2017
Sri Lankan president presents rosy picture at UN General Assembly
Behind hypocritical statements on democracy, reconciliation and poverty-alleviation, Sirisena’s government is preparing a dictatorial regime.
2017
Sri Lankan unions betray power workers’ strike
The JTUA leadership surrendered to the government’s threats, pledging not to take future industrial action over outstanding demands.
2017
Sri Lanka: JVP leader assures business that it defends capitalism
The JVP played a key role in the regime-change campaign to remove Rajapakse as president and promote Sirisena’s so-called “good governance movement.”
2017
Sri Lankan plantation workers protest job cuts and new productivity demands
The protests are another indication of growing working-class opposition to government and company attacks on jobs, wages and conditions.
2017
Sri Lankan government passes IMF-backed tax bill
The tax act is part of a series of social assaults by the government on the directives of the International Monetary Fund.
2017
Sri Lankan free trade zone and harbour workers denounce Google censorship
“We oppose exploitation and inequality. We oppose world war and Google censorship of the WSWS.”
2017
Sri Lankan power workers on strike
The ongoing stoppage is against the government’s austerity measures being imposed at the behest of the International Monetary Fund.
2017
Sri Lankan president desperately tries to rally support
Factional conflicts deepen within the ruling class amid an explosion of popular opposition to government attacks on living conditions and democratic rights.
2017
Australian High Court sanctions deportations of Sri Lankan refugees
The ruling is an indictment of the last Greens-backed Australian Labor government.
2017
Sri Lankan SEP Jaffna meeting discusses political bankruptcy of Tamil parties
The speakers explained the necessity for Tamil and Sinhalese workers to build a revolutionary party based on an internationalist socialist perspective.