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Stop the war in Sri Lanka: Protest at India House
SHOUTING “NOT a rupee, not a bullet for the Rajapakse government”, 100 protesters marched around India House on the Aldwych in London. This was part of the international day of action on 8 April called by Stop the Slaughter of Tamils (SST) campaign, to end the war and fight for democracy in Sri Lanka. This…
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Stop the War in Sri Lanka
This article appeared in the March 2009 edition of the Appeared in CPI (ML) March 2009 edition of Liberation, CPI (ML) monthly journal. The following article is an interview of Siritunga Jayasurya, United Socialist Party (CWI- Sri Lanka) on the ongoing war against the Tamils in Sri Lanka. (Siritunga Jayasuriya, currently the General Secretary of…
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Protesters in New Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai joined hundreds of others around the world on 8 April
Indian government told to stop support of murderous Rajapakse regime Protesters in New Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai joined hundreds of others around the world on 8 April demanding an immediate ceasefire and end to the slaughter of Tamil civilians in Sri Lanka. (In London, thousands of Tamils have been occupying Parliament Square for days. Eds.)…
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An Interview With Siritunga Jayasuriya
By Meena Kandasamy This interview appeared in http://www.countercurrents.org on 4th March, 2009 during the height of the bloody war against the Tamils in Sri Lanka by the Sri Lanka government. The interview was conducted by Meena Kandasamy (poet, writer and Dalit activist based in Chennai) with Siritunga Jayasurya, General Secretary, United Socialist Party (CWI –…
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Massive meeting in Chennai of campaign to stop Tamil slaughter in Sri Lanka
Author Arundathi Roy’s statement gets national and international coverage On Monday 30th March, it felt as if the city of Chennai waited with intense expectation as the famous writer, Arundhati Roy, was due to deliver a speech in a public meeting condemning the war in Sri Lanka. Her views on globalisation, imperialism and war were…
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Indian software industry: Now that the profits are drying up…
A JOURNALIST friend recently asked me how recession is affecting India’s software professionals. He wanted to write a story on how recession has adversely affected the lifestyle of software professionals, who are compelled to cut their expenses on eating out, watching movies in multiplexes and shopping in plush malls. An Indian socialist While the worldwide…
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Anger erupts in Tamil Nadu over slaughter of Tamils in Sri Lanka
Campaign launched to demand end to war and to fight for democratic rights There is ferment among Tamil-speaking people, worldwide, over the slaughter taking place in the north of Sri Lanka. Over 2,000 people have died already in recent weeks. All critics of the government are silenced. Nearly 200,000 Tamil people are still trapped in…
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Lankan leader seeks SAARC’s intervention
This article appeared in The Hindu. Siritunga Jayasurya, General Secretary – United socialist Party (CWI – Sri Lanka) spoke at meeting jointly organized by New socialist Alternative on ongoing war against Tamils in Sri Lanka. Group urged to send a fact-finding mission to Sri Lanka. ‘2,50,000 civilians still trapped in the northern part’ Expressing concern…
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Film Review: Slumdog Millionaire
Directed by Danny Boyle You would expect a film that has won five Critics’ Choice Awards, four Golden Globes and seven Bafta Awards, and has been nominated for ten Academy Awards to be outstanding, or at least have some qualities that can inspire. But Slumdog Millionaire, despite the hype, failed to transcend the parameters of…
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Editorial: India and Pakistan conflict
Politicians use terrorism for their own ends Once again, terrorist carnage – this time in Mumbai in India – has shocked working people around the world. In a thoroughly planned and financed operation, a group of right-wing Islamic terrorists turned buildings and streets in Mumbai into a killing field, slaughtering and injuring innocent people, with…
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