Sri Lanka protests 2022

Sri Lankan masses storm capital forcing out president (Tu Senan, CWI)
An article featuring eye-witness accounts from the July 9 protests, when the Sri Lankan masses swept the corrupt Rajapaksa government from power.

Sri Lanka: An open appeal to socialist organisations (United Socialist Party)
An open letter by the United Socialist Party (USP), a revolutionary socialist party in Sri Lanka, which was circulated to other socialist groups in Sri Lanka on August 12. In its letter, the USP puts forward what is needed to build a socialist future in Sri Lanka from the mass movements that have developed this year.

Tamil Solidarity appeal to the Aragalaya (Tamil Solidarity)
An appeal to the Aragalaya (‘the Struggle’) that deals with demands in relation to the Tamil-speaking minority in Sri Lanka.

Inter University Students‘ Federation (IUSF)

The main national student organisation in Sri Lanka. It has been at the forefront of many of the protests in Sri Lanka this year, and has been involved in setting up the Movement for People’s Councils (MPC). Two of its leaders, Wasantha Mudalige and Siridhamma Himi, have been unlawfully detained for months by the Sri Lankan government under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA).

Facebook
Frequently updated with latest information on IUSF campaigns.

Website
Available in Sinhala, Tamil and English (Google translated).

Movement for People’s Councils (MPC)

An organisation launched on November 1. It aims to build People’s Councils (local councils consisting of people representing different sections of the local community) across Sri Lanka, to provide workers, youth and the poor a forum in which to discuss, identify and fight for their democratic and economic demands.

Facebook
Where MPC is most active online.