Tag Archives: Sri Lanka

Prison Uprising: The Subaltern Wakeup Call in Sri Lanka

The following article on the prison uprising ten days ago in Sri Lanka was published in the Sunday Island on February 5th, the Sunday issue of a popular English daily in Sri Lanka. The recent uprising at the Welikada Prison … Continue reading

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Sri Lanka: Dispossession of Education and Youth Indebtedness

The following article on the neoliberalisation of education in Sri Lanka was published in the Sunday Island on Jan 15th, the Sunday issue of a popular English daily in Sri Lanka. This article which is the third I have written … Continue reading

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Sri Lanka: The Budget, Populist Politics and the Neoliberal Economy

I wrote the following article published in the Sunday issue of the Island, a popular English daily newspaper in Sri Lanka. It is a response to the Budget announced last week. I would interested in your thoughts, including how we … Continue reading

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Sri Lanka: Global Finance, Authoritarianism and the Second Wave of Neo-liberalism

I am posting below my article in the Sunday issue of the Island, a popular daily in Sri Lanka, based on a talk I gave in July, to the Socialist Study Circle which meets at the N. M. Perera  Centre, … Continue reading

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