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26 August 2008
Sri
Lankan army advances into key LTTE areas
22 August 2008
Sri
Lankan government intimidates voters in two provincial council
elections
11 August 2008
Sri
Lanka: Colombo under security siege for South Asian summit
7 August 2008
South
Asian leaders meet under shadow of intensifying tensions
31 July 2008
Sri
Lankan defence ministry evicts poor families as part of war drive
22 July 2008
Sri
Lankan unions call for further strikes and protests over pay
21 July 2008
Sri
Lankan Trotskyists mark 40 years of struggle for socialist internationalism
International greetings to the Sri Lankan SEP
12 July 2008
WSWS
speaks to Sri Lankan workers about general strike
11 July 2008
Sri
Lanka: Low turnout in general strike expresses lack of confidence
in unions
Sri Lanka: SEP marks 40 years of struggle for socialist
internationalism
9 July 2008
Sri
Lankan government spreads bomb scare to scuttle general strike
7 July 2008
Sri
Lanka: A socialist program to fight for wages and conditions
5 July 2008
Indian
delegation visits Sri Lanka: A sign of rising regional rivalries
2 July 2008
More
high-level threats against the Sri Lankan media
21 June 2008
LTTE
front group claims responsibility for Sri Lankan bombings
18 June 2008
Government
price hikes and war cause devastating inflation in Sri Lanka
16 June 2008
Sri
Lanka loses vote to retain seat on UN Human Rights Council
13 June 2008
Sri
Lankan government closes public schools to break up teachers'
protest
10 June 2008
A
socialist program for Sri Lankan teachers' wage struggle
Sri
Lankan farmers reject president's boast of helping rural communities
9 June 2008
Two
more bombs kill 25 civilians in Sri Lanka
6 June 2008
Sri
Lanka: Second bomb blast in Colombo in nine days
5 June 2008
Hundreds
of thousands displaced by severe Sri Lankan floods
2 June 2008
Bomb
blast in Sri Lanka targets rail commuters
28 May 2008
Sri
Lankan journalists protest against abduction and torture of colleague
19 May 2008
Sri
Lankan government installs paramilitary leader as chief minister
in the East
14 May 2008
The
tsunami in Sri Lanka: A case study in US humanitarian missions
9 May 2008
Sri
Lanka: Election charade in eastern province
6 May 2008
SEP/ISSE
holds May Day meeting in Colombo
29 April 2008
Sri
Lankan army suffers a debacle as a northern offensive collapses
Sri Lankan soldiers and families speak to the WSWS
28 April 2008
SEP/ISSE
May Day meeting in Colombo
22 April 2008
Sri
Lanka: Acrimonious feuding inside JVP as party's support slides
11 April 2008
Anger
grows over rising prices in Sri Lanka
10 April 2008
Senior
Sri Lankan minister killed in bomb blast
5 April 2008
Sri
Lankan president nervously assesses military stalemate
2 April 2008
Sri
Lankan local polls: a travesty of democracy
28 March 2008
Sri
Lankan government deploys military to suppress striking television
workers
25 March 2008
Paris
meeting commemorates the life and work of Keerthi Balasuriya
Sri Lankan ISSE meeting to demand release of jailed
Iranian students
ISSE in US supports Sri Lankan demonstration
15 March 2008
On the 20th anniversary of his death
SEP general secretary pays tribute to Keerthi Balasuriya
14 March 2008
Sri
Lanka: ISSE demonstration demands the release of jailed Iranian
students
13 March 2008
Sri
Lankan paramilitary leader convicted in Britain
10 March 2008
Reactionary musings from the Island on 60 years
of Sri Lankan independence
7 March 2008
Demonstration
and meeting in Sri Lanka to protest prosecution of Iranian students
6 March 2008
Sri
Lankan military bogged down in northern offensives against the
LTTE
3 March 2008
Commemoration
of the first anniversary of the death of Raveenthiranathan Senthil
Ravee held in Paris.
29 February 2008
Sri
Lanka: Escalating war fuels rising prices
22 February 2008
Sri
Lankan government plans sham local elections in eastern Batticaloa
15 February 2008
Sri
Lankan government proposes phony solution to communal conflict
9 February 2008
Communalism
and militarism on display at Sri Lanka's independence day celebrations
6 February 2008
Suicide
bombing at crowded station in Sri Lankan capital
4 February 2008
Sri
Lankan independence: 60 years of communalism, social decay and
war
26 January 2008
Fighting
in Sri Lanka continues unabated as ceasefire expires
17 January 2008
Bomb
blast marks formal end of Sri Lankan ceasefire agreement
15 January 2008
Sri
Lankan government imposes new anti-strike measures on health
workers
9 January 2008
Sri
Lankan government pulls out of 2002 ceasefire agreement
7 January 2008
Tamil
opposition MP assassinated in Sri Lankan capital
2 January 2008
Sri
Lankan president marks tsunami anniversary by beating the war
drums
28 December 2007
SEP-ISSE memorial meeting in Colombo
WSWS speaks to workers and youth about Keerthi Balasuriya
27 December 2007
SEP-ISSE memorial meeting in Colombo
Commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the death of Keerthi
Balasuriya
Greetings to Colombo memorial meeting for Keerthi
Balasuriya
20 December 2007
Sri
Lankan SEP marks 20th anniversary of Keerthi Balasuriya's death
JVP assists the Sri Lankan government to pass its
war budget
19 December 2007
Twenty
years since the death of Keerthi Balasuriya--Part two
18 December 2007
Twenty
years since the death of Keerthi Balasuriya--Part one
12 December 2007
LTTE
leader makes desperate appeal to "world powers"
5 December 2007
Sri
Lankan military conducts massive anti-Tamil sweep through Colombo
SEP-ISSE memorial meeting
Twenty years since the death of Sri Lankan Trotskyist leader
Keerthi Balasuriya
4 December 2007
Sri
Lanka: Armed gang sets fire to newspaper printshop
29 November 2007
Sri
Lanka: Central Bank union demands retraction of threats against
SEP
24 November 2007
SEP
holds public meeting in Colombo to oppose the war in Sri Lanka
23 November 2007
Sri
Lankan government rams war budget through parliament
21 November 2007
SEP-ISSE
meeting in Sri Lanka: the lessons of the Russian Revolution
13 November 2007
Sri
Lankan president hands down war budget
10 November 2007
Sri
Lanka: Oppose the JVP threats against the SEP
5 November 2007
Sri
Lankan military assassinates LTTE political leader in air strike
3 November 2007
Sri
Lankan trade unions betray teachers strike
2 November 2007
SEP-ISSE meeting in Sri Lanka
A socialist program to oppose war and its economic burdens
27 October 2007
Sri
Lanka: JVP-affiliated union issues threat against Socialist Equality
Party
25 October 2007
LTTE
attack on Sri Lankan air force base
15 October 2007
Sri
Lankan Human Rights Commission stalls inquiry into disappeared
SEP member
11 October 2007
Sri
Lankan military intensifies drive against LTTE
10 October 2007
Sri
Lankan workers picket to defend right to industrial action
8 October 2007
Sri
Lankan government silences journalist over defence corruption
scandal
5 October 2007
Sri
Lankan president's speech at the UN: lies in defence of war and
human rights abuses
2 October 2007
Sri
Lanka: To defend democratic rights, workers must oppose war
21 September 2007
Sri
Lankan unions prepare to cave in following widespread teachers'
strike
19 September 2007
Sri
Lankan government imposes new taxes to fund war
13 September 2007
A
socialist perspective for striking Sri Lankan teachers
12 September 2007
Sri
Lankan military launches northern offensive against LTTE
6 September 2007
Key
naval witness in disappearance of Sri Lankan SEP member fails
to appear in court
1 September 2007
Sri
Lankan government's "peace" committee on point of collapse
28 August 2007
Sri
Lankan SEP letter to JVP demanding end to threats of violence
21 August 2007
No
Sri Lankan legal aid for young maid facing death sentence in
Saudi Arabia
17 August 2007
Sri
Lankan navy commander stonewalls inquiry into disappearance of
SEP member
15 August 2007
Sri
Lankan police break up student protests over deteriorating university
education
10 August 2007
Military
administration imposed in eastern Sri Lanka
9 August 2007
Sri
Lanka: JVP student leader physically threatens ISSE campus team
2 August 2007
Sri
Lankan police stall on disappearance of SEP member
27 July 2007
Sri
Lanka: Police stall in Human Rights Commission inquiry into disappearance
of SEP member
25 July 2007
Sri
Lankan police charge farmers over anti-government protest
23 July 2007
Sri
Lankan government celebrates "victory" after army seizes
the East
20 July 2007
War
economy weighs heavily on Sri Lankan workers
13 July 2007
Young
Sri Lankan maid faces execution in Saudi Arabia
12 July 2007
Sri
Lankan military intensifies offensive in the East
9 July 2007
Sri
Lanka: Military offensive used to clear eastern Special Economic
Zone
7 July 2007
Sri
Lankan war provokes deep unease in Indian political establishment
4 July 2007
Sri
Lankan Human Rights Commission hearing into disappearance of
SEP member
2 July 2007
Sri
Lankan defence secretary defends the military's crimes
28 June 2007
Sri
Lankan government cracks down on protesting farmers
25 June 2007
Sri
Lankan unions betray university workers' struggle
21 June 2007
Sri
Lankan president's "peace" mask starts to slip off
15 June 2007
Heavy
fighting continues in the North and East of Sri Lanka
14 June 2007
Two
Sri Lankan Red Cross workers abducted in central Colombo
12 June 2007
Sri
Lanka: Hundreds of Tamils forcibly expelled from Colombo
11 June 2007
A
socialist perspective to defend Sri Lankan university workers
31 May 2007
Sri
Lankan university workers protest against punitive measures
29 May 2007
LTTE
overruns naval outpost on key Sri Lankan island
28 May 2007
Sri
Lankan court case exposes police investigation into missing SEP
member
27 May 2007
ISSE
meeting to be held in Sri Lanka
25 May 2007
Death
threats against protesters in northern Sri Lanka
21 May 2007
US
envoy raises muted concerns about democratic rights in Sri Lanka
18 May 2007
Sri
Lankan police harass witnesses in case of murdered SEP supporter
16 May 2007
Sri
Lankan Central Bank report covers up economic problems
14 May 2007
Sri
Lankan magistrate directs police to investigate disappearance
of SEP member
10 May 2007
Sri
Lankan ruling party issues phony constitutional plan for ending
war
8 May 2007
SEP
holds May Day meeting in Colombo
4 May 2007
LTTE
air raid on Sri Lankan capital
1 May 2007
Further
letters demanding investigation into disappearance of Sri Lankan
SEP member
30 April 2007
Sri
Lanka: military intelligence involved in "terrorist conspiracy"
28 April 2007
SEP
writes to Sri Lankan defence secretary demanding answers on disappearance
of party member
27 April 2007
Sri
Lanka: LTTE mounts second air attack as government forces intensify
offensive
26 April 2007
Sri
Lankan SEP to hold May Day meeting in Colombo
24 April 2007
Sri
Lankan defence secretary menaces newspaper editor
19 April 2007
Report
to the ISSE conference: on the political situation in Sri Lanka
and the disappearance of SEP member Nadarajah Wimaleswaran
16 April 2007
Abduction
of journalist exposes police-state tactics in Sri Lanka
14 April 2007
SEP
candidate in Wales demands the return of missing Tamil socialist
13 April 2007
French police arrest dozens of Sri Lankan Tamils
Raids target LTTE
12 April 2007
Sri
Lankan SEP holds meeting to demand inquiry into member's disappearance
10 April 2007
Sri
Lankan authorities provide no answers over disappearance of SEP
member
6 April 2007
Resolution
adopted by the ISSE/SEP Emergency Conference Against War on the
disappearance of SEP member in Sri Lanka
5 April 2007
Sri
Lankan authorities continue to stall over disappearance of SEP
member
3 April 2007
Sri
Lankan government jails former minister on trumped up charges
31 March 2007
Sri
Lankan SEP holds media conference over disappearance of party
member
30 March 2007
Sri
Lanka: SEP public meeting to demand inquiry into party member's
disappearance
29 March 2007
After seven months
Sri Lankan authorities fail to investigate murder of SEP supporter
28 March 2007
Sri
Lankan defence ministry stalls on inquiry into missing SEP member
27 March 2007
Attack
on major Sri Lankan airforce base as civil war continues to escalate
26 March 2007
Sri
Lankan SEP demands urgent inquiry into disappearance of party
member
19 March 2007
Sri
Lankan defence ministry extends police state moves
15 March 2007
Condolences
on the death of Comrade Senthil from the Socialist Equality Party
of Sri Lanka
12 March 2007
Detention
of three leftists by Sri Lankan government signals new round
of state repression
7 March 2007
Raveenthiranathan Senthil Ravee
October 12, 1969-February 28, 2007
3 March 2007
Sri
Lankan government exploits attack on foreign delegation to intensify
war
26 February 2007
Four
Sri Lankan workers beheaded in Saudi Arabia
9 February 2007
Sri
Lankan Independence Day: a celebration of war and militarism
1 February 2007
Desperate
manoeuvres give Sri Lankan government a thin majority
31 January 2007
Tens
of thousands affected by Sri Lankan floods and landslides
25 January 2007
Sri
Lankan military captures strategic eastern town from LTTE
22 January 2007
Sri
Lankan unions end pay campaign in the interests of "national
security"
19 January 2007
Sri
Lankan police drag out their inquiries into the murder of SEP
supporter
13 January 2007
Mob
attacks Sri Lankan antiwar rally
11 January 2007
Sri
Lankan march to protest against Hussein's execution
10 January 2007
Two
bus bombs kill more than 20 in Sri Lanka
5 January 2007
Sri
Lankan military carries out another atrocity against civilians
30 December 2006
Two
years after the Asian tsunami: Sri Lankan survivors face civil
war and squalor
Sri Lankan tsunami victims speak out
23 December 2006
Sri
Lankan plantation workers angry at unions and government
21 December 2006
Sri
Lankan unions betray plantation workers strike
19 December 2006
Strike
by Sri Lankan plantation workers at the crossroads
16 December 2006
Sri
Lankan military launches new offensive in country's east
14 December 2006
Half
a million Sri Lankan plantation workers continue strike for higher
pay
Striking plantation workers speak to the WSWS
12 December 2006
Further
letters to Sri Lankan authorities demand full investigation of
SEP supporter's murder
9 December 2006
Sri
Lankan president reimposes anti-terror laws in preparation for
intensified war
8 December 2006
Sri
Lanka: "Heroes Day" speech a symptom of the LTTE's
political bankruptcy
5 December 2006
A
socialist perspective for striking Sri Lankan plantation workers
4 December 2006
Sri
Lankan government brings down a war budget
1 December 2006
Washington
meeting gives green light for Sri Lankan military offensive
28 November 2006
SEP
public lecture in Colombo: new SLFP-UNP coalition to expand civil
war
20 November 2006
UN
envoy accuses Sri Lankan military of helping recruit child soldiers
17 November 2006
Thousands
protest in Colombo against killing of Tamil MP
15 November 2006
High-profile
Tamil parliamentarian murdered in Sri Lanka
13 November 2006
Sri
Lankan SEP renews demand for action against killers of Sivapragasam
Mariyadas
10 November 2006
Sri
Lankan military bombards refugee camp, killing dozens
9 November 2006
SEP public lecture in Colombo:
New ruling coalition and the civil war in Sri Lanka
8 November 2006
Sri
Lankan Supreme Court ruling undermines basis for peace talks
7 November 2006
Protest
against killing and abductions in Sri Lanka
3 November 2006
A
sign of political crisis: coalition of Sri Lankan parties formed
31 October 2006
Sri
Lankan peace talks collapse amid intensifying civil war
26 October 2006
Sri
Lankan police forced to begin inquiry into murder of SEP supporter
24 October 2006
Sri
Lanka's state-owned television censors drama series
21 October 2006
A
socialist program to end the war in Sri Lanka
20 October 2006
WSWS
interviews: Sri Lankan soldiers oppose return to war
19 October 2006
Military
conflict escalates in Sri Lanka after two major LTTE attacks
18 October 2006
A
sign of crisis: two major Sri Lankan parties to form a grand
coalition
16 October 2006
Call
for Amnesty International to demand inquiry into murder of Sri
Lankan SEP supporter
13 October 2006
Sri
Lankan military offensive on the Jaffna peninsula pushed back
11 October 2006
Sri
Lankan defence authorities impose unofficial censorship
9 October 2006
Sri
Lankan Supreme Court overrules appeals to international human
rights body
7 October 2006
More
letters demanding Sri Lankan authorities investigate murder of
SEP supporter
5 October 2006
Despite
talk of peace, Sri Lankan military continues offensive
3 October 2006
Sri
Lankan war refugees live in appalling conditions in southern
India
2 October 2006
"We need to create some artistic space"
Vimukthi Jayasundara, Sri Lankan filmmaker, speaks with WSWS
29 September 2006
Sri
Lankan government manipulates inquiry into massacre of aid workers
28 September 2006
Support
grows for inquiry into murder of SEP supporter in Sri Lanka
27 September 2006
More
hypocrisy and lies from Sri Lankan president at UN
26 September 2006
Sri
Lankan government imposes police state measures in Colombo
25 September 2006
SEP
writes to Sri Lankan attorney general to demand inquiry into
supporter's murder
21 September 2006
Muslims
protest against police massacre in eastern Sri Lanka
20 September 2006
On-the-spot-report
Sri Lankan war threatens humanitarian catastrophe on Jaffna peninsula
19 September 2006
Support
for inquiry into murder of SEP supporter in Sri Lanka
15 September 2006
Sri
Lankan government rejects unconditional peace talks with the
LTTE
14 September 2006
Sri
Lanka's "peace" party backs the government's war on
the LTTE
12 September 2006
Letters
demand inquiry into murder of SEP supporter in Sri Lanka
11 September 2006
Wife
of murdered SEP supporter appeals for support for WSWS campaign
8 September 2006
Capture
of Sampur sets stage for intensification of civil war in Sri
Lanka
7 September 2006
Brother
of murdered SEP supporter in Sri Lanka speaks to WSWS
5 September 2006
Sri
Lankan SEP demands full investigation into murder of Sivapragasam
Mariyadas
4 September 2006
Sri
Lanka: Journalist's abduction highlights intimidation of media
1 September 2006
Ceasefire
monitors declare: Sri Lankan army murdered aid workers
30 August 2006
Sri
Lankan military launches new offensive in strategic Sampur area
29 August 2006
FBI
arrests in US and Canada signal Washington's backing for war
against LTTE
28 August 2006
Sri
Lankan government negotiates with JVP ally on program for all-out
war
25 August 2006
WSWS
speaks to families of soldiers killed in Sri Lanka's war
23 August 2006
Despite
president's denials, Sri Lankan military continues offensive
war
22 August 2006
Sri
Lankan government prepares to suppress the struggles of workers
21 August 2006
War
in Sri Lanka creates a flood of refugees
19 August 2006
Sri
Lankan president demands media toes the line on the war
18 August 2006
On-the-spot
report from Sri Lanka's war-torn Jaffna peninsula
15 August 2006
Sri
Lankan air force bombing kills scores of students
14 August 2006
War
spreads to the north of Sri Lanka
12 August 2006
Aid
workers murdered execution style in Sri Lanka
11 August 2006
Sri
Lankan government intensifies military offensive against LTTE
10 August 2006
SEP
march in Sri Lanka against US-Israel assault on Lebanon
9 August 2006
Sri
Lankan government leaves migrant workers stranded in Lebanon
8 August 2006
In climate of wartime hysteria
Sri Lankan businessman dies after being arrested and tortured
7 August 2006
Sri
Lankan government rejects LTTE proposal to end fighting
5 August 2006
Sri
Lankan military attacks drive thousands from Muttur
4 August 2006
Fighting
in eastern Sri Lanka spreads to the town of Muttur
Sri
Lankan SEP to hold march and meeting against US-Israeli aggression
in Lebanon
2 August 2006
Fierce
fighting escalates in Sri Lanka
31 July 2006
Sri
Lankan military launch major offensive to retake LTTE territory
Sri Lankan union leaders betray port workers struggle
26 July 2006
Sri
Lankan government abandons thousands of citizens trapped in Lebanon
22 July 2006
Another
bogus peace move by Sri Lanka's president
20 July 2006
Oppose
Sri Lankan government's attack on port workers struggle
13 July 2006
LTTE
expresses "regret" over killing of Indian prime minister
12 July 2006
Sri
Lankan military personnel questioned over murder of journalist
8 July 2006
Sri
Lankan president postures as a peacemaker
30 June 2006
Sri
Lankan military directly implicated in two atrocities
28 June 2006
Killing
of Sri Lankan general: another sign of civil war
22 June 2006
Under
the guise of peace, Sri Lankan government accelerates drive to
civil war
19 June 2006
Fighting
continues to escalate in Sri Lanka
17 June 2006
Bomb
blast kills 64 villagers and catapults Sri Lanka toward war
15 June 2006
Escalating
violence in eastern Sri Lanka
14 June 2006
SLMM
report exposes Sri Lankan military's complicity in violence and
murder
13 June 2006
Oslo
talks between Sri Lankan government and LTTE collapse
9 June 2006
Sri
Lankan court allows limited resettlement of evicted villagers
5 June 2006
Sri
Lankan president proposes constitutional plan to end war
2 June 2006
European
Union ban on LTTE heightens danger of war in Sri Lanka
30 May 2006
Sri Lankan government bans local film Aksharaya
(Letter of Fire)
"No real cinema can be built within the framework
imposed by those who banned my film "
Sri Lankan filmmaker Asoka Handagama speaks with the WSWS
29 May 2006
Local
election results in Sri Lanka reflect widespread fears of war
25 May 2006
Sri
Lankan government drafts new Patriotic Act in preparation for
war
23 May 2006
A turning point in the drift to war
Unanswered questions remain about the killing of Sri Lankan foreign
minister
19 May 2006
Sri
Lankan Central Bank attempts to cover up deepening economic contradictions
17 May 2006
Escalating
killing of civilians and army harassment in northern Sri Lanka
13 May 2006
Major
naval battle: Sri Lanka plunges toward open civil war
11 May 2006
Another
unexplained death of a Sri Lankan worker in Saudi Arabia
8 May 2006
Sri
Lanka: Two killed in attack on Tamil newspaper office
6 May 2006
Sri
Lanka: Behind talk of peace, threat of full-scale war looms
4 May 2006
Sri
Lankan SEP rejects government appeal and holds May Day meeting
1 May 2006
Socialist
Equality Party rejects Sri Lankan government appeal to call off
May Day rallies
27 April 2006
Open
warfare erupts in Sri Lanka
24 April 2006
Sri
Lankan Socialist Equality Party to hold May Day meeting in Colombo
19 April 2006
Sri
Lankan peace talks on the verge of collapse
15 April 2006
Substandard
conditions for institutionalised children in Sri Lanka
8 April 2006
Local
elections in Sri Lanka set stage for further political turmoil
7 April 2006
Sri
Lanka: As 200,000 workers stop work, unions prepare to retreat
on pay demand
3 April 2006
The
way forward for Sri Lankan public sector workers
1 April 2006
Despite
peace talks, Sri Lanka drifts towards civil war
30 March 2006
Local
government elections in Sri Lanka heighten political instability
29 March 2006
Ex-radical
stands for Colombo mayor on ticket of Sri Lankan ruling coalition
24 March 2006
WSWS International Editorial Board meeting
South Asia and the political bankruptcy of bourgeois nationalism
and Stalinism
21 March 2006
Sri
Lanka: 300,000 public sector workers strike for higher pay
20 March 2006
Witchhunt
of Sri Lankan newspaper for allegedly breaching "national
security"
16 March 2006
Next
round of Sri Lankan peace talks hangs in the balance
11 March 2006
A
socialist answer to the danger of war in Sri Lanka
10 March 2006
Hospital
workers in northern Sri Lanka strike for better conditions
9 March 2006
Protesting
Sri Lankan tsunami refugees occupy government building
25 February 2006
Sri
Lankan peace talks stagger on to another round
22 February 2006
Sri
Lankan housemaid tells of systematic abuse in Saudi Arabia
21 February 2006
Sri
Lankan government makes provocative preparations for Geneva talks
11 February 2006
Provocative
abductions delay Sri Lankan ceasefire talks
7 February 2006
Uncollected
garbage highlights infrastructure breakdown in Sri Lanka
1 February 2006
On-the-spot
report from a Sri Lankan fishing village
30 January 2006
Sri
Lankan government and LTTE agree to hold talks
19 January 2006
Thousands
of Tamils flee from government-controlled areas in Sri Lanka
18 January 2006
Sri
Lankan authorities mount increasing attacks on media freedom
14 January 2006
US
ambassador to Sri Lanka threatens the LTTE
12 January 2006
Oppressive
conditions in a Sri Lankan garment factory
11 January 2006
Relatives
of recently killed Sri Lankan soldiers speak to WSWS
10 January 2006
Sri
Lankan foreign minister discusses war, not peace, in Washington
7 January 2006
Sri
Lankan security forces conduct massive sweep of Tamils in Colombo
5 January 2006
Sri
Lanka on the road back to civil war
4 January 2006
Amid
danger of civil war, Sri Lankan president visits New Delhi
3 January 2006
Sri
Lankan fertiliser scheme in shambles due to lack of funds
31 December 2005
One
year after the Asian tsunami: an indictment of the profit system
29 December 2005
Sri
Lankan SEP to commemorate anniversary of Keerthi Balasuriya's
death
One year after the tsunami, Sri Lankan survivors still
live in squalour
Maruthamunai: a tsunami-devastated village in Sri
Lanka
24 December 2005
International
donor group for Sri Lanka issues menacing threat to LTTE
23 December 2005
Sydney's
racial violence: a warning from Sri Lanka
21 December 2005
Sri
Lankan military fires on Jaffna university protest
17 December 2005
Sri
Lanka: police raids against CWC leaders
14 December 2005
New
Delhi presses ahead with plans for an Indian "Suez Canal"
12 December 2005
Sri
Lankan government announces a phoney "pro-poor" budget
9 December 2005
A
day in the life of a Sri Lankan tea worker
8 December 2005
Sri
Lankan president installs unstable minority government
7 December 2005
Killing
of Sri Lankan soldiers heightens tensions on Jaffna peninsula
6 December 2005
India
takes a more direct hand in Sri Lankan affairs
3 December 2005
Factional
infighting in Sri Lankan opposition following electoral defeat
2 December 2005
New
Sri Lankan president confronts same impasse as predecessor
1 December 2005
Sri
Lanka: LTTE Heroes Day speech reveals an organisation in crisis
30 November 2005
Clinton
paints false picture of "progress" for Sri Lanka's
tsunami victims
29 November 2005
Sri
Lankan newspaper advocates anti-democratic restrictions for future
elections
26 November 2005
Behind
the LTTE's boycott of the Sri Lankan election
25 November 2005
Thousands
arbitrarily deprived of vote in Sri Lankan presidential election
24 November 2005
Sri
Lanka: unemployed youth speak to WSWS
23 November 2005
Sri
Lanka's new president faces crisis over forming a government
22 November 2005
After
the Sri Lankan election: what next for the working class?
21 November 2005
More
rural suicides in Sri Lanka
19 November 2005
Rajapakse
narrowly wins Sri Lankan presidential election
Sri Lankan election: Wije Dias speaks at poll declaration
18 November 2005
The
JVP and the political crisis in Sri Lanka
Presidential election interviews
Sri Lankan voters reveal deep disaffection
17 November 2005
Sri
Lankan election: Vote for Wije Dias and the Socialist Equality
Party
16 November 2005
Colombo
meeting concludes Sri Lankan SEP election campaign
"Only the SEP advances a clear program against
war and social inequality"
Colombo meeting participants attracted to internationalism
15 November 2005
Sri
Lankan elections: a conspiracy to prevent Tamils from voting
14 November 2005
SEP
debates radical "left" in Sri Lankan presidential election
campaign
12 November 2005
Sri
Lankan budget: a brazen exercise in electioneering
11 November 2005
A
revealing episode in the Sri Lankan election: troops deployed
against striking workers
10 November 2005
Sri
Lankan presidential election: the NSSP and the dead-end of national
opportunism
9 November 2005
SEP
presidential candidate from Sri Lanka addresses Madras meeting
7 November 2005
Sri
Lankan filmmakers oppose military threats
5 November 2005
Threats
of violence against SEP meeting in Jaffna, Sri Lanka
2 November 2005
Sri Lankan presidential election:
SLFP candidate issues a manifesto for communal violence and war
1 November 2005
Sri
Lankan SEP presidential candidate to address public meeting in
India
31 October 2005
SEP
campaign in Sri Lankan election: interest in a socialist alternative
27 October 2005
Sri
Lankan SEP holds election meeting in Kandy
26 October 2005
Sri
Lankan presidential election: false promises and the real record
on education
22 October 2005
Support the Socialist Equality Party in the 2005 Sri
Lankan presidential election
The socialist alternative to war and social inequality
21 October 2005
The
Asian tsunami, Hurricane Katrina and the Kashmiri earthquake:
lessons for the working class
12 October 2005
Sri
Lankan presidential election: 13 candidates but few choices
11 October 2005
Sri
Lankan presidential election: the economic agenda behind the
phony promises
7 October 2005
Sri
Lankan SEP holds first election meeting in Colombo
5 October 2005
Interest
in the SEP's presidential campaign in Sri Lanka's north
29 September 2005
One-day
general strike in India exposes need for socialist-internationalist
strategy
Sri Lankan SEP presidential candidate to address Colombo
election meeting
28 September 2005
Sri
Lankan military threatens antiwar filmmakers
23 September 2005
SEP press conference:
Sri Lankan presidential candidate condemns Bush's treatment of
hurricane victims
21 September 2005
Sri
Lanka: the JHU-Rajapakse deal and the reactionary role of Buddhist
supremacism
19 September 2005
SEP
presidential candidate speaks on Sri Lankan radio
17 September 2005
Sri
Lankan rail union shuts down protracted strike
14 September 2005
Danger
of war at centre of Sri Lankan election campaign
9 September 2005
Socialist
Equality Party stands in Sri Lankan presidential election
7 September 2005
Sri
Lankan military heightens tensions in the North and East
5 September 2005
Letters
and replies on the assassination of Sri Lankan foreign minister
3 September 2005
Racist
attacks on Tamil newspaper in Sri Lanka
31 August 2005
Sri
Lankan SEP holds meeting to warn of dangers of war and autocratic
rule
30 August 2005
Sri
Lankan Supreme Court orders new presidential elections
26 August 2005
Unanswered
questions about Sri Lankan foreign minister's assassination
23 August 2005
Bitter
dispute over timing of Sri Lankan presidential election
20 August 2005
After
killing of Sri Lankan minister, clamour for war grows in Colombo
19 August 2005
SEP
to hold public meeting in Colombo on Sri Lankan political crisis
17 August 2005
Sri
Lankan court ruling over aid deal: a sign of sharp political
tensions
15 August 2005
Assassination
of Sri Lanka's foreign minister threatens a return to civil war
12 August 2005
Killing
in northern Sri Lanka: a sign of sharp tensions
10 August 2005
On-the-spot report
Sri Lankan schools still not rebuilt after tsunami
4 August 2005
On-the-spot report
Sri Lankan government fails to rebuild tsunami-destroyed hospitals
3 August 2005
Sri
Lanka: unions end month-long nationwide university strike
1 August 2005
Sri
Lanka's parliamentary crisis: vital political issues for the
working class
23 July 2005
On-the-spot report
Tsunami victims struggling to survive in eastern Sri Lanka
18 July 2005
On-the-spot report
Lack of aid for tsunami victims on Sri Lanka's east coast
1 July 2005
On-the-spot report
Thousands lack aid in tsunami-affected areas of Sri Lanka
30 June 2005
Sri
Lankan Supreme Court overturns convictions in Bindunuwewa massacre
27 June 2005
Tsunami
aid deal plunges Sri Lanka into deeper political turmoil
25 June 2005
Protests
erupt in tsunami-devastated areas of Sri Lanka
17 June 2005
Sri
Lankan government on the brink of collapse
11 June 2005
Sri
Lankan government in crisis over tsunami aid
10 June 2005
Suicides
highlight desperate conditions facing Sri Lankan farmers
9 June 2005
Erection
of Buddha statue produces communal tensions in Sri Lanka
7 June 2005
An
exchange over the nature of the JHU in Sri Lanka
3 June 2005
SEP
meeting commemorates veteran Sri Lankan Trotskyist
27 May 2005
Aid
conference highlights political impasse in Sri Lanka
25 May 2005
Obscure
Sri Lankan group claims responsibility for Tamil journalist's
murder
17 May 2005
Asian tsunami disaster: the historical and political
issues
SEP/WSWS public meeting in Galle, capital of southern Sri
Lanka
14 May 2005
Sri
Lankan president on a political tightrope
9 May 2005
Sri
Lanka: JVP grovels to the Bush administration
5 May 2005
Gunmen
kill prominent Tamil journalist in Sri Lanka
4 May 2005
SEP
May Day meeting in Colombo
2 May 2005
Bus-train
collision kills 37 in Sri Lanka
28 April 2005
A
spate of police killings in Sri Lanka
20 April 2005
Longstanding Sri Lankan Trotskyist dies Velupillai
Sarawanaperumal (1948-2005)
13 April 2005
Sri
Lankan government plans to restructure oil and electricity corporations
7 April 2005
Sri
Lankan chauvinists stir up tensions in tsunami-affected East
4 April 2005
Sri
Lankan SEP holds meeting in tsunami-affected Matara
22 March 2005
Funding
cuts undermine Sri Lanka's public hospitals
9 March 2005
Sharpening
tensions in Sri Lankan government over talks with LTTE
5 March 2005
Sri
Lankan SEP holds public meeting in tsunami-affected south
3 March 2005
Sri
Lankan unions scuttle islandwide bus strike
Sri Lankan bus workers denounce union betrayal
24 February 2005
Asian tsunami disaster: the political issues SEP/WSWS
public meeting in Ambalangoda, Sri Lanka
21 February 2005
Sri
Lanka: tsunami survivors in Jaffna criticise government
17 February 2005
Striking
Sri Lankan bus workers defy government threats
16 February 2005
On the spot report
Sri Lankan refugees speak out over inadequate aid--Part Two
15 February 2005
On-the-spot report
Growing dissatisfaction in eastern Sri Lanka over lack of aid
--Part One
11 February 2005
Killing
of LTTE leader raises danger of war in Sri Lanka
8 February 2005
Sri
Lanka: widespread discontent among tsunami survivors
31 January 2005
Sri
Lankan president imposes anti-democratic emergency laws
28 January 2005
Anger
over Sri Lankan government's "rehabilitation" plans
25 January 2005
The Asian tsunami disaster: causes and consequences
WSWS and Socialist Equality Party public meeting in Colombo
24 January 2005
Sri
Lanka: the JVP's bogus appeal for "unity" and "voluntary
labour"
18 January 2005
On-the-spot report
Hospital staff in tsunami-hit eastern Sri Lanka speak of their
experiences
17 January 2005
Sri
Lanka: the day the tsunami devastated Hambantota
14 January 2005
Sri
Lankan president puts military in charge of relief operations
13 January 2005
First-hand report from Sri Lanka
On a medical team to an LTTE-controlled area
12 January 2005
Under
the guise of "humanitarianism", US marines land in
Sri Lanka
11 January 2005
Sri
Lankan medical student speaks about relief work among tsunami
victims
10 January 2005
People
of war-ravaged Jaffna hit hard by tsunami
8 January 2005
Tsunami
survivors in Sri Lanka's east speak to the WSWS
6 January 2005
On-the-spot-report
Devastation on the east coast of Sri Lanka
3 January 2005
The
Asian tsunami: why there were no warnings
31 December 2004
On-the-spot report
Poverty-stricken Hambantota among the worst affected areas in
Sri Lanka
30 December 2004
Amid the devastation
Sri Lankan president issues appeal for "unity"
29 December 2004
Tsunami
death toll rises to 60,000 amid warnings of epidemics
Sri Lankan tsunami victims speak to the WSWS
"Not one politician has visited us"
28 December 2004
Tidal
wave wreaks death and destruction throughout Sri Lanka
27 December 2004
Devastating
tidal wave kills more than 13,000 in southern Asia
24 December 2004
Sri
Lankan reports reveal widening social inequality
21 December 2004
Sri
Lanka: JVP leads campaign to impose budget burdens
17 December 2004
Grenade
attack on Sri Lankan music concert kills two
15 December 2004
Sri
Lankan court jails senior opposition politician for contempt
13 December 2004
Sri
Lankan government rejects LTTE call for peace talks
9 December 2004
Inadequate
radiation protection endangers Sri Lankan health workers
3 December 2004
LTTE
leader's speech points to danger of renewed war in Sri Lanka
30 November 2004
Sri
Lankan driver held hostage in Iraq
26 November 2004
Sri
Lankan president moves to reinstate the death penalty
25 November 2004
Sri
Lanka sends troops to back US-installed regime in Haiti
24 November 2004
After the US election: the political issues SEP/
WSWS public lecture in Colombo on December 5
22 November 2004
Sri
Lankan budget: a sign of political crisis
19 November 2004
Sri
Lankan reaction to Bush victory: a declaration of dependence
15 November 2004
Sri
Lankan unions impose wage deal on plantation workers
11 November 2004
Pessimism
over latest attempts to restart peace talks in Sri Lanka
3 November 2004
Sri
Lankan union betrays Bata jobs struggle
29 October 2004
US SEP presidential candidate addresses Sri Lanka
meetings
"Our campaign fights to unify workers internationally"
28 October 2004
US
SEP presidential candidate Bill Van Auken addresses two meetings
in Sri Lanka
Following the SEP meetings in Colombo and Kandy
Sri Lankans speak about the Iraq war, the US election and internationalism
22 October 2004
Sri
Lankan students and railway workers discuss US election campaign
21 October 2004
SEP
presidential candidate Bill Van Auken speaks to South Asian press
in Sri Lanka
18 October 2004
SEP
campaigns for Sri Lankan meetings of US presidential candidate
15 October 2004
Communal
protests inflame tensions in eastern Sri Lanka
27 September 2004
Sri
Lankan fishermen protest against LTTE attack
24 September 2004
Sri
Lankan SEP meeting warns of the danger of renewed civil war
23 September 2004
CWC
joins an unstable Sri Lankan government
18 September 2004
Sri
Lankan union leaders prepare to sell out Bata workers
17 September 2004
Sri
Lankan government confronts deepening economic crisis
14 September 2004
SEP
public meeting to warn of the dangers of war in Sri Lanka
2 September 2004
Millions
affected by drought in Sri Lanka
31 August 2004
The
JVP intensifies its campaign against Sri Lankan peace talks
21 August 2004
Oil
workers' strike heightens Sri Lankan government crisis
18 August 2004
Sri
Lanka returns to the brink of war
17 August 2004
Another
vicious police attack on Bata strikers in Sri Lanka
7 August 2004
Sri
Lankan government launches major police operation against Bata
strikers
6 August 2004
Sri
Lankan president offers empty apology for 1983 pogrom
19 July 2004
Sri
Lanka: Bata footwear occupation enters fourth week
14 July 2004
Huge
abstention rate in Sri Lankan provincial council elections
9 July 2004
Suicide
bomb blast in Sri Lanka threatens ceasefire
8 July 2004
Sri
Lankan military's intrigues with LTTE rebel faction threaten
ceasefire
30 June 2004
Sri
Lankan health unions call off two-day strike
19 June 2004
Sri
Lankan president resorts to another extra-constitutional measure
16 June 2004
Dengue
outbreak in Sri Lanka highlights deteriorating public health
services
9 June 2004
Sri
Lanka's new government signs up for US "war on terrorism"
8 June 2004
Sri
Lanka: Police attack teacher trainee protest
3 June 2004
Sri
Lankan government deeply mired in financial difficulties
1 June 2004
Continued
killings in eastern Sri Lanka threaten to undermine ceasefire
25 May 2004
New
Sri Lankan government immediately axes hundreds of jobs
20 May 2004
Attempts
to restart Sri Lankan peace talks heighten political instability
12 May 2004
Sri
Lankan police and army kill two plantation workers
Sri
Lankan police raid home of Tamil journalist
4 May 2004
Sri
Lankan president's call for peace talks fuels tensions in government
ranks
3 May 2004
Sri
Lankan provincial election reveals widespread political disaffection
27 April 2004
SEP
holds meeting in Colombo against US occupation of Iraq
24 April 2004
New
Sri Lankan parliament descends into chaos
19 April 2004
SEP to hold public lecture in Colombo:
Stop the war on the Iraqi people! Withdraw US troops from Iraq!
13 April 2004
Sri
Lanka: LTTE launches offensive to suppress dissident eastern
faction
10 April 2004
Rural
backlash in Sri Lankan elections
9 April 2004
An
exchange of letters with the Sri Lankan military
7 April 2004
Sri
Lanka: Mahinda Rajapakse to head a minority government
5 April 2004
Sri
Lankan election produces a hung parliament and further political
instability
3 April 2004
Sri
Lanka: Tensions escalate in eastern province following murder
of Tamil candidate
2 April 2004
Sri
Lankan elections foreshadow a deepening political crisis
1 April 2004
New
Sinhala extremist party fields Buddhist monks in Sri Lankan elections
30 March 2004
Sri
Lankan election: SEP opposes disenfranchisement of voters in
LTTE areas
25 March 2004
SEP
candidate in TV debate over the Sri Lankan civil war
Final public meeting for SEP election campaign in
Sri Lanka
19 March 2004
Socialist Equality Party election statement
The socialist alternative in the Sri Lankan elections
18 March 2004
A
split in the LTTE heightens danger of war in Sri Lanka
12 March 2004
Sri
Lankan SEP replies to an appeal from ruling UNF
11 March 2004
Record
number of "independents" stand in Sri Lankan election
9 March 2004
SEP
candidates speak on Sri Lankan TV
8 March 2004
The
NSSP, the "peace process" and the Sri Lankan elections
2 March 2004
Socialist
Equality Party to stand in Sri Lankan elections
Sri Lankan SEP to hold election meeting in Colombo
28 February 2004
Sri
Lankan prime minister passively accepts his dismissal
25 February 2004
The
JVP reassures Sri Lankan business leaders
20 February 2004
Kumaratunga
tries to justify her anti-democratic actions
19 February 2004
Socialist
Equality Party condemns Sri Lankan president's dictatorial actions
14 February 2004
Sri
Lankan opposition cynically exploits struggles of workers and
farmers
12 February 2004
Sri
Lanka's constitutional coup thrusts JVP to political prominence
10 February 2004
Sri
Lanka's president remains silent after sacking the government
9 February 2004
Sri
Lankan president dismisses government in constitutional coup
3 February 2004
JVP-SLFP
alliance heightens political tensions in Sri Lanka
29 January 2004
SEP
public meeting to commemorate the death of Keerthi Balasuriya
13 January 2004
Sri
Lankan government fails to investigate deaths of migrant workers
6 January 2004
Sri
Lankan general on high-profile trip to India
5 January 2004
Washington
calls for end to political standoff in Sri Lanka
30 December 2003
SEP
holds public meeting on the political crisis in Sri Lanka
24 December 2003
Sri
Lankan political crisis heightens tensions in Jaffna
19 December 2003
Deadline
passes with no sign of any end to the Sri Lankan political crisis
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