Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: SEP and ISSE hold meeting in Colombo to launch election campaign
By our correspondents, January 17, 2009
The Socialist Equality Party and the International Students for Social Equality in Sri Lanka held a public meeting on January 8 to launch the party’s campaign in two provincial council elections on ...
SEP and ISSE public lecture in Sri Lanka
World economic crisis and the perspective of Marxism
January 13, 2009
The Socialist Equality Party and the International Students for Social Equality in Sri Lanka are holding a public lecture to discuss impact of the global financial crisis and its revolutionary implica...
Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan death squads kill editor and ransack TV station
By K. Ratnayake, January 13, 2009
Two brazen attacks on the media in Sri Lanka last week are a warning that the government and the military will not tolerate any criticism of its communal war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eel...
Washington’s criminal role in the Sri Lankan state’s anti-Tamil war
January 12, 2009
The brief interval last week between the US repudiation of the “peace process” and the Colombo government’s ban on the LTTE exemplifies Washington’s criminal role—as both instigator and faci...
Sri Lankan SEP stands in provincial elections to oppose war and attacks on democratic rights
By the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka), January 10, 2009
The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) in Sri Lanka is contesting two provincial council elections to be held on February 14. In opposition to all other political parties, the SEP candidates will emphatic...
Sri Lanka: SEP and ISSE public meeting to launch provincial election campaign
January 7, 2009
The Socialist Equality Party (SEP), the Sri Lankan section of the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI), is contesting two provincial council elections scheduled to be held on Feb...
Sri Lanka: Fall of Kilinochchi marks turning point in civil war
By Sarath Kumara, January 5, 2009
After months of heavy fighting, the Sri Lankan military announced the capture of the northern town of Kilinochchi, the administrative headquarters of the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (L...
Sri Lanka: The battle for Kilinochchi continues
By our correspondents, December 27, 2008
As the Sri Lankan military continues its offensive to capture Kilinochchi, the death toll on both sides has risen sharply.
Sri Lankan government and Supreme Court clash over fuel pricing
By Wije Dias, December 23, 2008
A Sri Lankan Supreme Court order to reduce petrol prices is turning into a confrontation with the government. The cabinet has failed to cut the price of fuel sold by the state-owned Ceylon Petroleum C...
Sri Lankan army head provokes diplomatic furore
By Nanda Wickramasinghe, December 20, 2008
A row with India provoked last week by the remarks of Sri Lankan army commander Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka is a striking demonstration of the political muscle wielded by the military in Colombo...
Sri Lanka: Heavy fighting in battle for Kilinochchi
By Sarath Kumara, December 19, 2008
The Sri Lankan army is pressing its attack on the northern town of Kilinochchi, the administrative headquarters of the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Hundreds are likely dead and ...
Sri Lankan president issues threat against Supreme Court judges
By Wije Dias, December 17, 2008
In an extraordinary outburst last week, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse lashed out at the country’s Supreme Court, accusing it of undermining his powers, and issued a barely disguised threat ...
