By Vishvanath
There seems to be no end in sight to the JVP-led government’s U-turns. Hardly any sphere remains where it has not made a policy about-turn, the latest being the introduction of the QR-based fuel rationing to manage the...
The old left and the JVP become strange bedfellows
By Vishvanath
The first political marriage between the old left and the new left, represented by the JVP, occurred in 2004, when the then President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, turned her SLFP-led People’s...
By Vishvanath
There are arguments for and against the recent arrest and detention of Major General (Retd) Suresh Sally, a former top military intelligence officer, under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) in connection with the Easter Sunday terror attacks...
Rise, fall and rise of JVP and plateauing progress of traditional socialists
by Vishvanath
The defeat of the SLFP-led United Front (UF) coalition government in the 1977 general election, where the UNP secured a five-sixths majority, led to the release of...
Rise of an ultra-radical left movement
By Vishvanath
Political conformism of the traditional left, the resultant dilution of its revolution ideology and the adoption of economic policies they once rejected as capitalist and exploitative, e. g. economic liberalization, inter alia, created conditions for...
By Vishvanath
The demise of Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) leader Prof. Tissa Vitharana marks the end of an era. Gone is one of the few remaining Sri Lankan leftist leaders known for their intellectual prowess and dedication to the socialist...
By Vishvanath
The term of the incumbent JVP-led NPP government had a bumpy start with the resignation of Speaker Asoka Ranwala, who had to step down, unable to support his claim that he had obtained a Ph.D. from a Japanese...
By Vishvanath
The JVP is struggling to retain its hold on the trade union sector, which it once dominated. Quite a few trade unions and farmers’ associations have turned against the NPP government led by the JVP. They have begun...
By Vishvanath
The government’s decision to shelve its education reforms partly has not yielded the desired results. It was aimed at ending protests by other key stakeholders, particularly teachers and principals. The protesters are demanding that the education reforms be...
By Vishvanath
The government has partly shelved its controversial education reforms in view of protests by other stakeholders. Last Tuesday, it brought itself to postpone the Grade 06 reforms until next year. A link to a gay website, in the...
By Vishvanath
Hardly a day passes without a mega issue on the political front in this country. The NPP government and the Opposition are preparing themselves for D-Day on Wednesday, when a fresh vote is scheduled to be taken on...
By Vishvanath
Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya has reaffirmed the JVP-led NPP’s commitment to abolishing the Executive Presidency. In answer to a question from Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa, she told the parliament on Friday (19) that the NPP was determined...
