What Causes Inflation?
Sept 4- 2023 “We understand better now how little we understand about inflation,”[i] commented Jerome Powell, Chair of the US Federal Reserve (the Fed), when inflation reached its highest level since the late 1970s in...
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Sri Lanka: One year since the uprising. A contribution to the ongoing debate on the way forward-part3
Part 3 -July 14- 2023 * A weakness of the Galle Face declaration is its calls for the existing parliament to reform itself by changing the way it operates, abolition of the presidency, and...
Sri Lanka: One year since the uprising. A contribution to the ongoing debate on the way forward-Part2
July 12 -2023 The current regime lacks any viable economic solution other than perpetuating further suffering among the broader population. Their economic survival hinges on the continuation of this brutal suffering for the masses,...
Sri Lanka: One year since the uprising. A contribution to the ongoing debate on the way forward. Part1
It has been a year since the mass movement erupted in July 2022. The movement now faces a number of questions that need to be addressed. The development of future struggles and their victory...
Sri Lanka: IMF deal is not a solution – restart decisive struggle against government attacks!
March 23 -2023 On 20 March, the IMF announced a $3 billion bailout (over 4 years) for Sri Lanka. However, this deal is nowhere near enough to solve the deep crisis that Sri Lanka...
Sri Lanka crisis: What is to be done?
Deepening crisis Sri Lanka came to a halt early this month as the government announced that it does not have enough fuel or any money available for imports. All private vehicles are banned and...
Sri Lanka: Prime Minister forced to resign but mobilises his support to attack protesters – trade unions call for indefinite strike in response
The Sri Lankan government’s attempt to defeat the movement against it has provoked a ferocious reaction from protesters. Just days before, on 6 May, trade unions organised the most successful Hartal (a general stoppage...
Sri Lanka: An open appeal to socialist organisations
The following statement was circulated by the United Socialist Party (CWI in Sri Lanka) to socialist parties and groups in Sri Lanka from 12th August. Socialistworld.net An open appeal to socialist organisations Building for a...
Sri Lankan masses storm capital forcing out president
A historical day was marked on 9 July in Sri Lanka, when the masses decisively entered the pages of history. People from all around the country descended on the capital city Colombo to register...
Reject the interim government – for a government of the workers and poor
Tens of thousands gathered in Sri Lanka again today to make sure that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa finally resigned and was gone. With the help of the military, the president was reported to have fled...
