Large-scale rallies and meetings were organized by trade unions and left parties in every country in the region to commemorate the martyrs of Chicago from the 1886 strike for an eight-hour workday. Dhaka rally to commemorate May Day By Abdul Rahman, People's Dispatch Hundreds of thousands of workers from all corners of South Asia took to the streets on Friday, May 1, to celebrate International Workers’ Day or May Day, renewing their commitment to confront the accelerating ons

Netanyahu and Modi embrace, February 25 -- image via Modi on X The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement: The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) strongly condemns the deplorable attitude of the Union government towards the illegal war unleashed by the United States-Israel combine against Iran. The Union government's silence and inaction undermine India's independent foreign policy and weaken the country's

IRIS Dena in 2021 -- image via Wikimedia Commons CPI Condemns the Attack on the Iranian Naval Ship IRIS Dena by US-Israeli Forces Close to India-Sri Lankan Coasts The National Secretariat of the Communist Party of India issued the following statement today (March 5, 2026): The Communist Party of India expresses its deep concern and strong condemnation over the reported sinking of the Iranian naval ship IRIS Dena barely 40 nautical miles off the coast of Sri Lanka, allegedly b

Leslie Goonewardene as General Secretary of the LSSP in the early days of the party -- image via A S Goonewardene - Fair use, via Wikimedia Commons By Shiran Illanperuma Ninety years ago, on 18 December 1935, a handful of young people came together to establish the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon). Leslie Goonewardena, General Secretary of the LSSP from 1935 to 1977, later wrote that the party was founded because “there was a void to be filled”. On th

A Brandix factory floor in Sri Lanka -- image via a Brandix corporate video screenshot By Shiran Illanperuma Sundays at Paramasivam Pushpalatha’s home used to be a much livelier affair. It was her only day off from the factory and so she would pack seven days of domesticity into one. Her husband, Govindasamy Sivakumar, would sometimes take walks to avoid the hustle and bustle of the house being turned upside down in a frenzy of cooking and cleaning. “She had the strength of t

Anura Kumara Dissanayake on his way to deliver the 2026 Budget speech - video screenshot via X Via the Communist Party of Sri Lanka Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s 2026 Budget speech, while breaking symbolically from tradition, reveals a deeper continuity with neoliberal orthodoxy and IMF-aligned fiscal governance. Beneath the rhetoric of “economic democracy” lies a technocratic document that prioritises lender confidence over public empowerment, and party consolidation over struc

Image via the US ambassador to Sri Lanka on X On the NPP Government’s Military MOU with the United States The Communist Party of Sri Lanka strongly condemns the NPP government for entering into a new military Memorandum of Understanding with the United States National Guard under the so-called State Partnership Program (SPP). This agreement between the Sri Lankan Armed Forces and the Montana National Guard represents another step in the militarisation of the ‘Indo-Pacific’ an

Rehman Abubakr, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Shiran Illanperuma Sri Lanka has undergone one of the sharpest and fastest...

Image of the arrest via video screenshot on X By Shiran Illanperuma “Don’t worry, I will control the situation”, former president Ranil...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake with To Lam in Hanoi, May 4 -- image via X By Shiran Illanperuma Since Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake with Vietnamese President Luong Cuong on May 5 -- image via X Various Sources On May 6 Sri Lankan...

Labor unions organized rallies in all major cities in the region raising major issues facing the working classes and extending solidarity...

Indonesian poster for the Bandung Conference, 1955 -- public domain image via the Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Indonesia By Shiran...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on April 5, 2025 -- image via X By Shiran...

B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber takes off from Diego Garcia US base -- public domain image Communist Party of Sri Lanka Condemns US Military...

Trump with his tariff chart -- public domain image By Shiran Illanperuma On Thursday, 3 April, Sri Lankans woke up to the alarming news...

The maiden budget by Sri Lanka’s new government reflects the limitations of austerity and the need to reinstill confidence in ideas of...

Unfair family planning regimes have stalled progress in the climate fight and prevent children from having a fair start in life. People...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake speaks on the morning of the election -- image via X By Shiran Illanperuma On October 15, data from the Election...

Dissanayake at a rally November 11 - image via X Various Sources Sri Lanka's leftist coalition, led by President Anura Kumara...