Sri Lanka
Support for government fades in Sri Lankan election
By Wije Dias, October 12, 2009
The ruling United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) failed to win the resounding victory in Saturday’s Southern Provincial Council election it had anticipated.
Sri Lanka: The JVP and the executive presidency
By K. Ratnayake, October 10, 2009
The JVP’s call for the abolition of the executive presidency is a desperate attempt to divert attention from its support for President Rajapakse and his war, its backing for state repression particu...
Sri Lanka: Vote SEP in the Southern Provincial Council election
By Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka), October 9, 2009
The SEP calls on workers, farmers and youth in the Galle district to vote for its slate of candidates in the Southern Provincial Council elections on Saturday.
Sri Lankan SEP holds final election meeting in Galle
By our correspondents, October 8, 2009
The SEP held the final meeting in its campaign for the Southern Provincial Council election on October 10 last Sunday in Galle town hall. The party is standing a slate of 26 candidates for the Galle d...
Demand the release of Tamil detainees in Sri Lanka
By Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka), October 7, 2009
The SEP in Sri Lanka and the WSWS are launching a campaign to demand the immediate and unconditional release of more than 250,000 Tamil civilians who have been detained in internment camps since the d...
Letters of support for Balmoral Estate Action Committee
October 6, 2009
Letters received by the WSWS on “Sri Lanka: An appeal to all workers by the Balmoral Estate Action Committee.”
Sri Lankan plantation workers support Balmoral Workers’ Action Committee
By our correspondents, October 6, 2009
Sri Lankan plantation workers discuss establishment of action committees in response to union betrayal of wage claim.
Sri Lanka: SEP election team campaigns among cinnamon peelers
By Ratnasiri Malalagama and Panini Wijesiriwardane, October 3, 2009
Cinnamon workers and small producers are among poorest section of the rural population in Sri Lanka.
Former detainee describes conditions in Sri Lankan internment camps
By Subash Somachandran, October 2, 2009
A young Tamil girl recently released from the military-controlled Manik Farm internment centre spoke with the WSWS about her experiences in the war zone and the squalid camps.
SEP holds public meeting in Sri Lankan plantations
By S. Jayanth, October 1, 2009
The SEP in Sri Lanka held a successful public meeting in the central highland town of Hatton on September 27 to discuss the political lessons of the recent plantation workers’ struggle.
Sri Lankan army fires on Tamil detainees
By Sarath Kumara and Subash Somachandran, September 30, 2009
Sri Lankan soldiers last Saturday shot at unarmed Tamil civilians being held in the country’s huge military-run internment camps.
The political significance of the Balmoral Estate Action Committee
By Wije Dias, September 29, 2009
The courageous step taken by tea plantation workers on the Balmoral Estate in Sri Lanka in establishing their own action committee, independent of the trade unions, has broad political significance fo...
