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07 Nov

Is Sri Lanka experiencing a “passive revolution”?

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Wilfred Silva Antonio Gramsci’s concept of “passive revolution” refers to a process of social, political, or economic change that is driven from above—by the ruling classes or the state—rather than through active and direct popular movements or revolutionary uprisings. Unlike traditional revolutions where the masses take control and overthrow the existing power structure, passive revolutions are characterized by gradual transformations that maintain the basic structure of power while incorporating some changes to accommodate new social or political realities. Key features of Gramsci’s concept of passive revolution include: Top-down Reform: Changes are initiated by elites or the state to prevent revolutionary…

24 Oct

QE5 will fail to prevent global stagflation!

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By Daniel Campos On August 5, 2024, one of the largest stock market collapses in the world in the history of capitalism took place. But the most important thing was not the dimension of the collapse, but its significance. The significance of the collapse is that the world economy is heading towards stagflation, a horrific combination of recession and inflation on a global scale, a prospect that appears on the horizon of the world capitalist system. The collapse of August 5 is the product of the fear that this prospect of global stagflation provokes in the capitalists. Bailouts and financial…

17 Oct

How to Do a Conjunctural Analysis: The Forty-Second Newsletter (2024)

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Originally posted : https://thetricontinental.org Unlike mainstream media, which all too often distorts the truth and lies by omission – as we see with reporting on Palestine, where the death toll has reached 114,000 – conjunctural analyses help us understand the deeper forces at play and provide political and social movements with the materials to intervene to shape the future. 17 October 2024 Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Reading legacy Western media – which dominates the world information order – is painful. During the genocidal war against Palestinians, for instance, these media outlets (such…

11 Oct

They Now Know What Real Bombing Means: The Forty-First Newsletter (2024)

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Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanon), Untitled, 2020. Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. On 1 October, US Representative Michael McCaul, the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee issued a statement urging US President Joe Biden to ‘place maximum pressure on Iran and its proxies, rather than pressure Israel for a ceasefire. We need to expedite arms transfers to Israel that this administration has delayed for months, including 2,000-pound bombs, to ensure Israel has all the tools to deter these threats’. McCaul’s belligerent call came days after Israel used over eighty US-made 2,000-pound bombs and other…

08 Oct

Netanyahu’s invasion of Gaza continues, as the flames of war engulf Lebanon!

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Since October last year, invading Israeli troops have inflicted massive and disproportionate casualties on the people of Gaza. Over 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza and the West Bank. By late April 2024, Israeli troops had dropped more than 70,000 tonnes of bombs on Gaza, leaving behind an obliterated landscape where more than 50% of structures had been damaged or destroyed. Numerous statements and reports issued by the UN and by member states have accused Israel of grave and systemic violations of international law and crimes against humanity. Not only has Israel’s conduct far exceeded the bounds of military…

06 Oct

Long live the dockers’ strike in the United States!!

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By Simon Gallagher – La Marx USA Tens of thousands of dockworkers are launching a strike on the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts, joining Boeing workers in a rising wave of strikes rocking the country. Tens of thousands of dockworkers from Maine to Houston in Texas went on strike Tuesday at 12:01 a.m. ET in their first strike across the East Coast since 1977. Workers are fighting back against low and stagnant wages, demanding a 70% wage increase over six years. Long live the struggle of the port workers!! At the same time, they are fighting for better working conditions,…

11 Sep

Sri Lanka: 2024 Presidential Election and the way forward for the oppressed people!

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Today, the question that we have been debated among the people of Sri Lanka, is what steps should be taken in the upcoming presidential Election. We, people of Sri Lanka have been witnessed 75 years of dependant political and socio-economic practice by the capitalists elites (Both Right and Left) in Sri Lanka. Now, we are facing two questions in this conjuncture. What force will overthrow the repressive and corrupt regimes in Sri Lanka? And If it is possible, what kind of political economy will emerge in the future? Unfortunately, it is completely irrational to think that, there will be such…

02 Sep

THE NATIONAL QUESTION AND THE STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRACY IN SRI LANKA!

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Note for the article This article was written by Comrade Upali Cooray in the early period of 1980s in order to promote a discussion on “National Question” among progressives in Sri Lanka. Today, All Sri Lankans are heading for Presidential election on 21st September 2024 and the majority of the people are demanding to establish democracy; but no of any principle candidates are giving priority to National question and self-determination of Tamil-speaking people. It is a major failure of ruling elites of Sri Lanka for last 75 years. Without giving a real solution to national question in Sri Lanka, Sri…