The silence on the Gaza massacre in an indictment not only of the student union but of the associated Tamil nationalist parties that beg for the US—the Zionist regime’s chief backer—to support their calls for greater powers in Sri Lanka.
The military and its brutal methods used during the war are now being prepared for use against the working class as unrest grows over the worsening social conditions facing working people.
Washington, the EU and the Indian state are complicit in the ethnic bloodshed in Sri Lanka that the Tamil nationalist groups claim these powers will resolve.
President Rajapakse’s moves to further undermine the constitution are another step towards autocratic rule, in the face of the country’s deep social and political crisis.
The Rajapakse government and its racist allies are whipping up anti-Muslim sentiment to divert attention from the deepening crisis of Sri Lankan capitalism.
Amunugama’s statements are part of a campaign by sections of the ruling elite for a presidential dictatorship amid a deep political crisis.
Sri Lanka's People Alliance government has imposed a new censorship regime aimed at suppressing information that contradicts government reports on the war with the LTTE and blacking out news of military or police action against civilian dissent.
