1947 General Strike, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
An account by T. B. Dissanayake of the 1947 general strike in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka
POW camps in Ceylon during the Boer war
Over 5,000 Boers were interned in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) during the Boer War. The Ceylon camps were the second set of overseas POW camps after those in St. Helena had filled.
Sri Lankan police open fire on protesting workers
Submitted by working class s... on Feb 15 2012 21:15
Around 60,000 fishermen from across Sri Lanka have refused to take their boats out in protest against rising fuel prices. Police have opened fire on a protest in Colombo, killing one worker and seriously injuring several others. Protests are breaking out across the country in response to rising fuel costs, and new austerity measures that have been demanded by the IMF.
Ceylon: the JVP uprising of April 1971 - Solidarity
Submitted by Steven. on Jan 26 2010 17:53
Excellent pamphlet by Solidarity London about the uprising launched by the socialist youth organisation the JVP in Sri Lanka in April 1971.
Third worldism or socialism - Solidarity
Originally published by Solidarity in their pamphlet "Ceylon: the JVP Uprising".
