By Sevvilam Parithi. CM Sri KCR has conveyed Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji of his decision to stay away from the 7th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog as a mark of strong protest against present trend of Union Govt. to discriminate against the States and not treating them as equal partners. Hon’ble CM wrote a four-page letter to the Prime Minister informing the decision and reiterating that strong and economically vibrant States alone can make India a strong country.
By Raju Prabath Lankaloka On the 6th of August 1945, an atomic bomb dubbed “Little Boy” was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, a second bomb, “Fat Man” was dropped 3 days later on Nagasaki. The combined death toll is estimated at 200,000 people; however, this does not take into effect the lasting effects of radiation which continue to blight the inhabitants of the two cities and will continue to do so for generations to come. As the second world war continued in the Pacific theatre, after the defeat…
August 08, 2022 An Article by the Asian Human Rights Commission SRI LANKA: Illegal arrests and illegal detentions damage the legal system By Basil Fernando Illegal arrests and illegal detentions do not only harm individuals, they also cause irreparable damage to the legal system as a whole. The recent wave of arrests of those who have participated in peaceful demonstrations has not only caused serious damage to the life and liberty of these individuals but they have caused even much greater damage to the entire legal system of Sri Lanka.…
By Raju Prabath Lankaloka On 5 August 1895, aged 74, Friedrich Engels, the co-founder of the ideas of scientific socialism, along with Karl Marx, died in London, due to his deteriorating health conditions. We should take this opportunity to re-examine the legacy of this great revolutionary and the invaluable contributions he made in developing the ideas of Marxism, for which we owe him an enormous debt of gratitude. Although Marxism bears the name of Marx, we should never forget the vital contribution made by Engels, and the organic link between…
By Raju Prabath Lankaloka The repression launched by the Ranil Rajapaksa regime is now being targeted at the leadership of the working class. The arrest of Cmd. Joseph Stalin, the secretary of the Ceylon Teachers’ Union, who played a very active role in the ‘Collective of Trade Unions and Mass Organizations’, was the decisive turning point. Within hours of his arrest, two Bank Employee’s Union activists were also arrested. They were also connected with the ‘Collective of Trade Unions and Mass Organizations. The way, the police have arrested Cmd. Joseph Stalin…
By Raja Prabath Lankaloka Currently, there are many people who are proposing to go for a general election as a solution to the current crisis, the country is facing. In the meantime, we also heard a scream begging to protect the state. Although we do not have any desire to answer the opportunistic crooks who, lick the backs of the capitalist rulers, there are sections among us who are confused by such slanderous nonsense, because of the illusion that the current education system has inculcated in the people that things…
By Raju Prabath Lankaloka The Ranil Rajapaksha regime has shown again and again that the only thing it knows is the taste of blood in brutal repression. These rulers are well aware that they are not capable of solving any of the issues faced by people. On 28th July 2022, Fitch Ratings, which is a leading provider of credit ratings, for global capital markets also confirmed this fact, Their comment on Sri Lanka is as below. “The government’s parliamentary position appears strong, but public support for the government is weaker.…
28th July, 2022 Sri Lanka – Civil Society Statement on attacks and reprisals against peaceful protesters We, the undersigned individuals and organizations strongly condemn the ongoing attacks including violence, false labelling and legal reprisals against unarmed peaceful protesters by the Sri Lankan government. We call for an immediate end to reprisals against those exercising their constitutionally protected rights to advocate for change. We are extremely concerned by disturbing developments of abduction, arrest, intimidation, and reprisals against protesters that have been ongoing and increased over the past several days. On 25th July,…
Today I learned about Maria Koszutska, polish revolutionary and leader of the Polish Communist Party. A teacher by trade, she became a committed socialist early in her life, joining the Polish Socialist Party in 1902. Eventually, the PPS would buckle to nationalism. Maria led a left-wing faction, creating the PPS-Left and fighting for international workers solidarity and an opposition to nationalism. Eventually, she would help found the Polish Communist Party. Ever outspoken, Maria was arrested over a dozen times by various governments, which did not deter her. Eventually, this resilience…
22nd July 2022 Media Release The Free Media Movement strongly condemns the brutal attack on the Galle Face protest site. The Free Media Movement strongly condemns the inhumane and atrocious attack at the Galle Face protest area this morning (22.07.2022) using the security forces, less than 24 hours after Ranil Wickremesinghe was appointed President. Local and international journalists as well as social media activists who reported the unfolding events were attacked and their camera equipment damaged. The full details of the attacks on journalists and the damage caused has not…