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War and Armed Resistance in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, Essay, Issue 9 Jude Lal Fernando 3/5/25 Sri Lanka, Essay, Issue 9 Jude Lal Fernando 3/5/25

War and Armed Resistance in Sri Lanka

On the Tamil Eelam Right to Self-Determination and Peace in the Indian Ocean.

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A Populist Left Victory in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, Essay Uditha Devapriya 1/22/25 Sri Lanka, Essay Uditha Devapriya 1/22/25

A Populist Left Victory in Sri Lanka

Can the NPP confront its past and present to build a radical program?

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The Colonial Roots of Sri Lanka’s Tax Regime 
Essay, Sri Lanka Shiran Illanperuma 8/22/24 Essay, Sri Lanka Shiran Illanperuma 8/22/24

The Colonial Roots of Sri Lanka’s Tax Regime 

Interrogating colonial and neoliberal fiscal policy to chart a path out of underdevelopment.

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200 Years of Malaiyaha Tamil Labour in Sri Lanka
Essay, Sri Lanka SALAM & Maynmai 6/6/24 Essay, Sri Lanka SALAM & Maynmai 6/6/24

200 Years of Malaiyaha Tamil Labour in Sri Lanka

A brief history of 200 years of involuntary migration, imposed statelessness, exploitation and marginalization of Upcountry or Malaiyaha Tamil tea plantation workers.

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Why Should Domestic Labour be Formalised in Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka, Essay Devana Senanayake 3/5/24 Sri Lanka, Essay Devana Senanayake 3/5/24

Why Should Domestic Labour be Formalised in Sri Lanka?

Even though domestic workers have supported the country during the crisis, it has failed to recognize them as workers.

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Sri Lanka’s Care Crisis
Sri Lanka, Essay Devana Senanayake 11/13/23 Sri Lanka, Essay Devana Senanayake 11/13/23

Sri Lanka’s Care Crisis

Sri Lanka’s economic crisis has quietly devastated the lives of children, the disabled, the elderly, and their caretakers.

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COVID-19 Exposes Faultlines in Sri Lanka’s Apparels Sector
Sri Lanka, Essay, Issue 8 Kanchana N Ruwanpura 7/28/23 Sri Lanka, Essay, Issue 8 Kanchana N Ruwanpura 7/28/23

COVID-19 Exposes Faultlines in Sri Lanka’s Apparels Sector

The global pandemic and the national debt crisis collided to expose the claims of ethical garment production in Sri Lanka.

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When Sri Lanka Operated Workers’ Councils
Sri Lanka, Essay Uditha Devapriya 1/25/23 Sri Lanka, Essay Uditha Devapriya 1/25/23

When Sri Lanka Operated Workers’ Councils

Inspired by Yugoslavia’s market socialism, Trotskyists in the Sri Lankan government instituted workers’ councils during the 1970s. A decade later, the experiment collapsed. What explains its rise and fall?

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Eagles and Sharks: Financial Imperialism in Pakistan and Sri Lanka
Issue 7, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Essay Hashim bin Rashid 10/27/22 Issue 7, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Essay Hashim bin Rashid 10/27/22

Eagles and Sharks: Financial Imperialism in Pakistan and Sri Lanka

Is there a path out of the imperialist debt trap for South Asia's troubled economies?

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Sri Lanka’s Dual Crisis: Ethnic Conflict & the Debt Economy
Sri Lanka, Essay Nalika Gajaweera 5/4/22 Sri Lanka, Essay Nalika Gajaweera 5/4/22

Sri Lanka’s Dual Crisis: Ethnic Conflict & the Debt Economy

Reimagining a pluralist Sri Lanka in the wake of the ‘Gota Go Home’ movement.

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Is Sri Lanka Heading Towards Further Turmoil: Roots of the 2022 Economic Crisis
Sri Lanka, Essay Shiran Illanperuma 4/8/22 Sri Lanka, Essay Shiran Illanperuma 4/8/22

Is Sri Lanka Heading Towards Further Turmoil: Roots of the 2022 Economic Crisis

Tracing colonial underdevelopment, incomplete industrialization and misplaced priorities in Sri Lanka.

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“Strikes Are Normal Growing up”: Plantation Politics in Sri Lanka
Issue 6, Sri Lanka, Interview Hashim bin Rashid and Shafiya Rafaithu 3/31/22 Issue 6, Sri Lanka, Interview Hashim bin Rashid and Shafiya Rafaithu 3/31/22

“Strikes Are Normal Growing up”: Plantation Politics in Sri Lanka

An interview with Menaha Kandaswamy, former General Secretary of the Ceylon Plantation Workers’ Union.

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