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‘If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.’ That’s basic advice but it seems we need to proffer it to those who seem unable to resist attacking, or falsely accusing or...

23/01/2014 Both sides mired in corruption and violence TU Senan, CWI The 5 January election revealed the severity of Bangladesh’s prolonged economic and political crisis. The incumbent Awami League Party once again secured victory...

COLOMBO TELEGRAPH The campaign by Tamils living in the UK against holding the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Sri Lanka was vigorous. There was huge opposition to the participation of David Cameron, the...

November 21, 2013 senan Articles Prime Minister David Cameron shook the blood-stained hand of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity. When Labour leader Ed Miliband criticised David Cameron in...

COLOMBO TELEGRAPH Prime Minister David Cameron shook the blood-stained hand of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity. When Labour leader Ed Miliband criticised David Cameron in Parliament for attending the Commonwealth Heads...

  16/11/2013 With the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Chogm) taking place from 10 to 17 November all eyes are on Sri Lanka   With the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Chogm) taking place...

COLOMBO TELEGRAPH Finding myself face-to-face with Margaret Thatcher at 10 Downing Street, or at least her large painted likeness, while I waited to interview David Cameron, reminded me of the on-going abhorrence of her legacy....

30/09/2013, socialistworld.net Building a left alternative; link fight against regime with struggle of oppressed Tamils and system change USP (United Socialist Party – CWI) Reporters A total of 3,785 candidates contested for a total...

Thanks to :  Colombo telegraph There is something in the air in the North of Sri Lanka. ‘It’s a ghost of the past,’ shouted the media in the south. The northern media, however, was...

COLOMBO TELEGRAPH   ‘It’s a ghost of the past,’ shouted the media in the south. The northern media, however, was relentless in creating the ghost of a new future. The North had not seen...