Despite winning a majority in Sri Lanka’s parliament, the National Peoples Power government is struggling to gain momentum on the deep structural reforms required to guarantee people’s economic wellbeing, protect the environment and fend off attempts by the far right to capitalise on discontent, writes Janaka Biyanwila.
Janaka Biyanwila
The working-class party, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna — part of the National People’s Power coalition — gained an outright majority in the country’s 225-seat parliament, reports Janaka Biyanwila.
Sri Lanka’s presidential elections represent a historic change in representative politics and mark a new beginning, with many challenges for progressive forces, reports Janaka Biyanwila.
Two years after the popular anti-government uprising, the struggle for democracy in Sri Lanka remains fragile, writes Janaka Biyanwila.
The Frontline Socialist Party actively contributed to the 2022 popular uprising in Sri Lanka. Green Left’s Janaka Biyanwila interviewed Pubudu Jayagoda, who is the FSP’s educational secretary and central committee member about the party's organising work.
More than a year after the popular uprising in Sri Lanka that removed an autocratic president, the regime continues to reinforce authoritarian tendencies in implementing debt restructuring reforms, reports Janaka Biyanwila.
Janaka Biyanwila reviews Sand (Munnel in Tamil), directed by Visakesa Chandrasekaram, which screened at the Sydney Film Festival.
As Sri Lanka approaches the anniversary of former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation in July last year, following a popular uprising, the social struggle continues, reports Janaka Biyanwila.
Seven months on from the Sri Lankan popular uprising, Janaka Biyanwila looks at how government spin, backed up with state violence, is attempting to keep a lid on popular discontent.
After nearly two months in self-imposed exile, former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa returned to Sri Lanka on September 3, reports Janaka Biyanwila.
The Sri Lankan government has begun escalating its repression against the popular movement that removed former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa from office, reports Janaka Biyanwila.
Lahiru Weerasekera, a student leader and key actor in the people’s movement, discusses the new forms of struggle in the mass protests in Sri Lanka.
- Page 1
- Next page