Sri Lanka

We are sickeningly familiar with the arrogant, cruel statements of Sri Lankan prime minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa, and his cronies. They dismiss any criticism of their brutal war against Tamil-speaking people and the horrific aftermath of […]

Delegates defied “very difficult circumstances”

Solidarity needed with stranded refugees in Indonesia

United struggle needed for liberation

Tamil people “Not prepared to surrender”

International campaign needed to end attacks on media and opposition

National question remains unresolved

Beginnings of fight-back against dictatorial Rajapakse regime

Days of victory celebrations humiliating all Tamils

Rajapakse government cannot fulfil needs of workers and poor

Socialists continue fight against Rajapakse dictatorship

Joe Higgins attacks Sri Lankan government in Irish Daily Mail

Mass protests continue

Indian government told to stop support of murderous Rajapakse regime

International protest grows

Tamil people must have right to decide own future

Campaign launched to demand end to war and to fight for democratic rights

Appeal for protests as pro-government thugs are used yet again to silence opposition

Spoil Sri Lankan government’s ‘Freedom Day’ celebrations!

Socialists demand action to end the nightmare

Tamil Tigers in danger of defeat; Tamil people’s struggle goes on

Socialists call for media freedom, peace, democracy and socialism.

Broad campaign launched to stop state violence

Protests and solidarity action needed.

Opposition trounced but United Socialist Party still biggest left force

United Socialist Party challenges government over war and prices

For a wage increase of just 5,000 rupees a month (£25)

President Rajapakse greeted with angry protests in London

The Provincial Council election in the East will enter history as one of the most rigged elections in Sri Lanka.

The only political party to have a demonstration and rally in Colombo

Socialists fight in Eastern elections

Class struggle more urgent than ever

Full-scale war to follow assassination and bombings

Call for united action now

Wesley Suthantharabal Muthiah 1930 – 2007

Government isolated; workers need solutions

Campaign against war and oppression gets a boost

Siritunga Jayasuriya, secretary of the United Socialist Party (CWI Sri Lanka) and some associates in the ’United People’s Movement’ escaped with their lives when over 300 armed thugs, led by a deputy minister, raided the […]

Bodies of murder victims likely those of kidnapped Tamils

The situation in Sri Lanka has become even more difficult for the left forces, especially the activists fighting against the war and against the repression of the rights of the Tamil-speaking minority.

The campaign against repression and war in Sri Lanka has gathered even more momentum.

London lobbies on Wednesday 31 January: Stop the killings! Put Mervyn Silva on trial! Hands off Siritunga Jaysuriya!

Protest letters continue to bombard the office of the president of Sri Lanka following the brutal gangster attack on an anti-war meeting in Colombo.

Hundreds of journalists and media workers from five Sri Lankan media organisations staged a joint protest at Colombo Fort railway station last Tuesday, 23 January, against the threats and intimidation against journalists and their frequent […]

Protests outside embassies and consulates.

Letters of strong protest from two of Ireland’s Socialist Party councillors:

Please draw up protests on the basis of the resolution for MPs (see below)

Siritunga Jaysuriya of the United Socialist Party (CWI Sri Lanka) and a handful of associates in the ‘United People’s Movement’ escaped with their lives when over 300 armed thugs, led by a deputy minister, raided […]