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Socialist Students groups campaign in solidarity with youth in Sri Lanka

January 17, 2023 Séamus Smyth, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) East Midlands youth organiser

The Aragalaya (Sinhalese for “struggle”) protests in Sri Lanka, fuelled by a cost-of-living crisis, inspired students and young people across the world. People saw images of masses of protesters taking over the presidential palace and […]

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: CWI supports the call for international day of action

November 2, 2022 CWI

The Movement for Peoples Councils (MPC) in Sri Lanka, together with IUSF (Inter University Student Federation), is appealing to the workers, students and youth, internationally, to support the struggle in Sri Lanka.  As a first step, […]

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Stop repression and attacks on democratic rights

September 25, 2022 Committee for a Workers' International (CWI)

Defend the right to protest Release all those arrested during protests On the 21st July, Ranil Wickremasinghe assumed the Presidency of Sri Lanka after the former President Gotabaya Rajapakse fled his official residence and was […]

Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan government continues its brutal repression

August 31, 2022 United Socialist Party (CWI in Sri Lanka) reporters

On the day of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)-led ‘interim budget’ announcement for Sri Lanka, thousands of protesters were brutally attacked in the streets of the capital, Colombo. Over 22 were arrested and are being […]

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: An open appeal to socialist organisations

August 30, 2022 United Socialist Party (CWI in Sri Lanka

The following statement was circulated by the United Socialist Party (CWI in Sri Lanka) to socialist parties and groups in Sri Lanka from 12th August. Socialistworld.net An open appeal to socialist organisations Building for a […]

Sri Lanka

Defend the right to protest in Sri Lanka

August 25, 2022 Prasad Welikumbura, United Socialist Party (CWI in Sri Lanka)

On the 18th of August the newly appointed president of Sri Lanka unleashed a brutal attack on a demonstration in Colombo organised by the Inter-University Students Federation (IUSF). The IUSF played a key role during […]

Sri Lanka

Military crackdown in Sri Lanka – protest movement at crucial juncture

July 22, 2022 TU Senan

The heavy military moved into protest areas in Colombo last night and during early Friday morning, clearing out the area of demonstrators. The day before, arrest warrants were issued for student protest leaders. The new […]

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Reject the interim government – for a government of the workers and poor

July 13, 2022 TU Senan, CWI

Tens of thousands gathered in Sri Lanka again today to make sure that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa finally resigned and was gone. With the help of the military, the president was reported to have fled the […]

Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan masses storm capital forcing out president

July 11, 2022 TU Senan, Committee for a Workers’ International

A historical day was marked on 9 July in Sri Lanka, when the masses decisively entered the pages of history. People from all around the country descended on the capital city Colombo to register their […]

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka crisis: What is to be done?

July 7, 2022 TU Senan, CWI

Deepening crisis  Sri Lanka came to a halt early this month as the government announced that it does not have enough fuel or any money available for imports. All private vehicles are banned and schools […]

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