You are not alone – the quest for solidarity

By ROAPE – July 25, 2023 ROAPE contributor, Yusuf Serunkuma, reviews a new book on the loneliness of the left. Left Alone is a highly original collection of urgent stories, reflections and short essays from around the world on the lived experiences of left loneliness from a variety of genres and left political currents. Serunkuma praises a volume that capture struggles in the trenches of authoritarianism, and on the streets of the capitalist world. By Yusuf Serunkuma In all struggles—before mass consciousness and awakening—strugglers, fighters, resistors or peasant/organic intellectuals have…

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වින්දිතයිනි!  පීඩිතයිනි!! නුඹලාට යුක්තිය, සාධාරණය හෙටත් නොලැබෙනු ඇත.!

ඥානසිරි කොත්තිගොඩ විසිනි                                                     ජනාධිපති මුක්තිය එලිබසී එජාපය විසින්ම මුදාහළ සන්නද්ධ පාදඩ මැර බලයෙන් සිදු වූ විනාශය නිරීක්ෂණය කරන්න එජාප නායක ජේආර් විසින් 77 නොවැම්බර් 09 වෙනිදා කොමිසමක් පත්කළා. ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණ විනිසුරෙක් වූ එම්.සී. සන්සෝනි මෙහි සභාපති වූ නිසා එම කොමිසම සන්සෝනි කොමිසම නමින් ප්‍රකට වුනා. සම්ප්‍රදායක් විදියට බොහෝවිට කොමිසමක් හැඳින්වෙන්නේ එහි සභාපතිවරයාගේ නමින්. ඒ අනුව සන්සෝනි කොමිසම තමයි ජනාධිපතිවරයෙක් ලංකාවේ පත්කරපු පළමු කො එජාප මැරයන්…

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ଚଳିତ ଶିକ୍ଷା ବର୍ଷରୁ ଛାତ୍ର ସଂସଦ ନିର୍ବାଚନ ଦାବିରେ ରାଜଭବନ ସମ୍ମୁଖରେ ଏଆଇଏସ୍ଏଫ୍ ର ବିକ୍ଷୋଭ ଓ ଦାବିପତ୍ର ଉପସ୍ଥାପନ।

By Jayntha Das ଭୁବନେଶ୍ଵର: ୧୫/୭: ଚଳିତ ଶିକ୍ଷାବର୍ଷ ଠାରୁ ସମସ୍ତ କଲେଜ, ଵିଶ୍ଵ ଵିଦ୍ଯାଳୟ ଓ ଶିକ୍ଷାନୁଷ୍ଠାନରେ ଛାତ୍ର ସଂସଦ ନିର୍ବାଚନ ଦାବିରେ ଏଆଇଏସ୍ଏଫ୍ ପକ୍ଷରୁ ଓଡ଼ିଶାର ମହାମହିମ ରାଜ୍ୟପାଳଙ୍କ କାର୍ଯ୍ଯାଳୟ ସମ୍ମୁଖରେ ବିକ୍ଷୋଭ ସହ ଦାବିପତ୍ର ଉପସ୍ଥାପନ କରାଯାଇଛି। ଗତ ୨୦୧୮ମସିହା ଠାରୁ ଓଡ଼ିଶାରେ ଛାତ୍ର ସଂସଦ ନିର୍ଵାଚନ ବନ୍ଦ କରାଯାଇଛି, ୨୦୨୦ମସିହାରେ ଓଡ଼ିଶା ଵିଶ୍ଵ ଵିଦ୍ଯାଳୟ ସଂଶୋଧନ ଆଇନ ପ୍ରଣୟନ କରି ସିନେଟ୍ ଓ ସିଣ୍ଡିକେଟ ରେ ଛାତ୍ର ପ୍ରତିନିଧି ବ୍ୟବସ୍ଥା ବନ୍ଦ କରାଯାଇଛି। ସେହିଭଳି ୨୦୨୦ ଜାତୀୟ ଶିକ୍ଷାନୀତି ୨୦୨୦ରେ ଛାତ୍ର ସଂସଦ ଗଠନ ସମ୍ପର୍କରେ ଉଲ୍ଲେଖ ହୋଇ ନାହିଁ। ଭାରତୀୟ ସଂସଦୀୟ ଗଣତନ୍ତ୍ର, ନେତୃତ୍ଵ ବିକାଶ, ସାମାଜିକ ଦାୟିତ୍ୱବୋଧ ଓ ଉତ୍ତରଦାୟିତ୍ଵର ମୂଳ ଭିତ୍ତି ଛାତ୍ର ସଂସଦ ନିର୍ଵାଚନକୁ ବନ୍ଦ କରି ଗଣତନ୍ତ୍ରକୁ ଦୁର୍ଵଳ କରିବାର ଷଡ଼ଯନ୍ତ୍ର କରାଯାଇଛି। ସମାଜର…

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කම්කරු අයිතීන් අහෝසි කිරීමේ නව නීති වලට එරෙහිව…

නිදහස් වෙළද කලාපය ඇතුළු පුද්ගලික අංශයේ වෘත්තීය සමිති සහ ලංකා බැංකු සේවක සංගමයේද සහභාගිත්වයෙන් පසුගියදා නාරාහේන්පිට පිහිටි කම්කරු දෙපාර්තමේන්චතුව ඉදිරිපට පැවති කම්කරු උද්ඝෝෂණයේ අවස්ථාවන්:

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Sri Lanka – Muslim MPs betray MMDA Reforms

The recommendations submitted by the MPs take astoundingly regressive positions on reforms to the MMDA. Some of the most egregious recommendations include:1. The bride’s signature on the marriage register to have no value without a male guardian signing, denying women their autonomy.2. Muslim women continue to be excluded from holding public office under the MMDA, which will have only male registrars. Inclusion of women Quazis (judges) has not been specified.3. Maintain the Quazi system without any changes, including criteria and process for appointing Quazis.4. Exceptions to minimum age of marriage…

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Sri Lanka – Statement by Civil Society on Proposed Truth-Telling Mechanism!

“The victim community has no confidence in any local commission or tribunal created by the Sri Lankan Government state. These commissions have in fact revealed the intentions of successive governments to scuttle truth-seeking and the victims’ quest for accountability. Leading functionaries and politicians have time and again declared publicly that the government will not betray the war heroes and patriotic forces.” 

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Shocks within the Imperialist System and the Tasks of Revolutionary Communists

June 5, 2023 The transformations of the imperialist system since the collapse of the USSR and the emergence of China, the wars in the Balkans, then in Iraq, Libya, and Syria, the civil wars and sometimes genocidal wars as in Rwanda, the major world economic crises which occur almost every ten years, then the pandemic and its consequences, all reveal a profound reorganization of the economic structures of capitalism as well as a reconfiguration of social classes and inter-imperialist relations of power on an international scale. The reactions, uprisings, and…

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March 8 in the second year of war: experiences and visions of Ukrainian feminists

07.03.2023 Kateryna Turenko In the middle of February, a draft law was uploaded on the Parliament website, calling to cancel the celebrations of March 8, introducing instead the Day of a Ukrainian woman. Referencing economic losses from March 8 being a national holiday and the need “to part with Soviet legacy”, politicians gracefully ignore the political significance of the day that brings attention to the fight for women’s rights.  For many years Ukrainian feminists have fought for the political, economic, and personal rights and opportunities of women. They have turned…

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