthiraraj & Mark Schubert, pp. 35-42 Legitimacies and Moralities of Fishing in Trincomalee – Gayathri Lokuge, pp. 43-50 “We can’t feel the earth beneath our feet anymore”: Dispossession and High-Rise Living in Colombo – Iromi Perera, pp. 51-58 The “Lean, Clean, Green” Machine: Sri Lanka’s 2018 National Budget – Vagisha Gunasekara & Taniya Silvapulle, pp. 59-71 In Memoriam: A. Sivanandan (1923-2018): At the interstices of race, class and imperialism – B. Skanthakumar, pp. 72 – 76 Review: Landscapes of Crossed Lines: Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite – Andi Schubert & Shashik Dhanushka, pp. 77 – 82 Call for Papers: COVID-19 impacts and responses in Sri Lanka